Enjoy these healthy, dairy free Avocado Muffins with Raspberries & Lime for breakfast, brunch, as a snack or easy lunchbox idea.
Today on the blog zesty, dairy free Avocado Muffins with Raspberries & Lime. This is a different kind of muffin recipe, not only because it’s dairy free (I tend to use milk in my muffins) but also because it contains both fruit and vegetable.
I felt it was time to go beyond the commonly used muffin ingredients, such as chocolate, fruit and nuts and try something different. So it had to be avocado – one of the most versatile vegetables, equally delicious in salads, hot dishes, on toast, for breakfast, lunch and even dessert. And let’s not forget avocado in smoothies. How did we manage without the now ubiquitous avocado 20-30 years ago when it was still a pretty exotic vegetable you might occasionally buy to make a guacamole with.
These days you can make avocado muffins!
Dairy free avocado muffins
In this healthy muffin recipe I swapped milk for a cashew and water mixture. Simple. The combination of the cashew paste, avocado and lime juice, together with the raspberries, makes these muffins quite moist. (Which is why the time of baking is a little longer than the usual 25 minutes). Cashews are also naturally quite sweet so there is no need to use too much sugar in this recipe. The amount of sugar I used produces moderately sweet muffins so add a bit more or less to suit your individual preference.
Can you taste the avocado in this recipe?
So can you taste the avocado in these muffins? Yes, but the flavour is very subtle and it works really well with the zesty lime and raspberries. And thanks to the avocado there is a nice green tinge to these muffins which I like:)
More breakfast recipes using avocado
For more healthy breakfast recipes using avocado see my post on How To Eat More Vegetables For Breakfast. They include easy avocado raspberry smoothie and avocado on toast with ricotta.
Enjoy these healthy, dairy free Avocado Muffins with Raspberries & Lime for breakfast, brunch or snack anytime.
- 1 medium avocado peeled, deseeded
- ½ cup cashew nuts
- 120 ml water a little less than half a cup
- Zest of 1 lime
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
- 170 g self-raising flour approx. 1 cup and a quarter
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 3.5 heaped tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup vegetable oil I used rapeseed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Demerara sugar for sprinkling on top
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Combine the cashews with the water and leave to soak overnight.
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Preheat the oven to 400 F/ 200 C/ gas mark 6. Line a muffin pan with 8 muffin cases. Set aside.
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Combine the flour with the baking powder and stir thoroughly.
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Puree the cashews (as well as the water) with the avocado and lime juice.
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In a large bowl beat the egg, sugar and oil until smooth and a little lighter in colour. Add the vanilla extract, lime zest and the avocado mixture. Stir thoroughly.
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Add the raspberries and flour mixture and stir only until the flour is no longer visible. Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases, sprinkle each muffin with a little demerara sugar and bake for 36 minutes. Remove from the pan and place on a cooling rack. Yields 8 large muffins.
Preparation time does not include time needed to soak the cashews.
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I was so intrigued by the use of avocado in your muffins Monica . I love the colour it adds to the batter, it complements the raspberry colour so well. I bet these taste so good too. thank you for linking up to #Bakeoftheweek x
Thank you Jenny! They did taste good. Glad you like the recipe:)
Your muffins sound delicious, I’ve baked with avocado before and it’s amazing how well it substitues for butter! Thanks for linking up to #TreatPetite
Thank you! So glad you like the recipe:)
These cupcakes look so yummy!
Thank you!
What an unusual, but delicious-sounding combination of flavours. They sound delightful! x
Thank you! It is a bit unusual, I know, but the flavours actually work together quite well:)
Wow.. avocado, raspberry, lime muffin.. Sounds very interesting.. I am sure all would love to try this awesome muffin at the party..?
Happy FF?
Thank you! Glad you like it:)
I absolutely love the sound of this recipe, and the little green hue the muffins get is gorgeous! Must try, adding to my list. Thanks for sharing – found you through #RecipeOfTheWeek
Thank you! So glad you liked this recipe:)
ooooh wow Monika! these look A-ma-zing!! a muffin with a green tint – love it. Avocado is so great and this recipe seems to be all the better for using it. You’ve definitely inspired me to start using avocado more in my baking 🙂 #cookblogshare
Thank you Debbie! Glad to hear that. I use avocado in absolutely everything now, I think there is always a way to make it work whatever recipe you are making:)
I am so intregued by this Monika, I would never have thought of using avocado in a muffin recipe. they look absolutely deflicious and definitely something i need to try.
Angela x
Thank you Angela! The avocado works surprisingly well in this recipe:)
I love the sound of this combination, I so wish I could reach into the screen and grab one right now! Eb x
Thanks Eb! Sadly all that’s left is the photograph – the muffins were gone in one day:(
Like several other commenters, I’ve never tried avocadoes in baking—but I can totally see how they would make these muffins moist and delicious! I can’t wait to try these muffins out AND to try avocadoes in a few of my other go-to baking recipes!
Thank you! For me avocado is super versatile and works in all kinds of recipes. Definitely worth experimenting with:)
I have never tried using avocado in muffins. They sound yummy with raspberry and lime.
It was my first time using avocado in muffins and it really worked well with the lime and raspberries.
These look fabulous…right up my street in fact. I’ll be making them with my wholegrain gluten-free flour blend!
Thank you! Do let me know how they turned out:)
These look so pretty Monika! I love the slight green colour from the avocado and it’s definitely made me want to have a go at some muffins with avocado in too x
Thank you Corina! Avocado works in so many recipes so I thought it would make a great muffin ingredient too:)
The ingredients sounds interesting..The muffins looks awesome
Thanks! Glad you think so:)
These look fantastic, and really easy to veganise too. Definitely going on my to-make list. Sharing too! xx
Oh, thank you! I am sure they can be veganised quite easily:)