Star Fruit Muffins

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Star fruit decorated coconut flour muffins

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Total Time45

Course: Muffins

Cuisine: Gluten Free

Keyword: low carb muffins

Servings: muffins

Calories: 183kcal

Ingredients

1 large star fruit (aka Carambola)
½ cup butter softened
½ cup monk fruit sweetener or other low carb sweetener
4 large eggs
½ cup coconut flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons coconut milk

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 190C/375F degrees. Lightly grease 8 muffin cups or line them with paper liners.
Thinly cut the starfruit to 8 slices. Gently remove the seeds from the fruit with a knife or spoon.
In a bowl, whisk the butter and monk fruit sweetener together until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time and continue to whisk.
Add the coconut flour, coconut milk, baking powder, nutmeg, salt and cinnamon and whisk until the mixture is smooth. If the batter is too thick add additional coconut milk.
Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pans.
Place a star fruit slice on the top of the muffin mixture.
Bake for 25-30 minutes until the muffins are firm.
Allow the muffins to cool in the pan for five minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Makes 8 muffins

The net carbs will be the total carb count minus the fibre count. Carb count excludes sugar alcohols.

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