Life is what you bake of it! And with our Almond Butter Kefir Muffins, life is fixing to get deliciously good. These soft, tender gems of almond butter-filled goodness are packed with nutrients for your gut, hair, skin, and nails thanks to Lifeway Kefir’s protein, calcium, and B vitamins combined with almond butter’s vitamin E, fiber, B vitamins, magnesium, and calcium.
Almonds and Lifeway Kefir are two foods that taste great together and pair well from a nutritional aspect. Each one of these everyday superfoods possess nutrients that support a healthy mood, skin, gut health, hair health, and bone health. So why not combine them in a delicious muffin that you can feel good about enjoying? We embellished our recipe with dark chocolate chips, because in our book, chocolate makes anything better! You can feel free to add in whatever you want like chopped fruit, dried fruit, or any other nuts or seeds.
With Lifeway Kefir in the batter, these muffins have a tender bite that satisfies and provides your body with protein while the live cultures in our kefir help aid in digestion of the muffins and keep the muffins from drying out. Bake up a batch with us today!
The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for optimal digestion and gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, support healthier blood sugar levels, and improve satiety since the bioavailable protein it contains triggers the release of GLP-1.
Lifeway Kefir is packed with a variety of vital nutrients important for overall health, including bone and muscle health; these include vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Along with our probiotic-rich kefir, Lifeway also offers artisan-made Farmer Cheese,a creamy, high-protein cheese made with live and active cultures to support healthy muscles and a healthy microbiome. Lifeway Farmer Cheese is easy to spread, free of gums and thickeners, and contains no added salt or sugar for optimal health benefits.
Prep Time: 30 mins Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup Organic Whole Milk Plain Kefir
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or gluten-free all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup almond butter of choice (we used natural with no salt or sugar)
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line muffin tins with baking wrappers.
- In a medium bowl whisk together flour, coconut sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a larger bowl mix together kefir, almond butter, eggs, and vanilla extract until well combined.
- Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips as desired.
- Pour about ¼ cup of batter into each muffin cup.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until tops are lightly golden.
- Allow to cool for a few minutes in the muffin tins before removing and allowing to cool completely.
- Serve warm or at room temperature, store in airtight container.
