Butternut Squash, Apple, and Hazelnut Muffins
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- Yield Makes 12
Ingredients
- 1/2 small butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and diced (3 cups)
- 3/4 cup superfine brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup millet flour
- 1/2 cup hazelnut flour
- 1/2 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup cane sugar
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- 1 sweet apple, such as Gala, peeled, cored, and grated (1 cup)
- 2 tablespoons chopped hazelnuts
Directions
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Heat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin pan with 12 baking cups.
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Steam squash until tender, about 10 minutes, then transfer to a food processor and puree until smooth.
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In a large bowl, whisk together flours, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and ginger. In another bowl, whisk together eggs, 1/2 cup squash puree, sugars, oil, vanilla, and lemon zest.
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Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients until well incorporated, then fold in apple. Spoon batter into baking cups and sprinkle with hazelnuts.
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Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Cook's Note
Batter Up
Combined with grated apple and steamed squash, healthy-fat-rich hazelnut flour ensures a perfectly moist texture in these autumnal treats.
Super delicious and moist. I made this into a loaf as I don't have a muffin tin and baked for 40 mins. Made it to go with a picnic lunch on the weekend and got many comments on how good it was. Lovely Autumnal Recipe!
So the final amount of squash you add to the recipe is 1/2 cup? The directions confused me as it said 3 cups in the ingredients list. Thanks for clarifying!
Quite possibly the best muffins I've had to date. They were so moist and flavorful.