Yields: 12 Servings Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Total Time: 35 mins

This featured recipe comes to you from Plate43, a great online resource for healthy and delicious recipes and meal plans. These spice muffins are perfect for fall and the blend of immune boosting spices makes them taste like a carrot cake. The ingredients are clean and you can ensure they are gluten free by using gluten free oats. For more recipes like this visit www.plate43.com

Ingredients

1 ½ cups almond meal
½ cup flax meal
½ cup oats (gluten-free or regular)
2 tsp baking powder (aluminum-free)
½ tsp sea salt
⅛ tsp black pepper
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp nutmeg
½ tsp clove
3 eggs, lightly beaten
⅔ cup real maple syrup (Grade A or B)
1 cup diced pear
½ cup dried cherries or cranberries (no sugar added)
½ cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease muffin tins or line with baking cups.
Combine almond meal, flax meal, oats, baking powder, salt, pepper, and other spices. Mix well. Set aside.
Combine eggs and maple syrup in a separate bowl. Make a well in the dry ingredients and poor in wet mixture. Stir to combine. Mix in pear and cherries or cranberries. Fill muffin tins and bake 20 – 25 minutes or until cooked through in the center. Enjoy!