Quick, easy, loaded protein muffins you are going to LOVE. Maybe because I just shoved three of these in my mouth, but I have to say, they are officially my favorite muffins. They smell fantastic, they look adorable (the loaded chunks of strawberries), and they taste amazing.
My delicious low carb muffin recipe could easily be considered dessert. Nothing wrong with that, considering that they are still healthy and low carb.
I used almond flour in my muffins instead of regular baking flour. I also decided to make a delicious pecan streusel to give that perfect little crunch with every moist bite.
Make it at home
- Honey – Honeytree’s Sugar Free Imitation Honey
- Chopped Pecans – Diamond Chopped Pecans-8 oz
- Muffin Tin – Norpro 12 Cup Nonstick Standard Muffin Pan
Low Carb Strawberry Muffins
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Author: Andres Regalado
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 2¼ cups almond flour
- 1 cup strawberries, chopped
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- ¼ cup sweetener
- ¼ cup sugar free artificial honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- For the streusel:
- ¼ cup almond flour
- ⅓ cup chopped pecans (or any other nuts)
- 1 tablespoon sugar free honey
- 2 tablespoons sweetener
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
- In a large mixing bowl combine almond flour, coconut flour, sweetener, baking soda and salt. Slowly add in eggs, honey, butter and vanilla. Make sure all ingredients are blended thoroughly. Fold in strawberries, making sure not to puree the starberries.
- In a separate bowl, mix streusel ingredient and set aside.
- Pour batter evenly amond the muffin liners and lightly sprinkle with streusel topping. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Notes
Serving size: 1 Muffin (Total recipe makes 12 servings)
Protein 9.08g, Cals 279, Carbs 22.12g, Fiber 4.75g, Sugar Alcohol 10.50g — NET CARBS: 6.88g
Protein 9.08g, Cals 279, Carbs 22.12g, Fiber 4.75g, Sugar Alcohol 10.50g — NET CARBS: 6.88g
I am just wondering how you can call these “low carb” muffins? The honey alone is over 70+ carbs, and that isn’t counting the additional honey in the streusel topping. There are also carbs in almond and coconut flours; strawberries, pecans, and most likely in the additional “1/4 cup of sweetener”, and a small amount in the eggs…..
I am going to make these when i get home from work!! Wow!
How do you calculate your net carbs?
This is the rule of thumb I use when estimating my net carbs:
Total Carbs – Fiber – Sugar Alcohols = Net Carbs
These are Fantastic!! Super moist and the Streusel on top is so yummy! (did I mention they are super moist?) lol
Thanks for a great recipe! 🙂
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe as much as you did 🙂
Could you make this recipe without the honey? How badly would it be compromised? Is there any other substitute for the sugar free honey ? I’ve never even heard of sugar free honey LOL and I doubt they sell it here in South Africa.
It’s an artificial honey so that’s probably why you haven’t heard of it. I’d assume that you would be perfectly fine without it, but you may want to add an extra tablespoon or so of sweetener. 🙂
Artificial honey is really just liquid malitol (a sugar alcohol) with artificial flavoring so you can probably sub in another SA (like xylitol) for it. IT’s important for people to know that if they have stomach sensitivity to SA’s or eat too much of this. You might have some bathroom issues.
Also, I would think the liquid contributes to the moistness though so you might want to sub in a liquid version of whatever sweetener you choose in place of the malitol.
Thanks guys, much appreciated. Will try out the recipe at the weekend
On the Strawberry low-carb muffins is that 22 carbs per muffin/serving or for 12 bc 22 per muffin is not low carb??
As the recipe reads, 1 muffin is one serving which is what the nutritional information is based from. So, yes it has 22g of carbs but it has 15g of fiber and sugar alcohols which the majority of people subtract. In subtracting that you end up with about 6 net/effective carbs. Either way, if you compare it to regular options which are 60+ carbs each, it most certainly is low carb. I appreciate the concern!