Gluten Free Paleo Cherry Muffins
These easy breakfast muffins are soft, moist, cakey and paleo! Stuffed with fresh cherries, these muffins are simply delicious. You can serve the muffins with fresh whipped cream and cherries. These easy to make grain free breakfast treats are an easy and healthy go-to recipe.
I woke up this morning and I was all excited to treat myself to blueberry lemon muffins. Once I opened the fridge to start baking, I spotted a bag of fresh, plump cherries and reached for them right away. Change of plans. I decided to make cherry almond muffins instead and enjoy all perks of the season. Summer brings an abundance of glorious fresh and happy fruits! I have to pace myself when cooking, because otherwise I will overwhelm myself with all kinds of ideas that I want to create!
Baking Muffins With Stevia
For all my sugar free reader out there, I feel ya. Replacing the maple syrup with stevia liquid works well in this recipe. Omitting the cherries in this recipe works too, if needed.
People are always asking me what type of stevia I use to cook with. I always use organic liquid stevia. Powdered stevia products are filled with preservatives and additives. The brand I use is called, NOW Organic Stevia. I have provided a link to the product for purchasing HERE. I love stevia and use it often in baked goods, teas, another uses. It has an acquired taste some say, but it is a lifesaver when I don’t want my blood sugar to spike. Happy cooking friends!
- 1 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/4 cup arrowroot flour
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or 1/2 teaspoon stevia liquid
- 3 whole eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup pitted cherries
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Cook Time | 30 minutes |
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Servings |
muffins
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You can serve these muffins with whipped cream or coconut whipped cream and fresh cherries, if desired.
Recipe Notes
You can serve these muffins with whipped cream or coconut whipped cream and fresh cherries, if desired. |
Ingredients
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- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin pan with paper liners (or grease with coconut oil).
- Combine all the ingredients (minus the cherries) for the muffins together until we'll combined. Stir in the cherries once the batter is smooth.
- Fill muffin liners and bake on 350 degrees for 30 minutes until the tops of the muffins begin to turn golden.
Nutrition Facts
Gluten Free Paleo Cherry Muffins
Amount Per Serving
Calories 528
Calories from Fat 351
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 39g
60%
Saturated Fat 11g
55%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Sodium 177mg
7%
Potassium 1mg
0%
Total Carbohydrates 36g
12%
Dietary Fiber 7g
28%
Sugars 15g
Protein 13g
26%
Calcium
20%
Iron
14%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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These muffins look amazing! I have yet to bake with stevia, this is a great way to start!
Hi! I liked these but I wish they were a little sweeter. I did the stevia option and they were just not sweet at all hardly. Great texture though and the cherries were delicious! Thanks 🙂
Hi Michelle, you can add more stevia is preferred… making this recipe with maple syrup will be just sweet enough for you I think.
538 calories??? Each??? Is that right?
These are delicious btw. Thank you for the recipe. I wondered about the calorie count also. It seems your website’s calorie counter is not breaking it down per serving? When I ran the ingredients list through my fitness pal’s recipe calculator, serving of 1 muffin nutrition came out to:
Calories 193
Total Fat 15 g
Saturated fat 9 g
Monounsaturated fat 2 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
Trans fat 0 g
Cholesterol 93 mg
Sodium 120 mg
Potassium 80 mg
Total Carbohydrate 10 g
Dietary fiber 1 g
Sugars 4 g
Protein 5 g
Vit A 3%
Vit C 2%
Calcium 4%
Iron 4%
Hopefully that gives others more of an insight if they are worried about calories or carbs. This recipe isn’t as high in calories as it seems.
Oh thank you Bri! I will check in with my nutritional counter- it sometimes needs to manually entered 🙁 This is great news though! 🙂
Thank you for the recipe. What about frozen cherries?
Hi Jenny, that should work just fine!