Paleo Coffee Cake Muffins
 
Ingredients
Muffins:
  • 4 eggs
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ cup butter, melted
  • 3 Tbsp Maple Syrup or agave
  • ½ cup coconut flour
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Topping
  • ½ cup sunflower seeds, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp flaxmeal
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 Tbsp dariy free butter
  • Pinch of salt
  • ⅛ cup coconut palm sugar
  • ⅛ cup Stevia in the Raw ( measures cup for cup as a sugar replacement for baking)
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 F and line a muffin tin with paper liners
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, vanilla, melted butter and maple syrup or agave.
  3. Add your coconut flour to the wet ingredients--while stirring continuously.
  4. Stir in your salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
  5. muffin cups.
  6. For the topping: mix the coconut palm sugar, cinnamon, almond flour, pecans and salt in a medium-sized bowl.
  7. Add your cold butter and mix using a pastry blender or two knives (you're making a streusel topping).
  8. Once the cold butter is crumbly, add 1 Tbsp of the topping to each of the muffins.
  9. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  10. Cool on a wire rack and enjoy with your morning coffee.
Recipe by paleopenguin.com at http://paleopenguin.com/paleo-coffee-cake-muffins/