Vegan Strawberry Muffins
Ingredients
-
1
tablespoon
ground flax
-
3
tablespoons
water
-
1 ½
cups
diced strawberries
-
⅔
cup
white sugar
-
2
tablespoons
lemon juice
-
2
cups
all-purpose flour
-
1
teaspoon
baking powder
-
1
teaspoon
ground cinnamon
-
½
teaspoon
baking soda
-
¼
teaspoon
salt
-
1
tablespoon
lemon zest
-
¾
cup
unsweetened soy milk
-
¼
cup
olive oil
-
½
teaspoon
vanilla extract
-
¼
teaspoon
lemon extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a muffin tin or line with muffin papers.
- Combine ground flax with water to make a flax egg and let it rest for 5 minutes.
- In a small saucepan, cook diced strawberries with sugar and lemon juice over medium heat until juicy and softened, about 3-4 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, mix the dry ingredients: flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients and stir in the flax egg, soy milk, olive oil, remaining lemon juice, vanilla extract, and optional lemon extract until just combined.
- Fold in the simmered strawberries until just combined.
- Divide the batter into the muffin tins for either 12 small muffins or 9 larger muffins.
- Bake for 20-23 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let the muffins rest in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool.
Nutrition Facts (estimated)
Servings
9 medium muffins
Calories
242
Total fat
7g
Total carbohydrates
42g
Total protein
4g
Sodium
135mg
Cholesterol
0mg
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