Gluten and Dairy Free Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins & Maple Pumpkin Pecan Muffins

Gluten and Dairy Free Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Gluten and Dairy Free Maple Pumpkin Pecan Muffins 

Adapted from How to Make the Best Zucchini Bread Ever, http://www.SimpleBites.net

1. Preheat the oven to 350. 

2. Spray/coat a muffin tin, loaf tin or mini loaf tin with canola oil

3. Mix/Sift the following dry ingredients to a large bowl.

1 1/2 cups brown rice flour (Wheatsville Central Market)

1 1/2 cups quinoa flour (Wheatsville or Central Market)

2 tsp freshly ground cinnamon (use a cinnamon stick and microplane grater)

2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg 

1 tsp baking soda (Bob's Red Mill)

1 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

4. In your mixer bowl, beat 2 eggs until foamy.

5. Mix the following wet ingredients.

1/3 cup grapeseed oil

3/4 cup vanilla cultured coconut milk (with probiotics) or yogurt

1/3 cup vanilla almond milk

3/4-1 cup honey (Round Rock Honey or Goodflow)

1/4 of a vanilla bean (cut in half and then scrape seeds out with a paring knife)

2 1/2 cups finely grated zucchini (about one large zucchini) - (Available at ALL farmers' markets and you may even have an abundance of them in your garden!!!)

**you can grate extra and freeze it in small bags to make muffins

6. Fold zucchini into the wet mixture, then add dry ingredients. 

7. Add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) and 1/2 - 1 cup chocolate chips or chunks. We used dairy and gluten free chocolate chips. 

8. Spoon batter into loaf pan(s) or muffin tins until they are 3/4 full and bake for 45 minutes. 

9. Let cool before removing or cutting.

Gluten and Dairy Free Maple Pumpkin Pecan Variation: Replace the vanilla coconut milk with canned pumpkin and use REAL maple syrup instead of honey. Sprinkle a mixture of 1/2 cup of finely chopped pecans, brown sugar, raw granulated sugar and a little bit of maple syrup. It adds a sweet crunchy topping to the muffin.