Gluten Free Passionfruit Muffins
Ha! I’m bored of baking chocolaty things, but if I make anything other than chocolate, it doesn’t get eaten until all of the chocolate things are gone, which rarely occurs.
Today, the last of the peanut butter-chocolate buckwheat muffins (wait, did I post that recipe?!) were finished at breakfast, and I’m free to play! Passionfruit is a favorite in our home, so I’m going for that (even though it’s not chocolate and it’s not peanut butter, the top two baking ingredients).
So…this is a totally different recipe from what you’re used to seeing. Yes, still muffins, still full of nuts and seeds, still gluten/sugar/dairy-free…but no chocolate!
Oh, BTW, passionfruit is maracuyá in Spanish, in case you were wondering.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Vegetable oil
1 cup Honey
2 Eggs
1 cup Passionfruit juice and pulp (I purchased this, it’s not freshly…squeezed? mashed? extracted?)
1 t. Vanilla extract
2 cups Flour (I used a blend of corn and rice)
1/2 t. Sea salt
1 t. Baking powder
1/2 t. Baking soda
1/2 cup Slivered almonds and Mixed sesame seeds
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. Line muffin pan with cups.
Mix together moist ingredients. Separately, mix dry ingredients, then add dry to moist, mixing gently until combined. Divide among 12 muffin cups. Sprinkle extra slivered almonds on top. Drizzle additional passionfruit juice on top if you have some.
Bake for 25-28 minutes, or until a knife inserted comes out clean.
Enjoy! These muffins take the prize for most gorgeous muffins yet. Or maybe I’m just not used to white (non-chocolate) muffins. They’re beautiful.
They look so yummy and I have all the ingredients for them. I grow passion fruit or lilikoi here in Hawaii. It’s out of season now but I have some frozen pulp and juice. I am saving this recipe to try it. thank you.
maracuyá! Haven’t heard that word in a while, we must have joint minds, I love apssionfruit and I bought some recently for a recipe I was planning but couldn’t get all the ingredients together so will probably end up eating them the good old fashioned way, the addition of juice must have made them lovely and moist!
Purplume, let me know how they work out for you. They will be amazing when you try them with fresh fruit.
Curi, they were great. I was so amazed that he gave them a thumbs up every time he ate one, since there was no chocolate involved.
You both might consider adding a bit extra juice/pulp for more flavor. I will try that next time.
Omg, I just made the muffins and ate way too many. Oh dear. Yes they were yummy. I didn’t measure the honey. It was all thick and the muffins were undersweet. That’s good, a few less calories. Thanks for the recipe.
btw my favorite recipe for passion fruit is a non cooking recipe. I put a spoonful of passion fruit in the bottom of a champagne flute and fill it up with champagne. Oh yummy.
I’m so glad you tried this recipe!! I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it.
Thanks for the champagne-passion fruit idea. Sounds yummy!