Low Sodium Maple Pecan Muffins Recipes

MAPLE PECAN MUFFINS (VEGAN, GLUTEN-FREE, DAIRY-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 9 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Stir water and flax seed meal together in a bowl; set aside until "flax egg" is thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Whisk gluten-free all-purpose flour, pecans, coconut flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Add flax egg, maple syrup, coconut oil, and vanilla extract to flour mixture and mix well until batter is smooth. Scoop batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until muffin tops are starting to brown, about 17 minutes. Cool muffins in the tin for a few minutes before removing.

MAPLE PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a food processor, grind half of the pecans and half of the flour together. Remove and set aside. Add the remaining pecans and chop into small pieces.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk together the remaining flour, the pecan/flour mixture, sugar, baking powder and salt. Make a welt in the center of this mixture and add the buttermilk, butter, eggs and maple syrup. Mix until combined and lumpy. Fold in the chopped pecans.
• Pour into lined muffin cups.
• Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. At the end of baking, turn your broiler on high and broil or about 1 minute or until the tops of the muffins are slightly golden. This will give your muffins a nice crunchy topping.
• Cool on a wire rack for 20-30 minutes before serving.

OATMEAL-PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
• Spread pecans on a baking sheet and place in the oven as it preheats. Watch carefully and cook pecans until lightly toasted and fragrant, stirring occasionally, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove, and chop when cool enough to handle.
• Meanwhile, combine applesauce, vegetable oil, maple syrup, brown sugar, and egg in a large bowl; mix until thoroughly combined.
• Mix together whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Add applesauce mixture to the flour mixture, stirring until just moistened. Fold in oats, cranberries, and chopped pecans. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Serve warm or transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

MORNING MAPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine milk, butter, syrup, sour cream, egg and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. For topping, combine flour, sugar, nuts and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. , Bake 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm. Freeze option: Freeze cooled muffins in freezer containers. To use, thaw at room temperature or, if desired, microwave each muffin on high for 20-30 seconds or until heated through.

MAPLE PECAN BUTTERMILK MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Grease 20 deep muffin tins or use paper cases.
• Spread pecans on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 5 minutes. When cool, chop coarsely and set aside.
• In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine caster sugar, light brown sugar, maple syrup and butter. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating to incorporate thoroughly after each addition.
• Pour half the buttermilk and half the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, then stir until blended. Repeat with the remaining buttermilk and dry ingredients.
• Fold in the chopped pecans. Fill the prepared cups two-thirds full. Top each muffin with 3 pecan halves. For even baking, half-fill any empty cups with water.
• Bake 350°F / 180°C for 20-30 minutes (mine needed nearly 30mins). Let stand 5 minutes before unmolding.
• VARIATION:.
• For Pecan Spice Muffins, substitute an equal quantity of golden syrup for the maple syrup. Increase the cinnamon to 1/2 tsp, and add 1 tsp ground ginger and 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg, sifted with the dry ingredients.

HEALTHY PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees Celsius). If necessary, grease all 12 cups of your muffin tin with butter or non-stick cooking spray (my pan is non-stick and didn't require any grease).
• In a large bowl, beat the oil and maple syrup or honey together with a whisk. Add the eggs, and beat well. Add the pumpkin purée, milk, pumpkin spice blend, baking soda, vanilla extract and salt.
• Add the flour and oats to the bowl and mix with a large spoon, just until combined (a few lumps are ok). If you'd like to add any additional mix-ins***, like nuts, chocolate or dried fruit, fold them in now.
• Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups. Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with about a tablespoon of oats, followed by a light sprinkle of raw sugar and/or pumpkin spice blend if you'd like. Bake muffins for 22 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
• Place the muffin tin on a cooling rack to cool. These muffins are delicate until they cool down. You might need to run a butter knife along the outer edge of the muffins to loosen them from the pan.
• These muffins taste even better after they have rested for a couple of hours! They'll keep at room temperature for up to 2 days, or in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. They keep well in the freezer in a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months (just defrost individual muffins as needed).

LOW SODIUM MAPLE PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease muffin cups or use paper liners.
• Mix flours and pecans in a large bowl. Put egg yolks, milk, maple syrup and melted butter into a medium size bowl. Put egg whites into another bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at high speed until soft peaks form. Add sugar 1 T. at a time, beating well after each addition. Whites should be glossy, very white and form stiff peaks.
• Use the same beaters to beat the milk mixture until well blended. Pour milk mixture over dry ingredients and fold in until dry ingredients are fairly well moistened. Scrape the egg whites over the top and fold in gently, just until blended.
• Fill cups almost to the top with batter. Bake about 20 minutes until lightly browned. Cool in pan about 10 minutes.

SWEET POTATO MAPLE PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. pre heat oven to 350.
• 2. with a hand mixer (or by hand) mix together sweet potatoes, sugars & eggs.
• 3. add in the maple syrup & oil.
• 4. in a separate bowl sift the flour and add the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt & chia or flax ( optional)
• 5. slowly start incorporating the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a spatula, add in the chopped pecans.
• 6. and pour into paper lined or buttered muffin cups, bake for about 15 to 20 mins, or until toothpick comes out clean, depends on your oven, let cool and enjoy!

MINI PECAN PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 24 mini-muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Combine oats, flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 tsp. salt in a food processor. Process until the oats are finely ground. Scatter butter pieces on top and process just until a dough comes together.
• Divide the dough among the prepared mini-muffin cups, using about 1 1/2 Tbsp. dough for each. Press the dough into the bottom and up the sides of each cup.
• Bake the crusts until the edges are set and light golden, about 15 minutes. Use the back of a spoon to press the crusts back down and up the sides (they will have puffed slightly during baking).
• Whisk eggs, maple syrup, pecans, vanilla, and the remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/2 tsp. salt in a medium bowl. Divide the filling among the crusts, using about 1/2 Tbsp. filling for each.
• Bake the mini pies until the filling is set, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Use an offset spatula to release the edges and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.