Gluten Free Muffins Recipe
A good gluten-free muffin recipe is essential to any homemaker’s repertoire, and this one won’t disappoint! It’s one of my favorite gluten-free recipes!
As homemakers, we have a lot of jobs to do. Clean, wash laundry, take care of kids, feed everybody. In the “feed everybody” category, I’ve found it really useful to have a few basic recipes on hand or even memorized ones that I can pull out and make alterations to in various situations. It saves a lot of time and stress in deciding what to make.
This gluten-free muffin recipe is one of those. It’s very basic, which makes it really easy to alter just by adding fruit or chocolate chips – this morning, we used blackberries. Or maybe some spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, or cloves. How about adding a streusel topping or even just cinnamon sugar on top for a change? You could even bake it in an 8×8 cake pan and turn this into a coffee cake recipe.
So many possibilities for just one recipe!
I was just going over my gluten-free pita bread recipe (and *cough* correcting a bunch of typos in it), and realized that I very often pontificate on how easy it is to make good gluten-free food. But it really is! And I hope these recipes prove it to you.
PrintGluten-Free Muffins Recipe
Muffins are a delicious staple- and these gluten-free muffins do not disappoint.
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten free flour mix
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon of guar gum
(optional: your muffins will come out softer if you use it, but they will hold together even if you don’t)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 egg
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/2 cup milk or yogurt (yogurt makes for much softer muffins)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups of fresh or frozen (unthawed) fruit and/or nuts
Instructions
- Preaheat oven to 375º
- Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add eggs. beat eggs, then add oil milk and vanilla.
- Stir together until dry ingredients are fairly well moistened.
- Stir in fruit and/or nuts.
- Divide batter into 12 greased muffin cups.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes unitl lightly browned (I’m paranoid about underbaking, so I always end up baking until medium brown ).
- Remove from pan immediately, and cool on a wire rack.
- Enjoy!
Curious, last time I made muffins from a gluten mix I found, I added blueberries, but they did not have the blueberry taste. What do I need to do different
Great recipe! I didn’t know you were in Nashville, TN – I’m just outside of Nashville!
Yup! I grew up in the Nashville area and just recently moved to Texas. Nice to meet a fellow Tennessean! 🙂
Amazing gluten free muffins, delicious I’m 11 years old easy to make thank you.🙂
Can you use applesauce in place of the oil?
I love your recipes! Thank you so much for sharing them. I am a stay at home Mom of 5 kids. My oldest son and I are gluten free. It is so much cheaper to cook from scratch 🙂
Hi Shandon, I haven’t tried it, but I know it’s a common substitute, so it couldn’t hurt to give it a whirl! 🙂
These look fantastic. I need more “not from a box” muffin recipes for this summer. Thanks!
I made these for my daughter who needs gluten free and they were soft and delicious! I put in 1/2 cup of Chopped walnuts and 1 cup of smashed ripe banana. I only put in 1/2 cup sugar. The muffins were like the softest, moistest banana bread! Thank you!