Low carb, keto friendly muffins with cream cheese, sugar free, wheat flour free, gluten free and also diabetic friendly!
Keto / low carb
This is an easy and very tasty recipe for low carb muffins, made without many ingredients in only 5 minutes! These muffins become fluffy andjuicy and you don't even need to use a hand mixer! It's the perfect solution for a sweet breakfast, regardless of the diet you follow and especially for children, as a healthy delicacy. In the basic recipe you can add some berries, lemon or orange zest, cocoa powder, chopped dark chocolate (> 85% cocoa content), or cinnamon and depending on the ingredient you adding, the muffins will acquire a special flavor and aroma. Sometimes I just use lemon zest as an extra ingredient and they're just perfect! The muffins are often served with a buttercream frosting for a richer taste, but using this version the calories as well as the carbohydrates increases. This time I go for the simple version but there is also the relevant buttercream recipe for those who wish (half the amount is enough).
Keto Cheesecake Muffins
Servings: 11
• Ingredients: 2 / Medium sized eggs 300 g / Cream cheese 200 g / Almond flour 12 g / Baking powder 100 g / Erythritol-stevia blend 1:1 or any other natural sweetener of your choice • Optional: 1 tsp / Orange zest (organic) 60 g / Dark chocolate (> 85% cocoa powder content)* (chopped) 2 tsp / Cocoa powder (sugar-free)
• Instructions: 1 Let cream cheese and eggs for half an hour at room temperature before starting. 2 Preheat the oven (fan assisted) at 180°C. 3 Prepare the muffin tins (butter lightly or cover with special muffin papers). 4 In a bowl, whisk the eggs until fluffy, add cream cheese and sweetener (at this point you can also add the orange or lemon zest). 5 Continue mixing the almond flour and baking powder. 6 Add the chopped dark chocolate (optional).
* Notes on optional ingredients: • The addition of chocolate or fruit is always at the end. • If you want two-color muffins, add the cocoa powder to the 1/4 of the dough, distribute the rest of the mixture in the muffin forms and place 1 tsp of the cocoa mixture in each muffin. 7 Divide the mixture into 11-12 muffin tins and bake for 15 minutes. 8 After baking, let the muffins cool well. • Serve plain or with homemade buttercream and enjoy!
Macros for 1 muffin: (with chocolate)
Protein: 7,7 γρ
Carbohydrates (net): 2,9 γρ
Fat: 22 γρ
Energy: 242 Kcal
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