You will fall in love with this low carb keto muffins recipe, even if you are not on the keto diet. That’s how good they are!Â
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Super easy keto muffins
The muffins are super soft, fluffy, and so delicious!
They are quick to make, naturally gluten free, and can be customized to create unlimited new flavors.
The recipe also gives you no dairy, no sugar, and flourless options.
And they taste so good, it’s hard to not eat the entire batch at once. I seriously cannot stop making these muffins.
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Flavor suggestions
So far, I have used the base muffin recipe to make plain, blueberry, strawberry, banana bread (adapted from these Banana Muffins), and dark chocolate flavors.
For blueberry keto muffins, simply add a handful of blueberries right before baking. Only stir very gently, so as not to break the berries.
Or use this sugar free muffin recipe:Â Keto Blueberry Muffins.
Try adding a pinch of cinnamon or orange or lemon zest to the batter. You can make your own keto coffee cake muffins by topping each individual muffin with a nut based flourless streusel before baking in the oven.
What toppings will you add to your dream muffins?
How to make keto muffins
Gather all of the ingredients, and preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Grease a mini muffin tin very well so the muffins will pop right out after baking.
Stir together all of your dry ingredients until the sweetener, baking powder, and salt are evenly incorporated. Whisk in your wet ingredients, then fill each muffin cup around two thirds of the way full.
You should get around fourteen or fifteen mini keto breakfast muffins.
Bake the pan for minutes on the oven’s center rack. Then take the mini chocolate chip muffins out of the oven and let them cool for another ten minutes.
Go around the sides of the muffins with a knife and pop them out.
Leftover almond flour? Whip up this Almond Flour Banana Bread
How to eat keto muffins
These homemade muffins are fantastic pretty much every way I’ve tried them.
They’re great plain or topped with butter, cream cheese, or Coconut Butter.
I especially love to stir chocolate chips or a handful of dried fruit or shredded coconut into the batter.
Or spread the muffins with this keto friendly Homemade Nutella Recipe.
The flavor and texture of these paleo muffins are somewhat similar to corn muffins, so they are great to serve alongside savory recipes, such as Lentil Soup, Tofu Scramble (for a protein packed breakfast), or Cauliflower Casserole.
For vegan keto muffins
While keto muffin recipes traditionally call for eggs, it turns out that making them vegan is easy! Simply use one of the numerous vegan egg substitutes on the market, such as Bob’s or Ener-G, or you can also make your own flax egg.
If you go with the flax option, the muffins will look more rustic (i.e. less domed and paler in color, with flecks of flaxseed dotting the muffins), but they are definitely just as delicious!
Low carb and sugar free muffins
To achieve the best keto muffin recipe, I’ve tested the muffins using numerous different sweeteners. Mostly I just wanted an excuse to make more batches of muffins!
Erythritol, xylitol, and stevia all work in the recipe.
Or if you are not on a ketogenic diet, white sugar, brown sugar, or unrefined sugar (such as coconut sugar) are also fine to use. Even if using regular sugar in these, you only need one tablespoon for the entire recipe!
The muffins are also free of coconut flour, heavy cream, oil, dairy, and protein powder, although I’m sure you could add some if you wanted to experiment.
And they have less than 1 net carb per muffin.
If you try the recipe, I hope you love them as much as we do!
Step by step recipe video
Above, watch the keto muffin recipe video
Keto Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond flour or almond meal
- 2 tbsp powdered erythritol or 1 tbsp sugar or stevia equivalent
- 1/4 cup milk of choice
- 1 large egg or the vegan options listed earlier in the post or 1 flax egg
- 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- optional mini chocolate chips (or sugar free chocolate chips), crushed walnuts, pinch cinnamon, etc.
