
I’m either on a muffin roll, or in a muffin rut with my baking at the moment. And let’s not even go near the muffin roll I’m sporting over my tighter jeans post-honeymoon! But seriously, muffins are all I have been feeling inspired to bake. I think it’s because you can throw together a good muffin in so little time and with so little effort. Whether a delicious sticky jam muffin, or something more healthy like these breakfast muffins! These muffins also have the added bonus of containing zero refined sugars, cups worth of sweet, delicious fruit and are also as low fat as possible.

The inspiration behind these little marvelous muffins came from a packet of dried papaya. I am totally an impulse buyer and had picked up at a well known health food store. They’re like little gems of sweetness and I thought, wow – who needs sugar when you have these! Before I knew it I was pulling out all my other little bags of dried fruits and spinning up the oven dial!
Practice makes perfect
I have to admit the first time I worked on this recipe, I used pineapple juice instead of milk. Friends: skip the pineapple juice and use a non-dairy milk – the pineapple juice doesn’t impart any flavour after the baking, and the milk seems to provide a better texture. Originally I called for less banana too. Revisions proved that one should never skimp on banana. The general rule is the spottier the better (mine were practically mush). Browner bananas = sweeter muffins.

Low fat muffins and paper cases
If you have a muffin silicone baking mould, you may prefer to use that for these fruity breakfast muffins. Because they are low fat muffins, they stick to paper cases more than one that has the regular amount of fats added. They still taste great, but when they get super stuck, the paper isn’t a welcome addition. If you don’t have a silicone mould, then I recommend adding a quick spray of oil into each of the cases. That trick worked wonders for me!

Fruity Breakfast Muffins
Luci Rebecca, Made by Luci
Sugar free and naturally sweet, these delicious, fruity breakfast muffins are a great breakfast to grab and go - or enjoy with jam!
- Prep: 5 minutes
- Cook: 35 minutes
- Total: 40 minutes
- Yield 12 muffins
- Calories 162 (per muffin)
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp (~15g) ground linseed + 6 tbsp water
- 300g (2 cups) plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 50g (1/2 cup) coconut sugar
- 30g (1/4 cup) dried papaya, diced
- 25g (1/4 cup) dried cranberries
- 30g 1/2 cup dried apple, chopped
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed (~200g)
- 350ml (1.3 cups) unsweetened almond milk + 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan). Grease and line a small loaf tin or line a 12-hole muffin tin.
- Mix together the linseed and water in a large bowl and leave to set.
- Add remaining ingredients to the bowl and mix well.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick through the middle comes out clean and the tops are golden.
These sound perfect!!! Pinned!
Awesome!
Thank you for this recipe. I sounds delicious. Nice that it is low in fat and dairy free.
It’s my sneaky way to make muffins vegan, allergen-friendly, and also amazing hehehe
my kids love muffins for breakfast. I will be making these for them!
Awesome! Hope they like them as much as I do!! 🙂
I love dried papaya. What a fabulous way to use it. Love your tip about using milk instead of pineapple juice.
I thought it was definitely worth sharing incase anybody else considered using pineapple or other fruit juices. The difference between the two batches was immense!
I loved the use of dried papaya … great recipe !!
Thank you 🙂
They look delicious! Love that you’ve added in some papaya as well 🙂
It’s so tasty in dried form – especially as I find the fresh one can be a little bland sometimes 🙂