Here are some more delicious muffins just in time for summer! The streusel on top combined with the cherries inside give these muffins a summery, sweet taste guaranteed to have you reaching for a second one (or at least that’s the way it is for me!). And in the summer, cherries are in season- another reason to grab this muffin recipe, as fruits and vegetables are most nutritious and tasty while they are in season. Also, if you have any extra of the streusel topping, it tastes great on its own- I mixed it together with some unsweetened shredded coconut and it tasted almost like granola. Enjoy!

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Cherry Streusel Muffins
 

Ingredients
  • ½ cup coconut flour
  • ½ cup arrowroot starch
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon cardamom
  • ½ cup coconut oil or butter, melted
  • 3 and ½ tablespoons coconut sugar
  • 2 tablespoons flaxmeal
  • 2 packets of stevia
  • 4 eggs
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 and ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup frozen cherries, chopped
Streusel topping
  • 1 cup sunflower seeds, unsalted
  • 1 tablespoon arrowroot starch/flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
  • 1 full dropper of liquid stevia (cinnamon flavor works best)

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 12 muffin cup pan with parchment paper muffin liners.
  2. Chop up the cherries and set aside.
  3. Stir all dry ingredients in a bowl to combine.
  4. In a separate and microwave safe bowl, melt the coconut oil or butter until melted but not too warm (so as not to cook the eggs). Then, whisk in the eggs, applesauce, and vanilla until mixed well.
  5. Add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir until well combined.
  6. Stir in the cherries until evenly dispersed throughout the batter.
  7. Divide the batter among the 12 muffin liners.
  8. Place about 2 tablespoons of streusel mixture on each muffin (see recipe that follows for the streusel).
  9. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes and check to see if they are done. If not, let bake 5 more minutes.
Streusel Topping
  1. In a food processor bowl, combine sunflower seeds, arrowroot starch and cinnamon and pulse to combine and also to break up the sunflower seeds into smaller chunks but not to a flour consistency.
  2. Melt coconut oil and liquid stevia in the microwave. Combine with the dry ingredients in the food processor and pulse to a chunky texture.
*This mixture can also be made into a granola by spreading the mixture onto a parchment lined baking sheet and baking at 325 degrees for 13 minutes, stirring every 4 minutes to prevent burning.