Mar 30

Mar 30 Zucchini-plumcot & Za’atar spiced Muffins

Do you have too many bananas going off, ripened too quickly and don’t just want to make plain old banana bread? -Or- If you’d like to try a new flavor combo for muffins, both savoury and sweet, then MAKE THIS RECIPE! They are gluten-free (but I swear you can’t tell!), low in sugar (only using maple syrup and ripened bananas), and truly unique in their taste. If you don’t have or can’t find plumcots, don’t fret! Substitute with almost any fruit, such as plums, peaches, nectarines, mango, strawberries, or any berry. Also, if you have very picky kids, then simple chop up your shredded zucchini more finely before you mix into your batter. I guarantee they will not detect it (easy way to sneak in veggies to your kids diet)!

Yield: 18 muffins

Author: Chef Meg

Prep time: Cook time: Total time:

2 farms eggs
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup evoo
1 tsp vanilla
3 ripe bananas
2.5 cups gf flour blend
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
2 shredded fresh zucchini (blot with paper towel to rid of excess liquid)
2 chopped plummets ~1 1/2 cups (sub any plum, peach, nectarine, mango, pineapple, or berries)
Za’atar spice (homemade- mix roasted sesame seeds, oregano, dried thyme, ground sumac and salt)
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or cacao nibs (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 F. Add nonstick to muffin tins or use silicon mats or parchment-lined (traps excess moisture underneath, preventing soggy muffins)
Hand whisk eggs, syrup, evoo, vanilla and eggs together. Season with salt.
Add dry ingredients and whisk together. Again season with some salt.
Fold in shredded zucchini (necessary to make these muffins nice and moist! I promise you and the kids won’t even taste it. If you have picky kids… chop the shredded zucchini more finely and fold in, they will never detect the vegetable), plumcots and chocolate chips.
Spoon into choice tins (1.5 spoonfuls each) and sprinkle tops with za’atar spice.
Cook for ~35 minutes, until the edges are golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool slightly before removing each muffin to a wire rack to finish cooling (removes that excess trapped liquid)