Perfect for Easter, St. Patrick’s Day or Breakfast!
You could pull these muffins out any holiday. Heck, do you even need a special occasions to eat these babies? Absolutely not!
I am flying to Chicago tomorrow. I cringe, thinking about how cold it will be compared to Georgia. My parents are going to meet me, which comforts me. I haven’t seen them since Christmas.
My mom and dad are obsessed with pistachio-almond flavored anything. Now do you see where I get it? My favorite is the pistachio almond ice cream! I can’t wait for summer, so I can stop at the ice cream shop for a pistachio almond waffle cone! Yummmmm.
I wanted to make my parents a pistachio almond muffin. My dad gave up white sugar, dairy, and white flour to improve his health. So, I came up with a recipe that would fit right in! You can also make this recipe vegan with a couple ingredient swaps!
Ingredients
-1 Cup Pistachios
-2 Scoops Tera’s Whey Vanilla Bourbon Protein Powder (1 Serving)
-1/2 Cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce
-1 Cup Garbanzo Bean Flour
-1 Tsp Baking Soda
-1 Tbsp Baking Powder
-2 Packets Truvia or Stevia
-4 Tbsp Organic Honey
-2 Caps (2 Tsp) Vanilla Extract
-2 Caps (2 Tsp) Almond Extract
-2 Egg Whites (Cage-Free, Organic)
-1 Extra Ripe Avocado
-In a medium mixing bowl add: garbanzo bean flour, Truvia, protein powder, baking soda, and baking powder.
-Set aside
-Cut open avocado. Remove seed and scoop avocado into a separate bowl.
-In bowl, mix together: applesauce, vanilla, almond with the avocado.
-The avocado mixture will look like baby food, don’t let it scare you.
-Separate the egg yolks and add the egg whites to the avocado mixture.
-Save the egg yolks for another recipe or use them for a hair treatment.
-Add avocado mixture to the dry ingredients bowl.
-Mix well.
-It will turn into a pea green.
-The muffin batter smelled delicious. It wasn’t quite sweet enough. I added 4 tbsp of honey to give it an extra boost.
-That did the trick! .
-Oh, how I regret buying pistachios in the shell. It took me almost ten minutes to crack open enough nuts to make a cup!
-Learn from my mistake and buy them with the shell off!
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees
-Line pan with eight muffin liners.
-Scoop 1/2 cup into each each liner.
-Top with three pistachios and approximately one tsp. of honey drizzle.
-Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes.
-Edges should be golden and the toothpick should come out clean when you poke them.
When I get back from Chicago I plan on making these again for breakfast to-go muffins. They are packed in protein and would match up perfectly with a serving of fruit.
I am kind of obsessed with the look of these muffins. Right now I am all about Easter, and they fit the color scheme. They would also be perfect for St. Patty’s day if a green liner is used. You could also pull these off as cupcakes! Just find a yummy frosting to top them with. The flavor was very similar to almond pound cake. I can’t wait for my parents to try them.
Want to make these vegan? It’s super easy.
-Replace the egg whites with four tbsp of chia seeds.
-Use a vanilla protein powder that is plant based.
Yup, it’s that easy!
Sometimes it’s scary using new flours.
I have never used Garbanzo bean flour before. I am so happy I gave it a shot because it really surprised me. You could fool almost anyone into thinking you used real flour. The almond extract over-powered any “garbanzo” flavor.
The texture of the muffin is the same as any other regular muffin.
The garbanzo bean four offers more: protein, healthy fats, and fiber. Extra bonus, it is gluten-free.
This a very healthy muffin that will make the perfect side, snack or dessert!
Recipe Makes 8 Muffins
Per Muffin: 190 Calories, 8 g Fat, 79 g Sodium, 20 g Carbs, 6 g Fiber, 10 g Protein, 5 g Sugar.
Is that working as well without the protein powder?
Thanks!
Aurora
Looks amazing! Is it really supposed to be a whole tablespoon of baking powder?
Hello there! Can I make these with either almond flour or whole wheat flour? Thanks!
I made these today! I had to make some changes. First of all, I halved the recipe but forgot to halve the protein powder (I used Lean Body for her, vanilla whey protein) so they are extra proteiny! Second of all, I am living at high-altitude (7200 ft) so as a rule of thumb, I use 1.5 x the flour (so I used 3/4 cup instead of 1/2 cup) and used a teensy bit less baking soda & baking powder (I assume you mean 1 tsp, not 1 tbsp).
I also only had so many ingredients on hand, so I used regular white flour, no almond extract, and no honey, but a little more trivia.
They turned out great and I made 12 mini muffins with the half recipe, and if my calculations are correct, each little muffin is 82 cal and 5 g protein.
You’re right about the honey, though!
Made these and yum!!