Cornmeal apple muffin with chocolate chips

Ingredients

• 230 g Corn flour
• 30 g Corn grits
• 50 g Coconut flour, unsweetened
• 1 pcs Apple, cored, diced
• 5 tbsp Dark chocolate chips
• 5 tbsp Applesauce, unsweetened
• 1 tbsp Maple syrup
• 2 tbsp Melted coconut oil
• 2 tsp Sea salt
• 2 tsp Baking soda

Method

1. Place rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the corn flour, corn grits, coconut flour, baking soda, and salt.
3. In another bowl, whisk together the applesauce, coconut oil, and maple syrup.
4. Chop the chocolate chips to smaller pieces.
5. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry then stir until combined.
6. Fold in the chocolate chips and the diced apple.
7. Spoon the batter into the muffin tin, filling each cup almost to the top.
8. Bake until brown and a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean, for 15-18 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer the muffins onto a wire rack to finish cooling.