Paleo, Gluten Free, Grain Free Mini Muffins {2 Versions}
I recently had a recipe on my site that quickly became very popular. It was a quick mini muffin that took only 5 minutes to whip up! Here is that recipe:
Got 5 Minutes? Here is The Easiest Gluten Free & Grain Free Muffins Ever
I had quite a few request to make these muffins without using bananas. Easy enough…just had to experiment and bonus…I got to eat more of these amazing muffins!
First, if you haven’t tried that recipe, I encourage you to try it. It is quite amazing! I was a bit surprised how many requests I got for banana free paleo mini muffins.
So today’s version of these amazing muffins is made with applesauce rather than bananas. I will include both versions of this recipe and you pick which one to try first. Both of these paleo, gluten free, grain free mini muffins are terrific!
How To Substitute Ingredients
One of my most frequently asked questions is how to substitute certain ingredients. In today’s recipe I am going to talk about substituting bananas for applesauce.
The first important piece of information is that 1 medium banana is about 1/3 cup smashed. I think you could easily substitute bananas out with unsweetened applesauce or pearsauce or a combination of the two.
Here is what I did to make my own quick homemade apple-pear sauce. Be sure to check out the chart in this post to get the desired consistency of applesauce that you are looking for.
I made a chunky pear-apple sauce and used 2 medium apples and 2 really ripe pears and that made 2/3 cups of chunky pear-apple sauce, exactly what you need for this recipe. Here is the recipe:
Quick and Easy Homemade Apple Pear Sauce Recipe
Simply replace the bananas with 2/3 cup of applesauce, pearsauce or apple-pear sauce. So let’s get to these 2 different recipes.
Paleo, Gluten Free, Grain Free Mini Muffins Made with Applesauce {Version 1}
So here are these little gems made with apple-pear sauce. They taste amazing and have a nice sweetness to them.
Paleo Mini Muffins {Made With Applesauce, Pearsauce or Apple-Pear Sauce}
Prep Time: 5 minutes- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 24 mini muffins or 12 large muffins 1x
Category: breakfast, snack
Method: baking
Cuisine: american
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These amazing muffins are made paleo, gluten-free, grain-free. They make a great afternoon snack.
Ingredients
- 1 cup nut butter – You can shop for nut butters here
- 2/3 cups applesauce, pearsauce or apple-pear sauce (The more ripe, the sweeter!)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla (try making your own!)
- 2 tablespoons of raw honey (or other sweeteners such as maple syrup, stevia, etc.)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- Toppings: dehydrated unsweetened coconut flakes, raisins, flaxseed, dark chocolate chips, cinnamon, and/or anything else you can think of. I added even more tupelo honey 😉 Feel free to lather on apple butter, strawberry preserves, or even more peanut butter. Ever heard of carrot jam? It’s very tasty with this snack, too!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º degrees F.
- Place all ingredients into a blender or food processor. You can also use a stick blender if you have one.
- Blend until well mixed.
- Pour batter into a greased muffin tin. You can also use a mini muffin tin to make 24 mini muffins.
- Add additional toppings of your choice to each muffin and lightly stir into each cup
- Cook time: 15 minutes for full size muffins and 10 minutes for mini muffins.
- Reheat in a toaster oven for about 4 minutes at 350 degrees F, or eat at room temperature.
Notes
Equipment Needed
Nutritional Information: Calories: 153 Fat: 11g Carbs: 10g Protein: 6g
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 mini muffins or 1 large muffin
Fresh out of the oven! I did notice that they did not rise quite as high as the muffins made with bananas, but it didn’t bother me one bit. These muffins are OUTSTANDING!
Paleo, Gluten Free, Grain Free Mini Muffins Made With Bananas {Version 2}
So onto version two of this recipe! I absolutely love this recipe too! Make sure your bananas are super ripe. The more ripe, the sweeter the muffins.