InstructionsÂ
- *I like this recipe best as mini muffins because they have a lighter texture, but you can definitely do regular-sized muffins if you prefer. The recipe will make 4 regular sized muffins, so feel free to double it!Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a mini muffin tin very well. Combine all dry ingredients (stirring well), then stir in wet. Scoop into muffin cups, filling about 2/3 of the way up. Bake 10 minutes on the center rack (or 15 minutes for regular-sized muffins). Remove from the oven and let cool an additional 10 minutes, during which time they will continue to firm up. Carefully go around the sides of each muffin with a knife and pop out. If you try them, be sure to rate the recipe below!View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
More Keto Breakfast Recipes
(Hey, why not??! With cream cheese, yogurt, and no sugar, the recipe has protein and healthy fats; and it’s certainly a healthier choice than some sugary breakfast cereals or pastries!)
Vegan Cream Cheese – 4 Flavors, NO Tofu!
More Healthy Breakfast Ideas
(Or this Keto Lemon Bread)
Healthy Banana Bread – with an oil free option
Breakfast Meal Prep – 20 Healthy Recipes
Hi, can we use coconut flour instead of almond flour for this recipe?
You’d have to play around with it–especially the amount of liquid–since coconut flour absorbs liquid like a sponge. If you experiment, be sure to report back for the rest of us!
Jason
I have made these with coconut flour. I like the texture better. For every cup of almond flour in the recipe, use 1/4 c coconut flour; add 1 egg ( in addition to what is in the recipe).
We just started the Keto diet yesterday but have tried several keto dessert recipes in the past that were AWFUL. These are redeeming all of the failed keto dessert recipes, thank you. Now onto Keto cheesecake
Haha I’ve tried some really bad ones too. The internet is a scary place! So glad the muffins turned out well!
Jason
I made this recipe (with optional chocolate chips) in my doughnut baking pan. It made 5 total, baked for 14 minutes, and they are great! Hoping my daughter will grab one for breakfast on her rush out the door.
Just made this with the following adjustment:
reduced the salt to 1/8 tsp
added 1 Tbsp lemon zest
replaced some of the milk with 2 Tbsp of fresh lemon juice
Filled & baked in regular sized silicon muffin mould (I was able to fill all 6 cups by filling them half-full), and they turned out perfect! Not too sweet and just enough tartness.
Thank you so much for this recipe and will definitely make this again! I might try to lower or omit the sugar and attempt to make them into English muffins next.
Is there a way to incorporate some coconut flour into the recipe somehow? Thanks.
Do you store them in the fridge or just in a container on the counter?
Either works!
These are really good and now in my freezer for a quick on-the-go breakfast or for coffee (pop in the microwave for 15 or 20 seconds).
I did them as directed but added chopped 90% cocoa chocolate and chopped pecans.
I also made a chocolate version which is soooo yummy!
Substituted 1/2 cup of the almond flour with cocoa powder and added an extra tbsp erythritol. Also added the chopped 90% cocoa chocolate and some chopped almonds.
Thank you, finally something I can enjoy inbetween!
Katie, I thought I’d found something we could eat that wouldn’t violate our need for a keto muffin, until I checked the ingredients. You see, our son is VERY allergic to Almonds, so the use of almond flour is definitely out. Will this recipe work with coconut flout?
Hi, sorry we haven’t ever tried it so really can’t say! But sending good luck!
Jason (media relations)
So I’ve been on a Keto Diet for a month and cutting out the carbs has been difficult, especially when a I’m trying to get lean and the boyfriend is buying normal blueberry muffins because he’s on bulking season lol so today I almost gave into temptation so decided to try making these and OMG BEST KETO MUFFIN RECIPE AND EVEN BETTER TASTE!! The texture is amazing, fluffy and well balanced. One thing I did do was use 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract, 1 Tsp Cinnamon powder, and Oat Milk and I prefer Stevia to the other sweeteners as it doesn’t change the flavour in the recipes. With a touch of an piece of raw almond on top of each. They were to die for, they may not raise very much but definitely worth it.
Those look so good!
I made this 2 days ago. I added cacao powder to make them into full chocolate muffins, and folded the chocolate chips into the batter. They turned out AMAZING. Definitely a repeater recipe. .
Hi, should I put 1 TBSP or tsp baking powder?
Hi, neither. The recipe calls for 1/2 tbsp baking powder.