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Throw out your other apple muffin recipes... you won’t need those B-listers anymore. Trust me, you won’t need another—this one’s protein-packed with Greek yogurt for extra creaminess and is also gluten-free. Plus, we made them extra cute with a homemade plant-based gummy worm!
Apple Muffins
1 ½ cups almond flour
½ cup oat flour
2 apples, washed and grated
½ cup Greek yogurt
½ cup coconut sugar
⅓ cup coconut oil
2 eggs
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
Optional: maple sugar to sprinkle on top
Gummy Worm
1 cup apple juice
2 tbsp coconut sugar
Frosting
Apple Decorations
Pretzel sticks
Apple Muffins
2In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, Greek yogurt, coconut sugar, coconut oil, grated apples, and vanilla.
3Add in the almond flour, oat flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and baking soda and combine.
4Pour the batter into a 12-cup silicone muffin tray.
5Sprinkle the tops with maple sugar.
6Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the muffins reach in internal temperature of 205F (we use a handheld baking thermometer).
Gummy Worms
7In a small saucepan on low heat, add your fruit juice, coconut sugar, and agar agar powder until dissolved. Simmer for 5 minutes.
8Repeat the process with another juice if you want the gummies multi-colored. We used tart cherry juice for the red. Take 2 different teaspoons and simultaneously pout the 2 mixtures into a gummy mold. Let it store in the fridge for 20 minutes.
Assemble
9Spoon your frosting into a small bowl and mix in the plant-based color. Take your cupcakes and frost them with your frosting. Using a skewer, poke a hole in the middle of the cupcake and insert your gummy. Add a pretzel on top as a stem and a plant-based sour gummy as a leaf. Enjoy!
Ingredients
Apple Muffins
1 ½ cups almond flour
½ cup oat flour
2 apples, washed and grated
½ cup Greek yogurt
½ cup coconut sugar
⅓ cup coconut oil
2 eggs
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
Optional: maple sugar to sprinkle on top
Gummy Worm
1 cup apple juice
2 tbsp coconut sugar
Frosting
Apple Decorations
Pretzel sticks
Directions
Apple Muffins
2In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, Greek yogurt, coconut sugar, coconut oil, grated apples, and vanilla.
3Add in the almond flour, oat flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and baking soda and combine.
4Pour the batter into a 12-cup silicone muffin tray.
5Sprinkle the tops with maple sugar.
6Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the muffins reach in internal temperature of 205F (we use a handheld baking thermometer).
Gummy Worms
7In a small saucepan on low heat, add your fruit juice, coconut sugar, and agar agar powder until dissolved. Simmer for 5 minutes.
8Repeat the process with another juice if you want the gummies multi-colored. We used tart cherry juice for the red. Take 2 different teaspoons and simultaneously pout the 2 mixtures into a gummy mold. Let it store in the fridge for 20 minutes.
Assemble
9Spoon your frosting into a small bowl and mix in the plant-based color. Take your cupcakes and frost them with your frosting. Using a skewer, poke a hole in the middle of the cupcake and insert your gummy. Add a pretzel on top as a stem and a plant-based sour gummy as a leaf. Enjoy!
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