Paleo, Gluten Free, Grain Free Mini Muffins Made With Bananas
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 24 mini muffins or 12 large muffins 1x
Description
Nutritional Information: Calories: 165 Fat: 11g Carbs: 13g Protein: 6g
Ingredients
- 1 cup nut butter – You can shop for nut butters here
- 2 medium sized bananas or approx. 2/3 cup of smashed bananas (The more ripe, the sweeter!)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla (try making your own!)
- 2 tablespoons of raw honey (or other sweeteners such as maple syrup, stevia, etc.)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- Toppings: dehydrated unsweetened coconut flakes, raisins, flaxseed, dark chocolate chips, cinnamon, and/or anything else you can think of. I added even more tupelo honey 😉 Feel free to lather on apple butter, strawberry preserves, or even more peanut butter. Ever heard of carrot jam? It’s very tasty with this snack, too!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º degrees F.
- Place all ingredients into a blender or food processor. You can also use a stick blender if you have one.
- Blend until well mixed.
- Pour batter into a greased muffin tin. You can also use a mini muffin tin to make 24 mini muffins.
- Add additional toppings of your choice to each muffin and lightly stir into each cup
- Cook time: 15 minutes for full size muffins and 10 minutes for mini muffins.
- Reheat in a toaster oven for about 4 minutes at 350 degrees F, or eat at room temperature.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 mini muffins or 1 large muffin
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You asked for it, here it is. 2 Versions of our Paleo, Gluten Free and Grain Free Mini Muffins! Which version do you like better?
Made the banana version of these and they are great! We eat paleo at my house, and these muffins make breakfast and afternoon snacks easy. Made them yesterday before work, and I’m surprised at how many I have eaten. They are so good and small I just wanna keep popping them in my mouth. Will definetly be making these again.
I have only made the banana muffins and I really liked them. We will have fresh apples from the tree soon, so maybe I will make the apple muffins with them.
Marie Gaspari The apple muffins are delicious with walnuts or pecans! Yum!
My grand kids just love this recipe and so do grandpa & grandma !
@Elaine Weitz So glad you are enjoying them!
These are amazing and so easy to make.
My kids love them! Thank you so much for this recipe.
@amanda You are welcome! Agree, the easier the better and this one literally takes 5 min to whip up!
Love love love these muffins! They’re a great healthy, hearty snack!
I found that if you’re not eating them that same weekend :), they have to be refrigerated immediately. I use mine as a weekly snack, so they need to last.
Thanks again for a great recipe that I share with everyone!
thtyrell You are so welcome. I agree with you, it makes for a perfect well balanced snack!!!
I wonder if you can use tahini in these? I’m allergic to peanuts and almonds, and that cashew butter is too dang expensive.
Same with my granddaughter but she can only have peanuts no tree nuts
These have become a favorite quick, on the go breakfast for us. My kids love them, both versions! I tinkered a little (because that’s ow I roll lol) and subbed puréed pumpkin for the bananas/applesauce, used homemade pecan butter for the but butter and threw in a couple teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice…they were divine! They needed to bake slightly longer than your versions because of the extra water in the pumpkin. I’m going to try sweet potato next. Thank you for sharing our versions!
OMGoodness…these are SO good! I used peanut butter and two medium size bananas…had no trouble with sinking, in fact, they rose beautifully. I did have to decrease the cooking time as well as the oven temp. (After 10 minutes at 400 degrees the regular size muffins were getting too brown.) Next time I’ll start at 375 degrees. Thanks for sharing this recipe!!
Can these muffins be frozen? I live alone and would like to make a batch of at least a half dozen, but they would need to last at least a week.
OH MY!!! Just made some homemade cashew butter then made these muffins. They are superb. I added some coconut and choc chips as suggested and used applesauce I made yesterday. I am not a “muffin” person but these are a keeper! Can’t wait for Thanksgiving to share with my paleo family. So fast and easy.
@Moondragon007 I bet it would work!
MommyOnAMission Wow, these sound amazing! Can’t wait to try the pumpkin…thanks for sharing!