Good Evening, friends!🥕We’re back in our own kitchen this week! No matter how delightful the trip, there’s nothing quite like the warmth and familiarity of being in your own home and workspace. Everything has it’s place–regardless if it seems haphazard to others, it makes sense to us, right? Good old organized chaos, haha!! But I digress, what is important here are these super moist and scrumptious Keto Carrot Muffins!!
We tested these so many different ways to get them just right– we wanted fluffiness without compromising moisture + beauty without compromising taste and I think we got it right!!
And they are so very easy to make!! Just 15 minutes of prep and 30 minutes of baking leave you with a dozen adorable + delicious muffins in under an hour! Topping them with grated carrot instead of the frosted carrot will save even more time. And I wanted to mention that these carrot lovelies are just as delicious without the frosting.
Happy Baking + Enjoy The Recipe!!😊***If you love this recipe, you’ll also enjoy our Lemon Blueberry Bread!
Iced Keto Carrot Muffins
- Prep Time: 15-20 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Total Time: about 45 min
- Yield: 12 muffins 1x
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5.4 net carbs per serving
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups almond flour (Bob’s Red Mill)
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp Swerve Brown Sugar or Swerve Confectioner Sweetener (muffins will be a bit lighter in color, but delicious)
- 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (Hain brand is grain-free)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp milk (or full fat coconut milk for dairy-free)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups shredded carrot
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Frosting (optional)
- 1/2 of an eight oz container cream cheese, room temperature (Kite Hill for dairy-free)
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened (Earth Balance Spread for dairy-free)
- 1/3 cup Swerve Confectioner Sweetener
- 1 tablespoon whole milk (or coconut milk for dairy-free)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large bowl, whisk together almond flour, Swerve Brown Sugar, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder + baking soda.
- Add your eggs, milk, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, vanilla and blend together with whisk until combined well and batter is smooth. Add shredded carrots + chopped walnuts into batter and incorporate evenly.
- Spoon batter into muffin liners 3/4 of the way full. Making sure your oven is preheated, bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes total. At 15 minutes in, rotate muffin tin by 180 degrees. At 20 minutes in, cover lightly with aluminum foil-this will steam the muffins a bit, allowing them to cook the rest of the way through while staying nice and moist and not over-browned! Keep in mind, oven times can occasionally vary, so check in at 25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let COOL COMPLETELY before removing from muffin tin. (If you’re in a rush, let them cool 10 minutes outside of the oven and then transfer the pan to the freezer for about 20 minutes).
- While you’re waiting for the muffins to cool, go ahead and mix together your frosting. With a hand mixer, blend together your softened cream cheese and butter.
- Add milk + vanilla extract and blend again. Finally, add in Swerve, salt and then blend one last time. Chilling the frosting will thicken it. You can also add more Swerve for a thicker texture or more milk to thin it out. *Double frosting recipe if you’re using a few colors for decoration.
- Spread frosting over muffins and serve. You can place your muffins in the fridge to chill, it’s excellent served cold as well.
- Enjoy! Store any leftovers in an airtight container and place in refrigerator.
Keywords: grain-free, gluten-free, keto, low-carb, breakfast, dessert, carrot, muffins, cake, birthday
I will be trying these— they look wonderful!
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Aww thank you, I hope you love them! 😀
I love the jalapeño scones but I can’t wait to try these muffins
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I always appreciate your kind words, so thrilled you’re enjoying the scones, hope you love these just as much!
Oh how delicious these look! Huge carrot cake lovers in this house so these muffins will certainly be a hit. Welcome back home 🙂
Thank you so much my friend! I hope you love them, they are a real treat! 😀
All your recipes look incredible. Do you have a recommendation for another sweetener if swerve upsets my stomach?
Thank you!
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You’re so kind, thank you!! 😀 I would say if the Swerve doesn’t settle well, I might try Allulose sweetener, which can be a little more gentle. It does behave a little differently than Swerve in baked goods, so it may effect the texture a bit and also may brown more quickly. If you’re not sugar-free but are looking for a natural sweetener-coconut sugar will work in these recipes, just pulse it in a food processor so the sugar will be fine before adding to a recipe. I hope this helps and hope you love the recipes!