These low carb treats will make you forget you don’t eat bread anymore! There is less than 2 (non fiber) carbs per muffin and so your blood sugar will not spike when biting into this moist, delicious muffin. This is an easily adaptable recipe. You can experiment with different flavors or different combinations of flax and almond meal. As this recipe stands, each muffin has 134 calories, 5 gm of protein, 11.2 gm of fat, only 1.2 gm of sugars and 2300 mg of omega-3.
Flax seed is good for overall health. In the book “Cholesterol Down: Ten Simple Steps to Lower Your Cholesterol in Four Weeks,” author Janet Brill notes that flax seed can help protect against breast, colon and prostate cancer and also can lower cholesterol. Nutrients such as B vitamins, which are an intricate part of energy production in the body, and vitamin E, which is connected to skin and hair health, are also prevalent in flax seed. Finally, flax seed has been linked to increased brain function due to the omega-3s present in the food.
Apple Caramel Flax Muffins
Print recipe| Serves | 12 |
| Prep time | 30 minutes |
| Cook time | 15 minutes |
| Total time | 45 minutes |
| Dietary | Diabetic |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Freezable, Pre-preparable |
Ingredients
dry
- 1 cup flax meal
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
wet
- 4 Large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce (Should be about 8 grams of non-fiber carbs)
- 1/2 cup suger free caramel syrup (can be substituted for other such syrups (no sorbitol))
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil (I recommend canola oil)
- 1 teaspoon Stevia (Or equivalent artificial sweetener to 1 cup suger (no sorbitol))
Directions
| Step 1. | Preheat oven to 350. Grease 12-muffin tin very well. (I suggest Baker's Joy) |
| dry | |
| Step 2. |
 Mix dry ingredients together |
| wet | |
| Step 3. |
 Mix wet ingredients together in separate bowl |
| Step 4. | Add wet ingredients to dry and mix well. Consistency should not be overly runny. If it is add more flax meal until it is is not runny, but you should not need more than 1/4 more cup. |
| Step 5. |
 Spoon into 12-cupcake tin. Each portion should be about 2/3 full |
| Step 6. |
 Cook from 15-18 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean and muffins barely start to pull away from sides of tin. |
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