Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Muffins – Honey Frosting

There was originally no intention of posting this AMAZING Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Muffin topped with a Honey Frosting and crushed pecans. But after I accidentally leaked the photo on Facebook with my lack of experience on Instagram (follow me by clicking here), I realized it was time to get my butt in gear typing.  With that, I present you with this delicious recipe.  You can skip to the bottom if you like, but I know most of you come for my witty humor and horrible grammar so I am going to fill you in on some important life events that have taken place lately.  I will tell you about those after the picture, just so you can drool slightly.  Oh and I have a huge confession to make… I may have cheated on my 21 Day Sugar Detox when I made these so I will be starting over.  So feel free to JOIN ME and start fresh with me from today.

Ok so there is some HUGE news in the world of George, and I have some awesome friends to thank for kicking me in the ass to do it.  I will get to them in a minute.  I have already served a very long and hard 10+ years of active duty service in the United States Marine Corps. I am happy to say that I feel as though I have served my time, but there are bigger and better things for me out there.  I still have a little over 18 months left but after that I am leaving the one thing I have had consistently since I was 17.  I am going to give up my place of comfort and guarantee, for a world of unknowns where I can hopefully work to help make this world a better place.  I have lots of avenues I plan on traveling down. One of them is to have the ability to see all the wonderful people that this site influences, whenever I want and for as long as I want.  Maybe then I will do a “George will come cook for you for a week” Giveaway, any thoughts on that?  WOW, I just typed that and posted it on the internet, there is no going back now.  Good thing I love each and every person reading this and know you will all support me.  Plus it means more time for more recipes.  And just to break up all that I am going to type about, here is another picture to hold you over. I promise we are almost done:

Grrr my ADD kicked in again, so before I forget.  Thank you to Fat Burning Man, The Food Lovers Primal Palate, Balanced Bites, Nom Nom Paleo, Fitbomb, Paleo Parents and Paleo Comfort Foods just to name a few for being so encouraging of me and most of all for being great friends.  All truly amazing people, and I am humbled by their friendship.  Oh yea, so now for the second part of this huge news thing I have been rambling about.  Some of you will enjoy this, some of you won’t.  I am enrolled in college.  Something I said I would never do because I didn’t need it; I did.  That’s right, so for all of you who come to pick on my horrible writing, editing, and punctuation you may be surprised in a few months because I will start improving with my edumacation.  I might even learn how to differentiate when typing between YOUR and YOU’RE.  Funny thing is I already do know the difference but my fingers are too lazy to add in that apostrophe.  I will work on it, I promise.  I was going to stop here but I am on a roll, so bear with me for one more paragraph.  And here is another picture to hold you over:

I was just kidding.  There totally isn’t another paragraph. Just one more sentence telling you that I hope you enjoy these, and if you like them please come back and rate them and leave me a comment. Or share them by using the plugin at the bottom of the post.  Have a great day.

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Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Muffins – Honey Frosting

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

18 mins

Total time

33 mins

 

Serves: 18

Ingredients

Muffins

• 6 large eggs
• 1/4 cup raw honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 3/4 cup coconut flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• small pinch of sea salt
• 1/2 cup enjoy life chocolate chips

Honey Frosting

• 1 cup palm shortening
• 3/4 cup full fat coconut milk, chilled (only the thick stuff, not the water)
• 1/4 cup raw honey
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• orange zest for garnish (optional)
• crushed pecans (optional)

Instructions

Muffins

1. Preheat oven to 375 fahrenheit and adjust rack to middle position
2. Line muffin pan with muffin liners
3. Whisk eggs, honey, vanilla, butter, and applesauce in a large mixing bowl or use a stand mixer
4. Sift coconut flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt over a medium bowl
5. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and whisk until well blended
6. Fold in chocolate chips ensuring an even distribution throughout your batter
7. Spoon batter into muffin cups and bake for 16-18 minutes, or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean
8. Remove the muffins from the oven and let cool
9. Once cool you can head below and make the frosting to go with them

Honey Frosting

1. Combine palm shortening, coconut milk, and honey in a stand mixer or mixing bowl and beat on low for 20 seconds
2. Scrape down the sides of your bowl and then beat on high for approximately 60 seconds until your frosting thickens
3. By hand, fold in your cinnamon and other optional ingredients ensuring an even distribution
4. Once your muffins have cooled, frost them to your liking
5. Enjoy

Notes

*You can not let Coconut flour sit long, as soon as you mix this batter, ensure you put it right into the oven *If you want chocolate muffins, you can add between 1/4 – 1/2 cup of cocoa powder to your taste liking *You can store these in an airtight container for 3 days *You can substitute the butter with Coconut Oil but I haven’t tested it and 8 tablespoons would probably be too oily. If you do test it, start with half and please let me know how it worked.

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***Recipe adapted from Deliciously Organic‘s guest post on my site for Raspberry Almond Muffins.  Carrie is a genius in the kitchen as well as an accomplished cookbook author.  When you get a chance, head over to her site and try any of her amazing dishes***

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