Healthy Mango Muffins
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Thanks to the light drizzle of honey after baking, these muffins get away with less overall sugars than your average breakfast cake. Make sure your mangoes are very ripe for the sweetest flavor. The outside should give to your touch, and the inside flesh should be a rich orange hue.
Author: Alisa Fleming
Serves: 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or all-purpose flour, or half all-purpose flour / half regular whole wheat flour)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon, nutmeg, or cardamom, optional
- 1½ cups very ripe mango puree*
- ½ cup honey, plus 1 tablespoon for drizzling (use agave or BeeFree for vegan)
- ¼ cup grapeseed oil, melted coconut oil, or your favorite neutral-tasting baking oil
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup diced mango (I diced it small, about the size of raisins)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350ºF.
- Prepare 12 muffin cups (I use silicone, and they work best without greasing)
- Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and spice (if using) in a medium-sized bowl.
- Blend the mango puree, honey, oil, and vanilla in a large bowl (if using the “milk” or egg options below, then add them now).
- Fold the dry ingredients to the wet, along with the diced mango, and stir with a spoon just until combined.
- Some lumps are okay. You don’t want to overmix or the muffins will be dense.
- Bake the muffins for 25 to 30 minutes, or until they begin to brown slightly, pull away from the sides, and a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean.
- Drizzle the muffin tops with the tablespoon of honey.
- Let the muffins cool for 15 minutes in the cups
- Remove the muffins to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Quick Notes: I used about two large mangoes for the puree, with enough left over for the diced mango below. To puree, I simply place the peeled ripe mango in my personal-sized blender and whiz away.
Variations:
Extra-Moist: Add ¼ Cup Unsweetened, Plain, or Vanilla Milk Alternative (your favorite type) with the wet ingredients. I prefer without (they rise and hold shape better), but two of my tasters liked the “extra moist” batch best.
Vegan: Sub regular Agave Nectar or Honey-flavored Agave Nectar for the Honey.
Other Fruit: Feel free to sub the mango puree with papaya puree or even banana puree. With banana, I’d probably up the cinnamon.
Tropical Flair: Use coconut oil for the oil, and add ½ cup unsweetened or sweetened shredded coconut. You could also toss in some chopped macadamias if desired.
This recipe is Vegan, Reduced fat, Whole Grain, Refined Sugar-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Nut-Free, Peanut-Free.
Variations:
Extra-Moist: Add ¼ Cup Unsweetened, Plain, or Vanilla Milk Alternative (your favorite type) with the wet ingredients. I prefer without (they rise and hold shape better), but two of my tasters liked the “extra moist” batch best.
Vegan: Sub regular Agave Nectar or Honey-flavored Agave Nectar for the Honey.
Other Fruit: Feel free to sub the mango puree with papaya puree or even banana puree. With banana, I’d probably up the cinnamon.
Tropical Flair: Use coconut oil for the oil, and add ½ cup unsweetened or sweetened shredded coconut. You could also toss in some chopped macadamias if desired.
This recipe is Vegan, Reduced fat, Whole Grain, Refined Sugar-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Nut-Free, Peanut-Free.
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/marvelous-mango-muffins