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lemon chia muffins

Lemon Chia Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling

Course: Dessert, Muffins
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Almond flour recipes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 8 Muffins
Calories: 290kcal
Author: Angela Coleby
Keto lemon muffins with chia for a breakfast treat.
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups almond flour
  • ¼ cup butter, unsalted melted
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons chia seeds
  • 4 eggs medium
  • ¼ cup erythritol or sugar substitute
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 Lemons juice & grated rind

Filling

  • ½ cup cream cheese softened
  • 2 tablespoon erythritol, powdered low carb sugar substitute
  • ½ teaspoon Lemon, juice

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180C/350F degrees.
  • Mix the dry ingredients together.
  • Add the melted butter, eggs and lemon juice with the rind and stir thoroughly.
  • Add the chia seeds and stir.
  • To make the filling, simple blend the cream cheese, lemon juice and erythritol together until blended.
  • Lightly grease a muffin tin.
  • Spoon the mixture into the muffin tin about half way.
  • Spoon about a large teaspoon of the cream cheese filling into the centre of the cake mixture.
  • Place the remaining muffin batter over the filling and smooth out so that the filling is covered.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes.
  • Eat and enjoy!

Notes

The net carbs will be the total carb count minus the fibre count. Carb count excludes sugar alcohols.
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Nutrition

Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 25g | Fiber: 5g