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lemon muffins with lemon-honey glaze (grain free, scd diet)

these lemon muffins are simple and delightful, a perfect summer-is-approaching breakfast treat, snack or dessert, with an optional but extremely easy lemon-honey glaze.
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Author: grainfreee.com

Ingredients

Lemon muffins

  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  • 1/3 cup almond flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/3 cup dripped SCD yogurt yogurt that has been dripped for 24 hours resulting in a thick, greek-style yogurt
  • 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tbsp lemon zest
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 4 tbsp grape seed oil
  • 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 4 eggs

Lemon-honey glaze (optional)

  • 2 tbsp honey liquid-y or warmed up for a few seconds to soften
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil melted
  • 1/2 - 1 tsp zest for topping

Instructions

Lemon muffins

  • In a food processor or else by hand, mix together the flours and baking soda.
  • Add in the dripped yogurt and continue to mix well. Once combined, add in the wet ingredients except eggs, one by one -- grape seed oil, honey, lemon juice and zest, apple cider vinegar and vanilla extract. 
  • Finally, add in eggs, mixing until well combined.
  • Pour batter into parchment paper cups in a prepared muffin tray. 
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 350 for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool before taking the muffins out of the tray and adding the glaze.

Lemon-honey glaze (optional)

  • Ideally, prepare and glaze your muffins immediately before serving/eating.
  • Whisk all the ingredients together until well combined.
  • Drizzle generously across each muffin, and top the center of each muffin with a few pieces of lemon zest for decoration.