Sugar-Free Cinnamon Streusel Muffins

Sugar-Free Cinnamon Streusel Muffins – After months of keeping my new go-to on-the-go breakfast a secret, I’ve decided it’s unfair of me to keep all to myself. This muffin recipe is not only gluten and dairy-free, it’s also egg-free and sugar-free as well! A true muffin phenomenon that meets so many dietary needs. I promise, you’ll want to try this one!

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1. Sugar-Free Cinnamon Streusel Muffins
2. Nutrition
3. How to Make Cinnamon Streusel Muffins
4. How to Store Cinnamon Streusel Muffins
5. Cinnamon Streusel Muffins FAQ
6. More Muffin Recipes
7. Kitchen Favorites

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Sugar-Free Cinnamon Streusel Muffins

One of the biggest adjustments when cutting foods out of your diet is getting use to the inevitable difference in texture. While recreating the flavor is often attainable, depending on the food groups needing to be avoided, texture can be a different story. As gluten, dairy, and eggs trigger inflammation in my body, these three foods cut out combined, alongside the fact that my body is selective on the carbs it tolerates, makes baking especially difficult. That’s why I am so incredibly excited to share this recipe! The combination of flours in this recipe, alongside the perfect balance of liquids somehow creates the most delicious, gluten, dairy, and egg-like texture I’ve had in years! Soft and chewy without being gummy or soggy, this recipe is a true winner!

Why Sugar-Free?

Here at Clean Cuisine, we believe, in general, the body’s need for regularly consuming healthy carbohydrates, which includes natural sugars! After all, glucose is our bodies easiest, most efficient source of energy. I, however, have been struggling with some health issues over the past few years that have required me, for the time being, to avoid all sugar, even natural. This was a real bummer for a while as all of my favorite recipes were made with either fruit, or other natural sweeteners like coconut sugar, dates, or honey! While this proved to be a major obstacle for a while, I finally feel as if I’ve mastered the sugar-free, and sugar-alcohol free approach to still enjoying sweets from time-to-time.

The Problem with Sugar-Alcohols

Something I see often is people needing to remove or cut down on sugar for whatever reason, only to replace the sweets in their diets with sugar-alcohols. While they’re solving one problem, they often instead now experience digestive issues, headaches, and more. The digestive issues result because of sugar-alcohols slow digestion process which can feed gut bacteria that leads to fermentation and thus gas, as well as pulling extra water into the colon resulting in diarrhea. The headaches may be due to the chemicals in many sugar-alcohols, or alternatively, dehydration from diarrhea that they may cause. Either way, sugar-alcohols are problematic for many people, and I personally choose to avoid them whenever possible!

The Alternative to Sugar-Alcohols

While there are many alternatives to sugar-alcohols, my favorites are stevia and monk fruit for the fact that they are naturally derived and found in nature, and appear to rarely cause significant issues for most people. Stevia is also 200-400x sweeter than table sugar while monk fruit is around 250x sweeter than table sugar, meaning you only need very small amounts.

How to Make Cinnamon Streusel Muffins

Making Cinnamon Streusel Muffins is so incredibly simple and quick! So much so that even with my limited baking time, I make these every week! Some of the ingredients in this recipe can be difficult to find in store depending on what grocery shops you have available nearby. Instead of searching in store, I normally make a quick Amazon order which results in larger quantities and much more inexpensive options!

Ingredient List

• Tigernut Flour
• White Rice Flour
• Coconut Flour
• Monk Fruit Powder
• Liquid Stevia
• Baking Powder
• Baking Soda
• Salt
• Cinnamon
• Flaxseed Meal
• Water
• Plant-Based Milk
• Vegan Butter or Coconut Oil
• Vanilla Extract

Ingredient Swaps

• Don’t have both monk fruit and stevia? These can be swapped 1-for-1! Additionally, if you don’t have liquid stevia, you can use powdered instead! It is important to note that the crumble on top MUST use a powdered sweetener to turn out correctly.
• I use flaxseed meal in this recipe as an egg replacement. If you don’t have an issue with eggs, you can simply use real eggs instead!
• Plant-based milk can be swapped with any milk if you consume dairy.
• Coconut oil is the perfect sub for vegan butter, although it won’t have that buttery flavor you’ll find in the original recipe.

Steps to Make Cinnamon Streusel Muffins

1. Begin by mixing the flax egg and setting aside.
2. Combine all dry ingredients.
3. Combine all wet ingredients.
4. Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well!
5. Pour into lined muffin pans.
6. Melt your vegan butter and combine ingredients for crumble. Distribute on top of muffins!
7. Bake and enjoy!

How to Store Cinnamon Streusel Muffins

Cinnamon Streusel Muffins are easy to store in the fridge and heat for 20 seconds to enjoy later on.

• Place Cinnamon Streusel Muffins in an airtight, glass container.
• Store in the fridge for up to around 1 week.

How to Freeze Cinnamon Streusel Muffins

These muffins are not only easy to store in the fridge, they’re also easy to make in bulk and freeze for meal prep! A great way to cut down on kitchen time.

1. Place muffins in an airtight glass storage container.
2. Store for up to 3 months!

Cinnamon Streusel Muffins FAQ

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