Chocolate Zucchini Muffins:

I love chocolate! 

But I also like to keep my eating as clean as possible! In addition, I’m gluten intolerant so finding any muffins to eat can be rather difficult… But I’ve found it! This recipe was originally from The Gluten Free Vegan’s website (click here to check it out!).

In these chocolate zucchini muffins I’ve found the best of both world! Not only are they delicious and chocolaty, they’re good for you! (Or at least not bad ;) ) Now, because I’m not vegan I didn’t have lot of the original ingredients so I just made it up as I went.

My (slightly adapted) version:

Ingredients:

½ cup of butter

1¾ cups of sugar

½ cup of unsweetened applesauce

½ tsp of baking

½ cup of grape seed oil

½ cup of almond milk or diary milk

1 tsp of lemon juice

1 tsp of vanilla

2 cups of grated zucchini

1½ cups of brown rice flour

½ cup of tapioca flour

½ cup of cornstarch

2 tsp of xanthan gun

⅓ cup of cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp of baking powder

½ tsp cinnamon

½ tsp salt

chocolate chips (or smarties)

Directions:

1) preheat oven 350 F

2) cream butter and sugar together

3) mix applesauce with first amount of baking soda

4) in a separate bowl mix milk and lemon juice together – set aside

5) add applesauce and baking soda mixture to creamed butter and sugar then add oil and beat until combined

6) now that your sour milk has stood for a few minutes add it to the wet mixture then mix well

7) sift all dry ingredients together (except the chocolate chips) in a separate bowl

8) add slowly to wet mixture

9) beat well for 2 minutes

10) portion into paper-lined muffin tins

11) sprinkle 5 chocolate chips on top of each cupcake

12) bake for 25 minutes or until it passes to toothpick test

13) let cool in muffin tins for 10 minutes then remove and let stand

*the muffins will sink slightly while cooling*

The cupcakes in my picture are slightly underdone I would recommend putting them in for 27 minutes for you know your oven takes a long time.

If you try this recipe let me know what you think! You can comment or email me!

Love, Peace & Yoga,

Laura

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