These Apple Hemp Muffins are hot! These whole-grain, vegan muffins by Dreena Burton are easy to make, delicious, tender, and also nut-free and oil-free.
These Apple Hemp Muffins are hot.
Recipe, I mean. Muffins too, but you know, let ’em cool at least a little before taking a bite.
Who would imagine that hemp muffins could be so popular? Readers have loved this recipe for years now, so much that I revised it for Plant-Powered Families.
The original version appeared in Vive le Vegan back in 2004. Yep, I’ve been using hemp seeds in my recipes for many years, before it was a trendy superfood.
When I started using hemp seeds and talking about them in my recipes, I got that “ohhhh, you are that kind of vegan!” sort of reaction.
People didn’t know that hemp seeds were a highly nutritious food – a ‘superfood’ if you will.
No, instead they thought they’d get high from my brownies. Of course they wouldn’t! Because I saved it all for muffins. #kidding #relax!
Jokes aside, it took a few years for the worth of hemp – high in protein, essential fatty acids, and antioxidants – to be recognized in the world of healthy eating. Thank goodness it has, because it has made these virtuous bitty seeds widely available (and accepted)!
For Plant-Powered Families, I freshened up the recipe and made them oil-free. Even without the oil, these muffins are still beautifully moist and tender. To ensure they don’t stick to the muffin liners, try using these parchment muffin liners. They do the trick!
I make these muffins often for school lunches, because they are substantial, healthy, and of course nut-free.
Apple Hemp Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups whole-grain spelt flour
- 1 cup oat flour
- 2/3 – 3/4 cup hemp seeds
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cardamom can substitute freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 cup unsweetened organic applesauce
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 3/4 cup plain or vanilla non-dairy milk
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup raisins or chopped raw banana spears use kitchen shears or knife to cut in small pieces about size of raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C). In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients, sifting in the baking powder and baking soda. Stir through until well combined. In another bowl, combine applesauce, maple syrup, non-dairy milk, and vanilla, and mix together. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture, and gently fold and mix through, until just combined (do not overmix). Spoon the mixture into a muffin pan lined with cupcake liners (this will fill 12 muffins quite full). Bake for 21-23 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (See notes above about cooling to help remove from liner.) Makes 12 large muffins.
Have you tried these Vegan Apple Hemp Muffins? What is your favorite way to eat hemp seeds?
Tess says
Very delicious! I’ve made them a few times and modified them with but butters, higher protein flours, and chopped apple and they have been great every time!
Dreena says
That’s wonderful, thank you Tess.
Chopped apple is a great addition, thanks for your note. 🙂
LisaS says
These are SO yummy!! We enjoyed them!! Thanks for sharing your recipe & talent! Love that they have hemp seeds so that they have protein in them! BTW do you have nutritional info for them?
Dreena says
Thank you Lisa, so pleased you are loving the recipe. 🙂 I don’t have the nutritional analysis for the recipe at this time, sorry.
Joy Perrone says
I have some sorghum flour I’d like to try in this. Do you know if it would be a 1:1 for the spelt, or how to adjust? These look like a good breakfast muffin.
Dreena says
Hi Joy, these are great breakfast muffins! Sorghum flour cannot be used 1:1 as it’s gluten-free. Unless you are celiac, I’d stick to the recipe.
Shilpa says
Thank you so much for the recipe!! I am pretty new to baking. I have a two year old and wanted to make some healthy muffins for him. These turned out so delicious. I loved them to the last bite myself. Will be making them very often. Thank you again !
Dreena says
Just wonderful, thanks for sharing this Shilpa!
Vianey says
Thank you for this tasty recipe! I made these tonight and my toddler boys loved them!