It’s hard to believe that this amazing Gluten Free Bran Muffins recipe tastes so good and is also gluten free. Crunchy on the outside, moist and chewy on the inside. It took about 20 minutes start to finish to prepare this recipe. Start your morning feeling good inside and out with a delicious breakfast treat.
How to Make Gluten Free Bran Muffins
It’s easy to make these gluten free bran muffins. Here are the steps:
- Gather together your ingredients. Then preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Either grease your muffin pan for 9 muffins or use paper liners. My preference is a silicone muffin pan
- Sift first 6 ingredients in a mixing bowl
- In separate bowl blend eggs, maple syrup, vanilla, butter/oil then add to the dry ingredients
- Add banana, dates, flax, bran, walnuts and fill muffin cups till almost full
- Bake for 20 minutes. Muffin will be firm and golden.
If you love muffins recipes, be sure to try these Paleo Pumpkin Muffins too!
Is Bran Gluten Free?
Standard bran flakes are not gluten free because they’re made from whole wheat. However, rice bran recipes abound and can add necessary fiber to a gluten free diet.
You could also ask, is raisin bran gluten free. The answer is no, raisin bran is not gluten free because, again, the bran source comes from wheat.
The good news is that I’m sharing a substitute for wheat bran. In fact, rice bran is a good bran substitute.
Expert Tips
Use these expert tips to make this rice bran bran muffins perfect every time:
- This recipe calls for honey. Of course, we used Waxing Kara honey!
- You can make your own oat flour by adding gluten free oats to a blender and pulsing until a flour consistency is achieved
- Add 1/2 cup of raisins to make gluten free raisin bran muffins
- Most bran flakes are not gluten free which is why we’re using rice bran in this recipe. You can find rice bran at health food stores.
- Make sure to fill the muffin tins until almost full. Because these are gluten free muffins, they don’t rise as much as traditional muffins.
- If you don’t want to use rice bran, feel free to substitute oat bran. In fact, gluten free oat bran muffins are delicious!
Rice bran recipes can be delicious when made properly. This recipe puts it all together perfectly!
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Gluten-Free Bran Muffins
Ingredients
- 3/4 c gluten-free oat flour
- 1/2 c walnuts chopped
- 4 whole medjool dates chopped
- 1 banana chopped small
- 1 c almond milk or your favorite nut milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 tbsp. coconut oil
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 c Waxing Kara Honey
- 1/2 c ground flax seed
- 1/2 c rice bran
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3/4 tsp. zanthum gum
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder aluminum free
- 1/4 c almond or amarath flour
- 1/2 c walnuts for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Either grease your muffin pan for 9 muffins or use paper liners. My preference is a silicone muffin pan
- Sift first 6 ingredients in a mixing bowl
- In separate bowl blend eggs, maple syrup, vanilla, butter/oil then add to the dry ingredients
- Add banana, dates, flax, bran, walnuts and fill muffin cups till almost full
- Bake for 20 min. Muffin will be firm and golden.
Nutrition
Recipe by Joyce C Wallace, RN, Certified Health Coach. Joyce is a health advocate, avid gardener and passionate cook. She recently published a book, Navigating the Food Jungle filled with delightful recipes that are also good for you.