Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Cinnamon Roll Muffins


This post is soooooo long overdue! These are what I ate on Christmas morning, and I was so excited to share them with all my blogging friends...yet, here we are, weeks later, and I'm just getting to it. :(

Anyway, this recipe is great! Found it on Elana's amazing site (got her cookbook for Christmas by the way, and I LOVE it!!). Tweaked a couple things based on what I had in the house.

Cinnamon Roll Muffins
Original recipe here

Muffin Ingredients
1 c blanched almond flour
2 tbsp sorghum flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 c salt
1/4 c olive oil
1/4 c agave nectar
3 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract

Topping Ingredients
2 tbsp sugar (approx.)
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tbsp olive oil

Make muffins: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin tins w/ cups. Mix together wet ingredients. Add in dry ingredients, and blend well. Scoop 1/4 c mix into each cup (Elana's directions state this, and I added more to each muffin, but they ended up being a little thick, so I recommend this as well).
Make topping: Mix together all ingredients in a small bowl.
Scoop topping onto muffins.
Bake for 8-12 minutes.
Cool, then serve.
(I can't remember how many this made, but I'm assuming if you only put 1/4 c in each tin, you get at least a dozen)

The directions recommend topping the muffins w/ cream cheese frosting, and I'm sure to experience the full cinnamon roll effect, you would need to do this. However, I loved these just the way they were, with a nice hot cup of tea.

Enjoy, and a happy new year to all!

6 comments:

Brian said...

Great looking muffin! Cinnamon rolls can be hard to make gluten free. Great idea to put those flavors into a muffin.

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Linda said...

Your muffin looks delicious. I like the cinnamon roll spin on it.

gfe--gluten free easily said...

This is my kind of cinnamon roll--ultra easy. ;-) I've made a cinnamon-sugar crusted popovers a few times now and they remind us of cinnamon rolls. They are so good. The recipe is very easy. I plan to post it later this week.

Thanks for stopping by gfe and entering The Spunky Coconut Cookbook giveaway!

Shirley

Anonymous said...

I LOVE YOU!!! I am so making these today!!! ;) hahahaha

Anonymous said...

I used Walnut oil- turned out YUM!!! Good job Dollface! ;)