Friday, January 28, 2011

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Muffins

Delicious with a chocolate twist, these muffins can be used for breakfast or as a snack.  They are also easy to freeze, so you can make lots now and freeze them for later.  Makes life lots easier when you have 'grab' foods available for when you are on the go.

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Muffins

1/2 cup Coconut Milk or Cream
1/2 large Lime or Lemon, Juice
* * * * 
1/2 cup ground Flax Seed (grind in a coffee/spice grinder)
1/2 cup Rice Flour
1/2 cup Amaranth
3/4 cup Sorghum
3 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 1/2 tsp Xanthan Gum
1/2 tsp Salt
1 TBSP Fresh Ground Cinnamon (cinnamon stick ground using
       Coffee/spice grinder, you can use 1 TBSP pre-ground if
       you do not have a cinnamon stick)
* * * *
1/4 cup Butter
1/4 cup Honey
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Rice Milk
1 cup mashed roasted Pumpkin or other winter
        squash, sweet potatoes, bananas, applesauce, mango etc.
        with excess liquid removed (My favorite is Butternut or
        Acorn Squash)*
3/4 cups Pecans
1/2 - 3/4 cups Chocolate Chips

*to roast a squash/pumpkin, slice in half long ways and place face down on a baking tray .  A medium sized Butternut Squash takes about 1 hour 15 minutes.  An average sized Acorn squash takes about 50 minutes.  When it is finished you should be able to scrape the meat from the skin with a spoon. If you are in a time crunch, you can use canned pumpkin.   

1) Mix 1st list in large cup and set aside; you can set it aside for up to 12 hours or as little as the time it takes you to follow this recipe.  What it will be doing is becoming 'live' increasing enzymes and good bacteria naturally.
2) Mix 2nd list, dry ingredients, in Large bowl and set aside
3) In medium bowl combine 3rd list and then add 1st and 2nd mixtures all at once.  Mix well til combined, do not over mix.
4) Bake 375 for 25 minutes in preheated oven.  When they are done baking you should be able to push on them with your finger and bread will bounce back without leaving an impression.

**Makes 15

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