Bakery Style Gluten-Free Vanilla Muffins

These Bakery Style Gluten-Free Vanilla Muffins are the ultimate flavorful muffins with the perfect fluffy texture. They're made with simple and clean ingredients and are super easy to make. These muffins are vegan, oil-free, refined sugar-free, and gluten-free!

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These Bakery Style Gluten-Free Vanilla Muffins are the ultimate moist and fluffy vegan muffins. They are made with healthy simple ingredients and have the richest vanilla flavor ever! This vanilla muffin recipe is great for a quick and easy dessert or breakfast for vegans and non-vegans alike (nobody will even know they're vegan or healthy!).

After seeing how much of a hit my Red Velvet Muffins were, I knew it was time to make some more dessert-inspired healthy and sweet muffins!

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Gluten-Free Vanilla Muffins Ingredients:

I truly believe that these are the best vanilla muffins out there, because the ingredients are so wholesome and healthy, yet the muffins are incredibly moist and flavorful with the perfect fluffy texture. This recipe is very easy to make, do not be intimidated by the ingredient list!

Dry Ingredients:

• Gluten-Free Flour - Any gluten-free flour blend should work. I've linked my go-to gluten-free flour blend. In my opinion, this one works the most like all-purpose flour, and it has more wholesome ingredients than other gluten-free flour.
• Oat Flour - I love using oat flour as a gluten-free flour, because it creates the perfect bouncy fluffy texture, and it's full of fiber and protein. You can easily make your own oat flour by blending rolled or quick oats in the blender on high for 30 seconds.
• Maple Crystals - Are one of my all-time favorite natural sweeteners. They work very similarly to brown sugar or pure cane sugar. However, unlike brown sugar, they are not a refined sugar. Maple Crystals are full of antioxidants, have a lower glycemic score, and are rich in Zinc, Manganese, Potassium, and Calcium. If you're feeling stuck with natural sweeteners and struggling to find something healthy that works as a 1:1 substitute for white sugar, then you have to try maple crystals! If you're interested in trying Maple Crystals, my code: "NATURALVEGAN" gets you $10 off your Wilderness Poets purchase!
• Vanilla Bean Powder - Another product I love to order from Wilderness Poets is vanilla bean powder. This is my not-so-secret secret ingredient. If you're looking to make the best vanilla muffin recipe with the richest vanilla flavor, vanilla powder is essential. The flavor is much stronger and richer than vanilla extract, and it's a whole food since it comes directly from real vanilla beans. Vanilla bean powder is more expensive than vanilla extract, however, a little goes a very long way so it's an investment item. Again, my code: "NATURALVEGAN" will get you $10 off.
• Baking Soda - Works with apple cider vinegar to make delicious fluffy muffins.
• Baking Powder - The best way to make gluten-free and vegan muffins like these is to use baking soda. It's a simple leavening agent that works wonders.
• Sea Salt - A pinch of salt helps to enhance the vanilla flavor in these vanilla muffins.
• Ground Flax Seed - This will be mixed with water to create the perfect vegan egg substitute.

Wet Ingredients:

• Unsweetened Soy Milk - Any plant-based milk will work for this vanilla muffins recipe. However, I like to use unsweetened soy because it has a slightly higher fat content than other plant-based milks so it's great for oil-free baking because it adds moisture.
• Apple Cider Vinegar - I like to add apple cider vinegar directly into the milk because it creates a vegan buttermilk that gives these vanilla muffins the perfect flavor. 
• Vegan Yogurt - I love adding vegan yogurt to my base recipe for muffins because it works a lot like sour cream in baking. It moistens up the muffins and gives them a rich flavor. 
• Unsweetened Apple Sauce - This is my go-to replacement for vegetable oil. It works very similarly to vegetable oil, it is low-calorie, and it adds a little extra sweetness.
• Macadamia Nut SpiN Nut Milk Concentrate - I love adding some Wilderness Poets SPiN on top of each muffin for some added sweetness and flavor. Again, my code: "NATURALVEGAN" gets you $10 off!
• Water - Will be mixed with the flaxseed to create a vegan egg.

See the recipe card for quantities.

How To Make Fluffy Vanilla Muffins:

These Bakery-Style Gluten-Free Vanilla Muffins are perfect vanilla muffins for bakers of all levels, because they don't require any advanced baking skills or weird equipment, nor do they take a long time to make.

1. Begin by combining the maple crystals and vanilla bean together in a large bowl and set aside for 10 minutes to create vanilla sugar. Mix them together either with an electric mixer or by hand.

2. In a small bowl mix together the ground flax seed and the water and set aside for 10 minutes. 

3. Combine the soy milk and apple cider vinegar together and mix until the milk begins to curdle.

4. In a separate medium bowl sift together the gluten-free flour oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix and add the flour mixture to the large bowl.

