Virtuous Chocolate Muffins

Name: Virtuous Chocolate Muffins
Ingredients: 2 cups spelt wholemeal, or kamut*, if you can't find these flours then use a regular fine wholemeal flour; 2/3 cup coconut palm sugar; 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda; 1 1/4 cups oat nut or hemp milk; 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil or melted virgin coconut oil; 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt; 1 teaspoon sugar and alcohol free vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon chicory granules dissolved in 1 tbsp water, totally optional, to give a slight mocha flavour to the muffin

10 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

2 cups spelt wholemeal, or kamut*, if you can't find these flours then use a regular fine wholemeal flour
2/3 cup coconut palm sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
1 1/4 cups oat nut or hemp milk
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil or melted virgin coconut oil
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 teaspoon sugar and alcohol free vanilla extract
1 teaspoon chicory granules dissolved in 1 tbsp water, totally optional, to give a slight mocha flavour to the muffin

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2

In a large bowl, sift together all the dry ingredients until well combined.
3

Add all the wet ingredients to a jug and whisk them together.
4

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well (pretty simple recipe this!)
5

Fill each muffin case about 3/4 full, pop them in the oven and bake for around 15 mins, you'll know they're ready when a cocktail stick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
6

Cool on a rack and they're ready to top with whatever you fancy, I used a raw cashew frosting with bee pollen sprinkles!