Blueberry Muffins with Coconut (Almond Flour and Coconut Flour)

Paleo, refined sugar free and bursting with juicy blueberries, these almond flour blueberry muffins are the perfect snack or healthy dessert. They come together in under 30 minutes and are finished off with a simple maple sugar crumble.

Wet:
3 large eggs
¼ cup pure maple syrup
¼ cup + 2 Tbsp. coconut sugar
¼ cup avocado oil
1 Tbsp. lemon juice, freshly squeezed
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Dry:
2 cups fine almond flour
¼ cup coconut flour
½ cup tapioca starch/flour
1½ tsp. baking pwoder
½ tsp. sea salt
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
1½ cups blueberries

Crumble Topping:
1 Tbsp. coconut oil, softened
3 Tbsp. coconut or maple sugar
¼ cup almond flour

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C/160°C fan, Gas Mark 4). Line a muffin tray and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients until well combined.

Add in the dry ingredients, making sure to spoon and level the flours, don't scoop from the bag.

Mix together with a wooden spoon. Fold in the blueberries.

Use a cookie scoop or spoon and spoon the batter into the lined muffin tray, filling about ¾ of the way up.

In a small bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients for the crumble with a fork. If it seems too wet, add more flour until it looks crumbly. Sprinkle on top of the muffins.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown on top and a toothpick comes out clean. If using coconut sugar, I find they bake a bit faster than maple sugar, so check around 18 minutes. When I used maple sugar they took closer to 25, but all ovens are different so keep an eye on them! The bake time will also be shorter for fresh berries and longer for frozen.

Let cool in the tray for about 15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Makes 1 dozen.

Cook's Notes:

You can use fresh or frozen blueberries for this recipe, but frozen blueberries will require a slightly longer baking time, closer to 25-28 minutes. Check for doneness with a toothpick.
You can use coconut or maple sugar. You can also just use regular cane sugar if you don’t need to be strictly paleo.