Low Carb Carrot Muffins & Cream Cheese Filling!!!

These low carb carrot muffins are filled with sweet cream cheese and taste just wonderful. Each muffin has an only 3g net carb and is Keto, Atkins, Banting, THM-S, LCHF, Grain Free, Gluten Free, and Sugar-Free compliant…

Ingredients   [ For 4 to 5 people ]    [   Preparation time : 18 minute  –  Cooking time : 35 minutes  ]

Muffin Batter:

• 4 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/3 cup Swerve or equivalent granulated sweetener
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon blackstrap molasses, optional
• 1/3 cup coconut flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened whey protein powder 
• 1/3 cup superfine almond flour
• 1 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 2 oz finely grated carrot (1 medium)

Filling:

• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons Swerve or equivalent granulated sweetener
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Topping:

• 1/4 cup pecans, chopped

Preparation Method

1.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and add 8 cupcake liners to a cupcake pan.
2. Cream together filling cream cheese, sweetener, and vanilla.  Set aside.
3. Mix together the almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder, protein powder, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a small bowl.  Whisk to get out any lumps.
4. Cream together muffin butter, sweetener, and molasses with an electric mixer in a large bowl.  Beat in 1 egg.
5. Beat 1/3 of the dry mixture into the wet mixture.  Add another egg.  Mix in 1/3 of the dry mixture and then add another egg.  Beat in the remaining dry mixture.
6. Quickly mix in the cream and carrot. 
7. Fill 9 cupcake wells halfway up.  Make an indentation in the batter and fill it with 1/2 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture.
8. Top each cupcake with more batter.  
9. Sprinkle pecans on top of the muffins.
10. Put the muffins in the oven and turn up the heat to 400 degrees F. 
11. Bake for 5 minutes, and then turn the temperature down to 350 degrees F and bake for another 20 minutes, until the tops are firm and lightly browned.
12. ........................................

for full instruction please see : hlowrecipe.org

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