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Paleo Espresso Macaroon Muffins are a healthy dessert for coffee lovers! These muffins are light in texture with a decadent taste. The Paleo muffins recipe is easy to make with simple ingredients like ground almonds, coconut flour, coconut sugar, ground espresso, and egg whites. They taste like macaroons, but in muffins form!

A Healthy Dessert For Coffee Lovers! Paleo Espresso Macaroon Muffins. These muffins are light in texture with a decadent taste. Easy to make with simple ingredients like ground almonds, coconut flour, coconut sugar, ground espresso, and egg whites. Taste like macaroon but in muffins form! @cottercrunch

So…. truth be told I’ve been on coffee plus espresso kick. Why? Because this week needs all things caffeine times two! Haha. Actually, this week has been quite the opposite of last week. Remember how we were all about the summer comfort food and gluten free starches? Well, our nutrition took a complete 180 this week due to a little injury with my husband, hence the plethora of healthy fats and paleo recipes!

Come sit and have coffee with me. I will go all dorky on you and tell you why we’re limiting our grains this week, and then share this paleo espresso macaroon muffins recipe. Deal?

A Light Dessert For Coffee Lovers! Paleo Espresso Macaroon Muffins . @cottercrunch

Okay, so a few weeks ago my husband (aka the kiwi) fell off his mountain bike. Wasn’t anything big but he did end up with a few scratches and a sore bum.  That sport is rocky, ya know?  Haha. But as time passed, his back started aching a little more and then BAM —> he sneezed and a disk popped. Yep, that happened THIS WEEK. Poor guy.

So we changed things up in the Cotter Household. Lots of nourishing foods and grain free foods to reduce inflammation in the muscles/joints.

But let’s back up here. What’s the point of reducing grains or eliminating them temporarily?

Two words –> Phytic Acid.

Wellness Mama had a great definition ->

“Grains contain Phytic Acid, a mineral blocker that prevents absorption of calcium, magnesium, iron, copper and zinc. This phytic acid is found in the bran of all grains as well as the outer coating of seeds and nuts. Even after grains became more mainstream during the agricultural revolution, grains were allowed to sit in the fields for several weeks before thrashing. This allowed the grains to be exposed to the elements and to sprout. Evidence shows that sprouting increases the content of many important vitamins, and breaks down the phytic acid.”

By reducing/eliminating grains we can maximize absorption in the gut. Sometimes improperly prepared grains can actually cause inflammation in the gut lining due to an enzyme we can’t break down. And if you’re body is already stressed, inflamed, or sick, then eliminating grains can speed up the healing process. Remember this post where I spoke about grain free perks? And this recipe for chronic inflammation?

See, told you I was going talk DORKY. Need a refill on that coffee yet, or another muffin? Just kidding.. maybe.

But before I ramble on, how about we break for the recipe for the paleo espresso macaroon muffins?

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A Light Dessert For Coffee Lovers! Paleo Espresso Macaroon Muffins . @cottercrunch - These paleo muffins will become a favorite treat!

Paleo Espresso Macaroon Muffins

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  • Prep Time: 10 min
  • Cook Time: 15 min
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 10-12
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Paleo Espresso Macaroon Muffins

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
  • 1/3 cup coconut oil
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 1/3 cup ground coffee or espresso
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup coconut sugar
  • 3/4 cup egg whites (about 4 or 5 egg whites).
  • 1 2/3 cup almond meal
  • 3 tbsp arrowroot starch (or tapioca,potato starch work too)
  • 1/3 cup coconut flour
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/3 cup coconut cream (or heavy whipping cream)
  • 1/2 tbsp baking powder
  • dash of sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • Optional coffee extract (1/2 tsp)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. First whisk you eggs whites until fluffy.In another bowl, add in your dry ingredients together and mix. Add in the water, oil, cream, and extracts and mix all together. Fold in your egg whites to the dry ingredients.. Beat or stir again until batter is somewhat smooth. Pour into greased medium or large muffin cups about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way full. Bake for about 18-20 minutes or so.
  2. Let cool
  3. Tip – If the batter is too thick, depending on how fine your almond meal is, then blend batter in the blender and add a few more tbsp of cream or water until batter is smooth.

Notes

If you don’t feel like buying separate ingredients, I would check out simple mills paleo cake mix! So good!

As mentioned in previous posts, we temporarily remove or reduce grains for a reason, this week it just so happens to be about HEALING an injury. That being said, we’ve also added in more healing foods. Foods like coconut oil (MCT), red palm oil, kefir, gelatin, and tons more greens and OMEGAS! All these foods support joint health and/or reduce inflammation with anti-inflammatory properties. Okay maybe not the 2 cups of coffee that I’m drinking with these muffins, but we’ll make it decaf and cut back later this week, promise! Yes, this inflammation is going to be kicked to the curb with food as our medicine!

