Easy Gluten Free Gingerbread Muffins for Christmas Morning
Finding delicious gluten free recipes for Christmas morning doesn’t have to be difficult. With this easy recipe for gluten free gingerbread muffins, you can prepare a delicious sweet treat that everyone in the family can enjoy. And since it’s packed with classic gingerbread flavor, it’s the perfect way to celebrate the holidays!
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These delicious muffins are the perfect gluten free Christmas breakfast! That’s because they taste so amazing, no one will even guess that they’re made with gluten free ingredients.
And since these gingerbread treats are made with a variety of spices and molasses. they’re packed with holiday flavor. But the best part is how soft and tender each bite is.
Gluten Free Gingerbread Muffins
Once you try these delicious muffins, they’re goign to be your favorite way to eat gingerbread from now on. And since they’re so easy to make, you can enjoy them all hoiday season long.
To make your own gluten free gingerbread muffins at home, you’ll need just a few simple ingredients, including:
- Gluten free flour. The key to making delicious gluten free cake is to use the right flour. I always bake with Bob’s Red Mill 1-for-1 Gluten Free Baking flour.
- Baking soda
- Spices. This flavor-packed recipe is made with several warm spices, including ground cinnamon, ground ginger, and ground cloves.
- Salt
- Unsalted butter
- Sugar
- Egg
- Unsulphered molasses. For the best flavor in your gingerbread, unsulphured molasses is the best option. But you can use either light or dark in this recipe. For more molasses flavor, use dark molasses and for less flavor, use a lighter variety. Stay away from sulphured or blackstrap molasses, which has a very strong flavor that may overpower the other ingredients in the muffins.
- Hot water
How to Make Gluten Free Gingerbread Muffins
You’re going to love how simple these muffins are to make! Whether you’re looking for an easy breakfast idea for the holidays or a simple gluten free dessert, these muffins are the answer.
To make this gluten free gingerbread muffin recipe, start by combining all the dry ingredients. Add the gluten free flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk all the ingredients together until they’re well combined, then set the bowl aside.
In a separate bowl, add the softened butter and sugar. Use a hand mixer or stand mixer to beat the two ingredients together until the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
After that, add the molasses to the bowl and beat the ingredients together again. Mix the molasses into the butter mixture until the ingredients are smooth and well combined.
After that, you can add the egg to the bowl. Beat the ingredients again until everything is smooth and mixed well.
Then add the dry ingredients to the bowl a little bit at a time, beating between each addition. Continue adding and mixing until all the flour mixture has been blended into the batter.
After that, pour the hot water into the bowl and use a wooden spoon to carefully fold the liquid into the batter. Continue stirring until the water is well mixed into the rest of the ingredients.
Line a 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners and fill each one around 2/3 of the way full of batter. Bake the muffins at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. The muffins are finished cooking when a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
When the muffins are finished baking, allow them to cool in the pan for around 5 minutes, until they’re safe to touch. Then, move them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before enjoying.
Gluten Free Christmas Breakfast Ideas
You’re going to love how quick and easy these gluten free Christmas muffins are to bake! And that means they’re also easy to adjust. If you’re looking for some simple holiday breakfast recipes, try these baking ideas to create some delicious treats for your family to enjoy.
These recipe adjustments and additions will help you create a delicious breakfast for your family’s Chirstmas morning celebration:
- Make mini muffins. This recipe can easily be adjust to make mini muffins instead of full sized muffins. Just bake the batter in a mini muffin pan and reduce the cook time by five to 10 minutes.
- Add a glaze. Give the muffins a sweet topping with the help of a simple glaze. Whisk together one cup powdered sugar with one tablespoon milk to create a quick and easy glaze to drizzle over the top of your muffins.
- Create a breakfast buffet. Serve your muffins with a gluten free breakfast casserole or some gluten free gingerbread pancakes to create a delicious buffet for Christmas morning.
Gluten Free Gingerbread Muffins Recipe
These gluten free gingerbread muffins are packed with holiday flavor, making them the perfect sweet treat for Christmas morning.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups gluten free baking flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup unsulphered molasses
- 1 cup hot water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a 12-cup muffin pan with liners.
- Whisk together the gluten free flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy.
- Add the molasses and beat to combine.
- Add the egg and beat to combine.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients, mixing between each addition.
- Stir in the hot water.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffins comes out clean.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 18 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 152Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 176mgCarbohydrates: 25gFiber: 0gSugar: 20gProtein: 1g
More Easy Recipe Ideas:
Easy Gluten Free Christmas Cookie Bars
Simple Gluten Free Meringue Cookies for Christmas
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