Best Ever Healthy Chocolate Chip Muffins
BEST EVER Healthy Chocolate Chip Muffins: soft & tender muffins with a perfectly moist and fluffy crumb, sweet vanilla flavor, and bursting with melty chocolate chips. Tastes like chocolate chip cookies in muffin form!
Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups gluten free oat flour if using homemade oat flour, make sure it's very finely ground (not coarse)*
- ½ cup almond flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons water
- ½ cup non-dairy milk
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Add-in Ingredients
- 1 cup mini sugar free chocolate chips or refined sugar free chocolate chopped
Optional Topping
- 2-3 tablespoons mini sugar free chocolate chips or refined sugar free chocolate chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with muffin liners. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, sift together all the dry ingredients: oat flour, almond flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Add water and milk to a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in 10-second increments until just warm. This will prevent the melted coconut oil from solidifying once mixed with these liquids.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients: water, milk, lemon juice, coconut oil, coconut sugar, maple syrup and vanilla. Whisk until well incorporated.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Whisk until just incorporated, making sure no flour patches remain. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Pour batter evenly into prepared muffin pan—I spread mine into 10 muffin cups for large, full muffins, but you can do 12. Optionally, top with chocolate chips. Lightly press chips into batter.
- Bake for 26-32 minutes. Mine took 29 minutes. Insert a toothpick to check for doneness—once it comes out clean, it’s done. Place muffin pan on a cooling rack to cool for 30 minutes. Gently remove muffins from muffin pan and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely, about 1.5 hours. Enjoy! Storing instructions below.
Notes
A Note on Homemade Oat Flour: *If using homemade oat flour, make sure to blend the flour until very fine and sift the flour to remove coarse bits of oats that could create less than ideal results. Store until needed, then measure the amount required for the recipe.
Storing Instructions: Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week in a cool, dark environment.
To Freeze: Store in an airtight container or bag, in the freezer for up to 1-2 months. Allow to thaw for about 30 minutes at room temperature before enjoying. Or, heat in the microwave in 10-second increments until just warm.