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Looking for a deliciously wonderful and healthy dessert? Try our no-sugar, low-carb blueberry muffin recipe -- with or without icing. And yes, other berries work too!

Low-Carb Blueberry Muffin Recipe

From the kitchen of Dr. Randall Hansen

What follows is a very easy recipe for making delicious no-sugar, low-carb blueberry muffins, made with almond flour, Swerve, and coconut products. It takes about 20 minutes of prep time, and another 25 minutes for baking.

Makes 24 muffins

This recipe is for yummy, no-sugar blueberry muffins -- but we do add icing to the basic recipe during the holidays.

Muffin Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 8 oz. cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup Swerve Granular (granular erythritol)

1/2 cup Stevia in the Raw (granular stevia)

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla (and/or almond) extract

1 1/2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut

1/2 cup coconut milk

1/2 cup ground flaxseed meal

3+ cups of almond flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

3 cups (packages) of blueberries (or raspberries, or combination of berries)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 330F. Place cupcake papers in 4 six-muffin or 2 12-muffin muffin tins
2. Cream butter, cream cheese, Swerve, and stevia until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, coconut milk, vanilla, and shredded coconut.
3. Mix flour, baking powder, and flaxseed into another bowl; blend into the creamed mixture, mixing well.
4. Add blueberries; mix to a consistency you want.
5. Fill each muffin cup about three-quarters with batter.
6. Bake 22 to 25 minutes, until lightly brown and/or muffins are spongy in texture. Let cool and add icing, if desired.

Icing Ingredients

1/4 cup coconut milk

1/2+ cup Swerve Powdered (Powdered erythritol)

Directions

1. Add Swerve to the coconut milk, whisking constantly, adding enough Swerve to make a thick icing.
2. Spoon or use spatula to spread on muffins.

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Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D., is an avid bicyclist, adventurist, environmentalist, and student of wellness and photography, with a mission of empowering others to lead great lives. He is Founder and CEO of EmpoweringSites.com, a network of empowering and transformative Websites. Dr. Hansen is also the founder and caretaker of this site, EmpoweringRetreat.com, as well as founder of EmpoweringAdvice.com, MyCollegeSuccessStory.com, and EnhanceMyVocabulary.com. He is a published author, with several books, chapters in books, and hundreds of articles. He's often quoted in the media and conducts empowering workshops around the country. Dr. Hansen is also an educator, having taught at the college level for more than 15 years. Learn more by visiting his personal Website, RandallSHansen.com or reach him by email at CEO(at)empoweringsites.com. You can also check out Dr. Hansen on GooglePlus.

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