Lemon Coconut Chia Muffins. Zesty Muffins with Lemon, chia seeds, coconut and Turmeric. 1 bowl 30 minute Lemon Chia Muffins. Vegan Soy-free Nut-free Oil-free Recipe. Pin this for later.
When I made the lemon coconut curd chia pudding, I knew I would want those flavors and texture in other ways as well. Something that I can carry around, something that was not as filled with chia seeds as a chia pudding.
Hence, these muffins! These zesty moist muffins have no added oil. The full fat coconut milk makes them soft and amazing. Loads of lemon zest, lemon juice, chia seeds and some turmeric for color. Add other flavors of choice like vanilla, add chopped nuts or dried fruits, bake and done! I dressed these with a bit of coconut flakes and a sprinkle of chia.
These muffins are fresh and summery and make a great breakfast or snack. You can also use the batter to make doughnuts! Pipe into a greased doughnut pan and bake.
To make these muffins gluten-free, use the flours from my gf banana nut muffins.
More baked Breakfast options from the blog.
- One bowl Pumpkin Bread
- Pumpkin Banana Cranberry Bread – GF
- 1 Bowl Banana Apple Bread. Can be made into muffins
- Zucchini Bread – GF
- 1 hour Aquafaba Cinnamon Rolls
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Lemon Coconut Chia Muffins
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1 cup (226 ml) full fat coconut milk If using other non dairy milk, add 1 to 2 tbsp oil or melted vegan butter
- zest of a lemon
- juice of 2 lemons
- 2 to 3 tbsp chia seeds
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup (100 to 150 g) sugar raw, cane or other
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) or more turmeric
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) vanilla extract optional
Dry:
- 1 cup (120 g) whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup (31.25 g) unbleached white flour
- 2 to 3 tbsp dried coconut flakes
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) baking soda
- 3/4 tsp (0.75 tsp) baking powder
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt
Instructions
- Mix all the wet ingredients until sugar is well combined. Refrigerate for at least an hour to hydrate the chia seeds. I usually keep it overnight.
- Line a muffin pan with muffin liners.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a bowl, whisk all the dry ingredients. Add to the wet and mix to combine. The batter should be somewhat flowy but not runny. If too runny, add a few tbsp more flour and mix in. (If the wet mixture was refrigerated overnight, the batter will be thick and muffin like and not flowy).
- Add more turmeric if needed. Fold in dried fruit or nuts, candied lemon or blueberries at this point.
- Drop the batter into lined muffin pan. Sprinkle coconut and chia seeds on top. Bake at 350 degrees F / 170ºc for 26 to 28 minutes.
- Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then a few minutes on the counter before serving. The muffins can be kept on the counter (covered) for upto 2 days, or refrigerated upto 5.
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Alecia
Can I use unbleached white flour instead of whole wheat flour?
Richa
Yes
michelle Dodds
I love the way this recipe is constructed with the chia sitting in coconut milk to congeal, and using the lemon to affect the milk. Mine, however, sunk quite miserably. The tast great, just don’t look it.
Vegan Richa Support
glad the taste was good! that’s the most important part 😉
Twinkle
Hi Richa,
Pls can you advice how to make this as sugar free
Vegan Richa Support
Use your preferred granulated sugar substitute, like stevia or monk fruit sweetener. Note that this will alter the flavor.
Robyn Sinclair
Hi, I’m planning on trying this recipe but will be try GF – would I need to add guar or xantham gum?
Vegan Richa Support
no just follow the GF Notes as written:
To make these gluten-free: Use a gluten-free blend of choice or a mix of 2/3 cup almond flour, 1/3 cup rice flour, 1/3 cup oat flour or other gluten-free grain flour, and 3 tbsp potato starch/tapioca starch.
Magy
Incredible! They were really fluffy, soft, moist, and just amazing all around! The ONLY thing I would change would be their lemony-ness…mine were extremely lemony, but that could have been my fault, as I added all of the zest I possibly could get from that lemon lol. Anyway, next time I will try using a little less, but they were still sensational! Thanks as always for the great recipes!
Vegan Richa Support
oh , wow, lemon fest with the zest 🍋🍋🍋
Shraddha
Hello Richa,
Can we make this with mango instead of lemon,
Do we add mango puree
Richa
Not this one. You found the mango cupcakes use thad recipe
Christiane
Thèse muffins are a hit!! So fluffy and delicious and so easy to make!
❤️
Vegan Richa Support
Hooray!! thank you for stopping by
Alison
Made this and it was a hit! Love how easy it was and the chia seeds is a genius addition.
Shweta
Hi Richa
Can I make it into a loaf? How long should I let it bake in the oven?
Thanks for letting me know.
Richa
Make this https://www.veganricha.com/coconut-turmeric-bread-golden-lemon-coconut-loaf/
Add some chia seeds to the batter.
Liz
I just made these and they came out amazing. I wanted to make them again for someone’s birthday, but that friend doesn’t like the texture of coconut flakes, so I was wondering if they can be omitted?
Richa
Yes omit and add a tbsp of oil
Quynh
I made this recipe tonight for breakfast tomorrow and oh my god it’s good. Both my husband and I don’t care for anything lemon poppy seed or lemon chia, but this is a delightful exception. Will have on my rotation for breakfast!
Keren
Delicious. I doubled the recipe and made it into bread. The texture is perfect.
Richa
awesome!
Sara
I made these and love them! Have you ever added a glaze?? Also my batter was really thick! I let the wet ingredients soak overnight as you suggested… they still came out great just not as pretty as yours. I also used almond extract not vanilla because I love that flavor. Thanks for this! I’ll be making them again!
Richa
probably the flour or chia might have absorbed more of the liquid. coconut milk will also thicken in the fridge and be stiff to mix, so if you let the chia mix come to room temperature(10-15 mins), it will be easier to mix.
Rebecca Trujillo
These are delicious! I used poppy seeds instead of chia seeds, so the extra flour was necessary. I also had an extra half a lemon, so I juiced that in there too. They were awesome!
Richa
awesome!
Minny
Hi Richa, this recipe looks amazing. I have a few questions I am hoping you can help me. 1. I have a small can of coconut cream full fat. Can I use 1 cup of that instead of 1 cup of coconut milk? 2. I recently purchased a vegan lemon extract and I am keen to use it. I’m thinking to omit the zest and use the extract. Can I use it in this recipe, if so, how much should I put in? 3. Am I ok to use desiccated coconut instead of coconut flakes? Thanks for your help , Minny from Melbourne AU 😀
Richa
Yes use that. and yes to extract as well and omitting the zest. yes you can use desiccated coconut. Check the batter consistency before baking. If its too thin, add a tbsp or so more flour