Gluten Free Muffins Quick & Easy

Name: Gluten Free Muffins Quick & Easy
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: sugar; vegetable shortening; eggs; gluten free flour mix; salt; baking powder; milk; vanilla extract; rice flour; potato starch flour; tapioca flour

Submitted by uwayer

It’s quite easy to make your own gluten-free muffins using these instructions for a gluten-free flour mix.

YIELD

8 servings

PREP

5 min

COOK

20 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

CUP SUGAR

TABLESPOONS VEGETABLE SHORTENING

LARGE EGGS

CUP GLUTEN FREE FLOUR MIX
(recipe follows), or all rice flour *

TEASPOON SALT

TEASPOONS BAKING POWDER

CUP MILK
or non dairy liquid

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

Glutenfree flour mix

X RICE FLOUR
parts *

⅔

X POTATO STARCH FLOUR
parts *

⅓

X TAPIOCA FLOUR
parts *

Directions

In the mixing bowl, cream together sugar and shortening. Then beat in the eggs.

Sift together the gluten free flour, salt, and baking powder and add to the egg mixture alternately with the milk. Do not over-beat.

Stir in the vanilla. These are best mixed by hand. Pour into greased muffin cups.

Bake in preheated 350℉ (180℃) oven for about 20 minutes.

Makes 8 muffins.

VARIATION: Pour half the batter in the muffin tins and sprinkl a mixture of cinnamon and sugar over the batter. Cover with the remaining batter and sprinkle the tops with more cinnamon and sugar.

Gluten Free Flour Sift 2 parts of rice flour, ⅔ parts of potato starch flour and ⅓ part of tapioca flour together and store in a tightly sealed container.