A Light and healthy Dessert For Coffee Lovers! Paleo Espresso Macaroon Muffins . @cottercrunch

Many people think baking grain free is difficult, and it can be if you don’t really know what grain free flours go with what.

Luckily, I’ve made this paleo espresso macaroon muffins recipe UBER easy, and you can even switch out the flavors for whenever you’d like.

But if you’re a coffee and macaroon lover like me, you’re not going to want to. In fact, you’ll just become more obsessed with this flavor! haha. Enjoy!

A Light and Healthy Dessert For Coffee Lovers! Paleo Espresso Macaroon Muffins . @cottercrunch

That being said, EVERY BODY works and heals differently. It’s just a matter of figuring out what’s best for your own and how to use food as fuel, as nourishment, as medicine. Would you agree?

Coffee talk complete! What’s going on with you this week?

Do you have any favorite “healing” foods? Do share!

Grain Free with great texture and taste! Try a #paleo espresso macaroon muffin! #fitfluential

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  2. As annoying as it can be that we all have different bodies with different systems, it really is a beautiful thing. My body often “heals” through grains! But for many (including someone I was talking to yesterday), that is their undoing. Regardless, I’ll take a muffin and a decaf!

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  4. Love these and love you for how well you explain things! Not dorky at all. Hope the kiwi is feeling better!

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  12. Combining macaroos and muffins?! You’re a genius. I might not eat eggs but these muffins look fantastic. Fingers crossed they have some healing powers making the Kiwi feel better soon!

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  14. When you put together two things I love, espresso and macaroons, I have no choice but to try them! Can you please deliver one, it would go great with this espresso I’m sipping!

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  18. I wish I had one, ok maybe two of those beautiful muffins right now! Love all the photos! Already on my MUSR-TRY list. Thanks! 🙂

    ★★★★★

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  19. Oh, no! Your poor husband. 🙁 Hope he’s feeling better soon. In the meantime, these muffins look like the perfect way to make him feel better!

    I’m in love with anything coffee, and these treats would hit the spot when I have a sweet snack craving. Yummed!

    Your photos are beautiful, as usual. 🙂

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  23. Sent this to Dave to read, I love the way you explain things and how foods can help heal the body! He’s been having some crazy stomach issues and I’m trying to convince him to give up grains for a bit so thank you xoox. Hope the kiwi feels better soon, you are a great Sherpa wife so I’m sure he’s well on the way to feeling incredible! Thanks for this awesome recipe – pinning and will be making these for Dave 🙂

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  25. Drooling over these right now and saving the recipe for when I get back home. Yum!

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  28. These muffins looks heavenly!! You come up with the coolest flavor combos!
    I hope the Kiwi is on the mend – back pain is no fun 🙁
    Pinning these!!

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  29. I like how you explain the reasoning behind reducing the grains. It takes all the mystery out of “you should eat this because it helps.” Your pictures look amazing and I’m definitely going to give these a try.

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  30. My brother, I always learn so much from you. Evie and I both deal with a lot of inflammation stuff. We need to do more grain-free (though trying to take pasta from her is not an easy thing). We have been taking turmeric daily and it’s helped a lot! We ran out and Evie ever requested I buy more for us. Normally she just takes whatever I put in front of her but doesn’t actually comment… so I knew it really was helping. Ha!

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  32. Just when I saw the word “coffee-lovers”, I’m totally up for this! And by the way, you really explained things clearly! Thanks for that! This macaroon muffin is something I would definitely like to pair with my cup of coffee 🙂

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  36. Soooooooooooooooo sorry about hubby!! UGH!! How long to recover from that???

    OK, you know I will not make these so why don’t you move to CA & cook for me!!! 🙂 AND – a ballin bite in these too! 🙂

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  38. I am just thrilled that I made it through the week and 3 weeks of on and off travel.

    pause.

    this recipe looks soooo good and I wish I could have had these on my latest trip where food choices were minimal and few and far in between! Poor Kiwi, hope he is better now!

    healing food? does wine count? 🙂

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  41. Hi Lindsay……You are marked “see first” in my FB land……I have tried several of your recipes and have found them ALL to be delicious (doesn’t happen often with different websites). I also appreciate the healthiness as an added bonus! In other words I feel GREAT when I eat the final product both metaphorically and figuratively (how’s that for dorky…huh). Anyway please enlighten me on those cute muffin tins…..I need them! Thanks, Linda Lyden

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  42. I want to make these delicious looking muffins but am a bit confused about the coffee espresso. Is it 1/3 cup liquid of either one and when do you add it to the mix.

    Thanks

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  44. Wow. These are fantastic. The texture of them is amazing. I didn’t think I could get that nice “fluffy” texture with grain free baking. I have a very happy husband right now! BTW, I used 3 whole eggs instead of just egg whites and it worked great. I just whisked them and added them with the rest of the liquid ingredients. Thank you so much for this recipe!

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