How to Make Gluten Free Carrot Zucchini and Apple Muffins

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A gluten-free muffin that is tasty and packed with healthy vegetables and fruit.

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice flour
  
• 1/2 cup tapioca flour
  
• 1/2 cup ground flax seed (you can use a coffee grinder)
  
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1/4 cup sugar
  
• 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  
• 1 shredded carrot (about 5-7 inches in length)
  
• 1 shredded zucchini (about 5-7 inches in length)
  
• 3 cups cooked rice, pulverized in a food processor
  
• 1 cup milk (you can use rice or almond milk)
  
• 1/4 cup oil (coconut oil is tasty but not essential)
  
• 1 egg
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
  
• 1/3 cup dried apple, diced
  
• 1/2 cup walnuts
  

Steps

1. Combine flours, ground flax seed, soda, powder, salt and sugar.
   
2. Shred carrot and zucchini. Add to dry mixture.
   
3. In a food processor, process cooked rice until it becomes dough-like, about 20 seconds. Add to dry mixture.
   
4. Mix wet ingredients. Add to dry mixture. Mix together.
   
5. Stir in walnuts and diced dried apple.
   
6. Spoon into lined muffin tins to the top.
   
7. Bake 375° for 20-25 minutes. Test with a toothpick to ensure completely cooked.
   

Tips

• Golden raisins in place of apple might prove a nice variation.
  
• You could try grated apple but the texture will prove very different from that using dried apple.
  

Things You'll Need

• Mixing bowl
  
• Wooden spoon
  
• Grater
  
• Food processor
  
• Muffin tins (lined or greased)
  
• Toothpick for testing
  

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• How to Make Apple Muffins
  

Sources and Citations

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