Cinnamon Breakfast Muffins

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Part of it may have to do with the fact that I am a morning person. I just love the morning; fresh start, new day, and I'm usually starving!

After fasting for the past 6-8 hours, my body needs nutrients and especially protein! Protein is absolutely essential for every function in the body, and an adequate protein intake is very important! The body uses protein for the building of cell membranes, cell and tissue repair, transporting oxygen and nutrients throughout the body etc. However, you have to be extremely careful where you get your protein source from and you also need to be aware of the quality of that protein source! ( obviously, highly processed meats & sweetened/processed dairy products are not going to provide your body with healthy protein, etc...more on that at a later time!) After drinking a nice tall glass of water to hydrate my body ( remember, your body has gone without ANY food or water for 7-8 hours, it needs this resting period to heal and repair, but afterwards it will need to be hydrated and fed!), I usually follow that with a high protein breakfast to start my day off right.

This muffin recipe is one that I found and modified to fit my diet. It has a lot of protein, is gluten free, processed sugar free, and low in carbohydrates. It's also very filling, and I can make a large batch in advance to last me throughout the week. My Dad is actually quite the fan of these muffins because he likes to have something really filling for breakfast that won't have him crashing later in the morning. They remind me a bit of apple bran muffins, not super sweet, but if you love cinnamon then this is the recipe for you! Despite using coconut flour, which is very dense and heavy, these muffins have a light, sponge-cake like texture due to all the eggs! It's a simple breakfast muffin, I usually have mine with a little raw honey and butter.

Cinnamon Breakfast Muffins

Ingredients
this recipe can easily be reduced if you don't want to make that much!
 ( simply only use half the amount called for of each ingredient)

• 10 eggs
• 2 cups unsweetened apple sauce
• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2  cup coconut oil 
• 4-6 TBSP Cinnamon
• 4 TBSP raw honey

Directions

 Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Whisk together all the ingredients ( hint: melt the coconut oil, this will make it easier to mix!) until well mixed. Let it sit for about 5 minutes ( I am usually greasing my muffin tin with coconut oil while letting the batter sit). Once the batter has had a chance to thicken, fill each greased muffin tin ( I use 1/3 measuring cup) and bake in the oven for about 12-15 minutes or until starting to brown and the center is clean when pierced with a toothpick. Let the muffins cool, drizzle with honey if  desired, and serve!

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What's your favorite breakfast food? If you have one that you would like a healthier version of, just leave me a comment!