Gluten Free Apple Pie Muffins

1 cup brown rice flour or sorghum flour
3/4 cup tapioca starch
1/4 cup almond flour (I use coconut flour)
1/2 cup white cane sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons apple pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 cup shredded apple
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350º F. Grease a 12-muffin pan (or use cupcake papers).

In a large mixing bowl, mix together the dry ingredients. Add in the coconut oil by pieces, cutting in with a pastry cutter until the mixture is sandy.

Add in the apple, milk, eggs, and vanilla, and beat on medium high for 1-2 minutes until the cake batter is smooth and stretchy.

Fold in cranberries and pecans.

Spoon the cake batter into the 12 cupcake liners and smooth out the tops.
 
Bake in the center of a pre-heated oven for 22 to 25 minutes or so, until the tops are firm but springy.

Pumpkin Muffins

From my sweet niece (and the glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com).

GF pumpkin muffins

Ingredients:

1 cup brown rice flour or sorghum flour
1 cup light brown sugar 
3/4 cup tapioca starch
1/2 cup white cane sugar
1/4 cup almond llour
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350º F. Line a 12-muffin pan with cupcake liners.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: brown rice flour, light brown sugar, tapioca starch, white cane sugar, almond flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, sea salt, cloves, and nutmeg.

Add in the coconut oil by pieces, cutting in with a pastry cutter or your mixer's whisk/whip attachment, until the mixture is sandy. Add in the pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla, and beat on medium high for 1-2 minutes until the cake batter is smooth and stretchy.

Spoon the cake batter into the 12 cupcake liners and smooth out the tops.

Bake in the center of a pre-heated oven for 22 to 25 minutes or so, until the tops are firm but springy. Ovens vary widely, so watch these babies and check with a cake tester if you need to.

Cool in the pan only briefly, until the cupcakes are cool enough to handle. Then remove them from the baking pan and cool on a wire rack for one hour before frosting.