Paleo Coconut Flour Muffins… or Paleo Cornbread
Yes, Paleo Cornbread is an unabashedly explicit oxymoron. But these taste uncannily like cornbread to me.
I must offer a disclaimer, though… it’s been a long time since I’ve had real cornbread, so my perception is a bit skewed.
“Coconut flour muffins” for simplicity’s sake
I’ve had numerous readers tell me they simply call these “coconut flour muffins” to avoid questions from family members like, “why are you calling these corn-free muffins cornbread?”
So call them what you will– Paleo Cornbread or Coconut Flour Muffins. Either way, these grain-free muffins are simple and ridiculously tasty.
Paleo Cornbread Muffins
Serves: 10 muffins
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut flour (a free bag is available from Thrive here!)
- ⅓ cup coconut oil or ghee, melted
- 4 eggs, at room temperature
- 2 Tbs. unsweetened applesauce or, and this is really yummy, pure apple butter
- 2 Tbs. raw honey
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350. Line 10-12 muffin cups with liners, I like these unbleached parchment liners. Have all ingredients at room temperature (if the eggs are cold, the batter will not form). Combine all ingredients until smooth.
- Divide between the prepared cups and bake about 20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean and the top springs back when lightly pressed.
I’m actually allergic to corn so I’m excited to try this recipe because I miss having corn bread. Thanks for posting this!
These are really good. They don’t really taste like coconut like other coconut flour recipes I’ve tried! These will be great as a base muffin. I can do savoury ones with cheese or vanilla + chocolate chips … Although they taste great as is! I toasted them with ghee.
I would estimate about 120 calories per muffin.
For 10 muffins and no apple butter 😉
Can I get some nutritional information for this recipe? (being lazy!) They sound great but I’m low carb. good to know that subbing the sweetener (erythritol or stevia?) for the honey works!
I would like to know if I can use another flour in the cornbread besides almond flour. As I am allergic to almonds
It says coconut flour
Can I sub flax eggs, as I can’t eat eggs.
No, egg substitutes won’t work in this recipe as the coconut flour is finicky and requires real eggs as a binder here.
I tried making half the recipe to make exactly half the quantity. But, even though I followed everything otherwise, the muffins were still wet inside. I gave them even 10-15 minutes more but, they remained wet inside but, burnt on the top and bottom.
Can’t I make half the recipe. I tried it 3 different times but, same result. Please help.
Thanks.
Hi Lauren,
Thank you for the wonderful recipe.
Can someone please tell me what the metric measurements are?
I’m only asking as I want to use the correct measurements in the first instance rather than keep trying which I can’t afford to do at the moment.
Hello Lauren
Hopefully not repeating someone else’s comment. You have called these corn muffins but they have no corn in them? I am assuming this is a mistake?
“Paleo Cornbread Muffins” https://empoweredsustenance.com/paleo-cornbread-muffins/
Cheers
Wendy
I used to call them “paleo cornbread muffins” because, even though they were corn free (so paleo friendly) they taste reminiscent of cornbread. But that created confusion so I just changed the name.
That was sooooo delicious!!! Thanks so much for this recipe. I didn’t use vinegar and only 3 eggs and was great as well. 🙂
Might these work okay simply omitting the applesauce/butter (as I can no longer have – and can’t think of any alternatives that I could have) Perhaps I could add a small dash more coconut flour and oil? Thanks!
I have this same question. no answers though! Maybe I will try sour cream. Also, id you can tolerate there is cornbread flavoring. I got some on Amazon.
I made these with canned sweet potato purée instead of applesauce and Nutiva buttery coconut oil instead of butter. They turned out great and were delicious. Hope that helps.
The muffins did not workout as the pictures showed, or anywhere near. I followed the recipe correctly and it was disappointing. A waste of time and ingredients.
Sorry about the bad review, but I’m tired of investing resources into untested recipes.
Hi, I am not sure what I did wrong, but the batter was quite thick and the muffins did not come out as expect. Could you advise how you combined the ingredients…did you use an electric mixer or used a spoon to stir the ingredients together….? Thanks.