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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
Lemon Coconut Chia Muffins
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1 cup 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 sugar, raw, cane or other
- 1/4 tsp or more turmeric
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, optional
Dry:
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup unbleached white flour
- 2 to 3 tbsp dried coconut flakes
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 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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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can I use unbleached white flour instead of whole wheat flour?
Yes
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.
glad the taste was good! that’s the most important part 😉
Hi Richa,
Pls can you advice how to make this as sugar free
Use your preferred granulated sugar substitute, like stevia or monk fruit sweetener. Note that this will alter the flavor.
Hi, I’m planning on trying this recipe but will be try GF – would I need to add guar or xantham gum?
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.
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!
oh , wow, lemon fest with the zest 🍋🍋🍋