Zucchini Cassava Muffins (Gluten-Free) - #BreadBakers

This month, the Bread Bakers are baking up breakfast breads. I saw some local zucchini in my supermarket and immediately started researching how well a loaf or muffin would work with cassava flour. 

I made two versions of these muffins - one adapting  Sally's Baking Addiction's zucchini bread and the other using Otto's Naturals' recipe. The main ingredient difference between the two is that Sally adds extra zucchini and applesauce for some really moist muffins. 

Zucchini Muffins adapted from Sally's Baking Addiction

I still don't understand the quirks of cassava flour. But for now, I don't think it likes extra moisture from purees. While both muffins tasted almost identical, the texture of the Otto's muffins was better, and Sally's were definitely more moist. I found a similar texture difference when I swapped in cassava flour in Smitten Kitchen's pumpkin bread. 

Zucchini Muffins adapted from Otto's Naturals

Ah, food science. Gotta love it. I'm presenting the adapted Otto version below as that worked the best with the cassava flour. If you're having a hankering for some breakfast goodies, be sure to scroll down below to see what the other Bread Bakers have made for you.

Zucchini Muffins

Yield: 10 to 11 muffins

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup cassava flour (I used the Jamaican brand Gold Seal)

1 teaspoon baking  powder

1/2 teaspoon  baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt 

1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon mixed spice 

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup oil 

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup grated zucchini

Directions 

Preheat oven to 350 F

Line or grease a muffin tin.

Whisk cassava flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and mixed spice together. 

In another bowl, mix eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla. 

Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until no dry streaks are left. Next, fold in the zucchini. 

Scoop into your prepared muffin tin.

Bake 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean. 

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