5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.

6. Line a muffin tin with muffin liners and preheat the oven to 350.

7. Use an ice cream scoop to scoop the muffin batter into the lined muffin tin. This is the easiest way to fill the muffin cup.

8. Once the oven temperature has reached 350, place the muffin tin into the oven and bake for 25 minutes, or until the muffin tops are golden brown you can stick a toothpick in the center of a muffin and it will come out clean.

9. Remove from heat and place the vanilla muffins on a wire rack to cool. Once cooled, drizzle the SPiN on top and serve immediately. Enjoy!

Hint: gluten-free baked goods bake a little differently than traditional baked goods. Therefore some of the muffin may stick to the toothpick. This is okay as long as it is not raw dough.

Substitutions:

There are a handful of substitutions that can be made to these easy vanilla muffins.

• Vanilla - I truly believe that vanilla bean powder is what makes this recipe. However, I understand it's more of an indulgent item. Vanilla extract will work 1:1, or you can use vanilla bean paste as well.
• Flour - Although I think the best version of these vanilla muffins is the recipe as is (believe me, it was tested many times), you can use wheat-based flour if you need to. Simply replace both flours in the recipe with either all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour.
• Yogurt - If you do not eat a dairy-free diet, you can use Greek yogurt instead of vegan yogurt as a 1:1 substitute. You can also use a soy-based vegan yogurt if you need this recipe to be nut-free.

Vanilla Muffin Variations:

These simple vanilla muffins are the perfect base muffin recipe because they're so simple! There are so many incredible and easy ways to spice up the recipe.

• Chocolate - Use chocolate SPiN for a flavorful combination.
• Strawberry - Place a dollop of strawberry jam in the center of the muffin before baking to make a jelly-filled strawberry vanilla muffin recipe!

What You Will Need To Make Vanilla Muffins:

These vanilla muffins are great because they don't require any crazy equipment.

• Mixing Bowls - You will need a variety of mixing bowls for this recipe: large, medium, and two small.
• Electric Mixer - You can mix the muffin batter but it's 2023, electric mixers for the win!
• Muffin Tin - You can either make large baker-style vanilla muffins like the recipe calls for, or you can make 12 small bite-sized muffins.
• Muffin Liners - Optional, but they help to dress up the muffins a bit.
• Wire Rack - You will need this for chilling the muffins.

As always you can find all my go-to equipment on my Amazon storefront or my affiliate page.

How To Store These Vegan Vanilla Muffins:

These vanilla muffins are the perfect muffin to make for the week ahead. When stored properly in an airtight container, they will retain their fluffy texture and stay moist for an entire week. You can also store these overnight with plastic wrap if needed.

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Bakery Style Gluten-Free Vanilla Muffins

These Bakery Style Gluten-Free Vanilla Muffins are the ultimate flavorful muffins with the perfect fluffy texture. They're made with simple and clean ingredients and are super easy to make. These muffins are vegan, oil-free, refined sugar-free, and gluten-free!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 6 muffins

Equipment

• 3 Mixing bowls
• 1 Mixer
• 1 muffin pan

Ingredients

  

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Dry Ingredients:

• 1 cup maple crystals "NATURALVEGAN" for $10 off
• 1 tablespoon vanilla bean powder "NATURALVEGAN" for $10 off
• 2 cups oat flour
• 1 cup gluten-free flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoon ground flax seed

Wet Ingredients:

• ¼ cup vegan yogurt
• 1 cup unsweetened soy milk
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 6 tablespoon water
• SPiN Macadamia Nut Milk Concetrate "NATURALVEGAN" for $10 off

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Instructions

 

• Begin by combining the maple crystals and vanilla bean together in a large bowl. Mix them together either with an electric mixer or by hand. Set aside for 10 minutes to create vanilla sugar.
• In a small bowl mix together the ground flax seed and the water and set aside for 10 minutes.
• Combine the soy milk and apple cider vinegar together and mix until the milk begins to curdle.
• In a separate medium bowl sift together the gluten-free flour oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix and add the flour mixture to the large bowl.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
• Line a muffin tin with muffin liners and preheat the oven to 350.
• Use an ice cream scoop to scoop the muffin batter into the lined muffin tin.
• Once the oven temperature has reached 350, place the muffin tin into the oven and bake for 25 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown or you can stick a toothpick in the center of the muffins and it will come out clean.
• Remove from heat and place the vanilla muffins on wire rack to cool.
• Once cooled, drizzle the SPiN on top and serve immediately. Enjoy!

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Food Safety:

Make sure to always practice proper food safety in the kitchen.

• Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
• Never leave cooking food unattended
• Do not eat raw batter

See more guidelines at USDA.gov.