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This Spiced Breakfast Muffin is a light & fluffy gluten-free way to start the day or treat. They are easy to make & dairy-free too.

Spiced Breakfast Muffin

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Snack
Servings: 12 muffins
These Spiced Breakfast Muffins are a nourishing, gluten-free way to start your day. Made with sweet potato, apple, and a blend of spices, they offer a balance of natural sweetness and warmth from cinnamon and mixed spice. Plus, they pack in plenty of protein and healthy fats thanks to the nut butter base.

Ingredients

  • 200 g sweet potato/s -peeled and diced 1-2cm
  • 1 green apple -peeled and diced (large)
  • 250 g nut butter (1 cup) *see note below
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp mixed spice
  • Pinch sea salt
  • 3 egg/s
  • 85 g rice malt syrup, honey or maple syrup (¼ cup)
  • 30 g buckwheat flour (¼ cup)
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180℃/350℉ (fan-forced). Line your muffin tray with safe, non-stick large muffin cases.
  • Start with steaming the sweet potato and apple until cooked (mine took about 5 minutes).
  • Once they are cooked, allow to cool for a few minutes and puree in a food processor or high speed blender. If using a Thermomix, blend 10 seconds, speed 5.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until just combined. If using a Thermomix mix 20 seconds, speed 5.
  • Pour the batter into the muffin cases and bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked (skewer inserted is clean).

Serve

  • warm with butter
  • with a smoothie (our favourites are Coco-beet Berry Smoothie, Tropical Green Smoothie, or a Chocolate Breakfast Smoothie.

Store

  • Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.

Notes

Nut-free

You can sub the nut butter with hulled tahini and/ or sunflower seed butter (Sunbutter). I’ve also had feedback that using regular butter half half with the sun butter works well too (though haven’t tested it myself).

Another flour

You can certainly use another flour if you wish – any flour (except coconut) or even almond meal can be subbed 1:1.

Timesaving tip

Steam your apple/ sweet potato at dinner time and simply blend and bake in the morning - delicious hot muffins for brekkie. 

No sweet enough

These are not super sweet, especially if you make them with rice malt syrup. If you bake them and would like them to be sweeter, then serve with honey or maple. 
 
 

I just adore this recipe, it will definitely become a staple in my household. I’d love to hear what you think, post a comment below and let me know what you think.