Gluten-Free Cinnamon-Raisin Muffin with Streusel Topping
Ingredients
Streusel:
1⁄4 cup chopped walnuts
1⁄4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons brown rice flour (such as Bob’s Red Mill)
1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
11⁄2 tablespoons canola oil or butter
Muffins:
Cooking spray
3.3 ounces brown rice flour(about 3⁄4 cup; such as Bob’s Red Mill)
4.1 ounces potato starch (about 3⁄4 cup)
2.1 ounces tapioca flour (about 1⁄2 cup)
3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1⁄2 teaspoons xanthan gum
1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
3⁄4 cup raisins
1⁄4 cup chopped toasted walnuts
1⁄3 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 cup plain soy milk
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. To prepare streusel, combine first 5 ingredients in a small bowlwith a fork until mixture resembles small peas.
3. To prepare muffins, place 18 paper muffin cup liners in muffin cups.Coat liners with cooking spray; set aside.
4. Weigh or lightly spoon brown rice flour, potato starch, and tapioca flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine brown rice flour, potato starch, tapioca flour, granulated sugar, and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Stir in raisins and walnuts; make a well in center of mixture. Combine oil, vanilla, and eggs in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Stir in soy milk; add to rice flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle batter evenly with streusel topping.
5. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until muffins are lightly browned and spring back when touched lightly in center. Cool in pans 5 minutes on a wire rack. Serve warm. Yield: 18 servings (serving size: 1 muffin).
*Recipe and image courtesy of The Cooking Light Gluten-Free Cookbook.*
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