Refined Sugar Free Pumpkin Muffins Recipe {Gluten Free}

Refined Sugar Free Pumpkin Muffins Recipe | Gluten Free | Made with Almond Flour

The Pumpkin season is here, and what better than celebrating Fall with the delicious Refined Sugar Free Pumpkin Muffins Recipe, which is Gluten Free as well. Made with Almond Flour, these muffins are really healthy, and are completely refined flour free and refined sugar free. So, let’s get going to the recipe of Soft & Moist Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Almond Flour Pumpkin Muffins!

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Baking with Almond Flour was forever on my list, and hardly did I know I would get these muffins right in the first go. But as soon as I took the first bite, I knew this was perfect enough to be posted to the blog. The nutty aroma imparted to these muffins by almond flour is amazing!

So, presenting another Fall Dessert Recipe of mine, using (canned) pumpkin puree of course, and my new found love for baking with the gluten-free almond flour. This is the perfect recipe for Easy Gluten Free Holiday Desserts Collection.

Falling leaves, with red, orange and brown hues, pumpkins everywhere, with the temperatures starting to fall, call for these healthy and aromatic baked muffins. These muffins are a great option to bake as one of the best, easy and healthy Thanksgiving Desserts.

The muffins are perfectly soft and moist. The flavors are beautifully balanced with the nuttiness of almond flour, the sweet flavors are added by jaggery powder and the bits of chocolate chips, and last, but not the least, the warm flavors are given to these by muffins by the pumpkin puree and especially, the pumpkin pie spice.

How are these Almond Flour Pumpkin Muffins healthy?

These pumpkin muffins are made with healthy ingredients like almond flour and jaggery powder. So, which means they are one of the healthy gluten free desserts.

Almond flour is considered a low-carb flour option for many baked goods. It is higher in fat content, so, while making a baked good with almond flour, it is better to reduce the fat content, like butter or oil. It is also high in Protein, Vitamin E and Magnesium, which makes it a very nutritious flour option.

Jaggery powder has been the sweetener in many recipes on this blog. It is an unrefined form of cane sugar, and is easily available in India. Luckily, I have been able to find it in all Indian Stores in California!

Which Almond Flour should I use for making these Refined Sugar Free Pumpkin Muffins Recipe?

Ground Almonds comes in 2 forms – Almond meal & Blanched Almond flour. Almond meal is nothing but ground almonds (including almond skin), so you might see some brown particles in almond meal. And almond flour is made up of blanched almonds (with skin removed). You can even make your own blanched almond flour at home. But I have used the Kirkland Signature Superfine Blanched Almond Flour from Costco. I have not tried this recipe with Almond meal, so let me know if you try it.

This recipe is adapted from these Almond Flour Pumpkin Muffins by Well Plated By Erin. I have changed the number of eggs, have used jaggery powder in place of maple syrup, and also changed its quantity. Also, I did not use different powdered spices, but rather directly used the Pumpkin Pie Spice from Trader Joe’s. Though I have altered the ingredients and their measurements, and well, also the recipe directions, but you can certainly check out and try the original recipe. I’m sure the original recipe in itself must also be fabulous.

How do you make the Refined Sugar Free Pumpkin Muffins?

Sharing here are the instructions and some tips to make these muffins. Check the recipe instructions below:

Pumpkin Muffins Recipe (Step-by-step with pictures)

• In a bowl, add jaggery powder, eggs, pumpkin puree, olive oil and vanilla extract. With a hand whisk, mix everything together till all the ingredients are properly blended. Do not over-mix. The wet ingredients mixture is now ready.

• To the wet mixture, add blanched almond flour, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Again, mix everything together till you see a smooth blended mixture and there are no lumps seen. Please make sure not to over-mix.

• Now add chocolate chips to the muffins batter and mix everything together again.

• Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Scoop out 2-3 tablespoons of mixture and pour into the lined or greased muffin cups (To grease the muffin pan, rub the muffin cups with little oil and then optionally, lightly dust each individual cup with a little flour). I was able to make 12 muffins in total. Sprinkle the muffins with the extra chocolate chips (Use as many as you like, I used 3 on each muffin).

• Once the oven is pre-heated, bake the muffins in the oven for around 20-25 minutes or till the muffins are done using the toothpick test, that is, when the inserted toothpick in the muffin comes out clean. Remove the muffins from the oven, and allow them to cool for 5-10 minutes.

The Pumpkin Muffins are ready to be served warm, or these can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a week!

Substitutions & Tips

• Jaggery Powder – If Jaggery Powder is not available, you can replace it with equal amount of organic coconut sugar.
• Chocolate Chips – You can swap the chocolate chips with chopped nuts of your choice, or even use a mixture of chocolate chips and some nuts.
• Don’t over mix the batter. Over-mixing results in formation of air pockets on top and inside of the baked goods, muffins in this case. I would advise to gently fold in the batter, till you see a uniform mixture being formed. I had tried hard not to over-mix, but still you may see some tiny holes on top of the baked muffins in the picture. So, try harder I would say.

Similar Recipes

Also, continuing the tradition, here comes the 52nd recipe under My Julie & Julia Project. For those who don’t know, I had started this project last year, under which I had planned to post 100 recipes from my kitchen by the end of the year 2019. But since I got busy with other priorities in life, I have planned to continue the tradition in 2020. So, this is the Recipe #52 for you all.

If you like these muffins, then be sure to check out other Fall Recipes, which are great for Halloween as well!

• Refined Sugar Free Pumpkin Cookies

Let’s get going to the Healthy Chocolate Chip Almond Flour Pumpkin Muffins Recipe now. Happy baking everyone!!