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Best Avocado Muffins

BEST Avocado Muffins are ideal for breakfast, brunch, lunch or a tea-time treat ! All that’s needed is a bit of Butter and you are set !

BEST Avocado Muffins

I am such a huge avocado lover! If I had to choose only a couple of fruits or vegetables to live on for the rest of my life, avocados will most definitely be number one.

This Avocado muffins recipe is honestly the Best Avocado Muffins I have had as in ever !

Not only do they taste fantastic, the muffins also look scrumptious with a light greenish color.

The muffins are not that off-putting green which the kids hate so much, this is more like a pastel color.

I like the Avocado Muffins best warm, with only butter spread (slathered!) over. But a thin slice of Gouda cheese is also nice to enjoy with the muffins.

BEST Avocado Muffins

If you are wondering whether it is a savory or sweet muffin, I would definitely tell you a sweet muffin.

However not in the sense of a dessert muffin, like a chocolate chip or strawberry muffin.

These Avocado Muffins are more suited for breakfast, brunch, the lunch box or as a treat at tea-time.

Oh, yes, now that I think of it, 100% a must have treat at tea-time !

Which Avocados to use in muffins ?

The best Avocados to use, are the ones just ready to eat. Not still hard and tasting like water, but also not over-ripe.

Over-ripe Avocados will give the muffins more of a bitter taste and the color is also not very appetizing. These are now the really over-ripe, already blackened flesh inside, ripe.

Any ripe Avocado, which you can easily mash would be just fine.

*The recipe yields 12 – 18 muffins, 18 regular sized, but I prefer to make them a little larger, sort of fill the muffin holes to almost the top and let them bake a little over the muffin hole edges.

Be sure to spray the top of the muffin pan also with cooking oil if you decide to make the huge ones.

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Best Avocado Muffins

Best Avocado Muffins

Best Avocado Muffins

Linda Nortje
BEST Avocado Muffins are ideal for breakfast, brunch, lunch or a tea-time treat ! All that's needed is a bit of Butter and you are set !
4.50 from 82 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Muffins
Cuisine Global
Servings 18 Muffins
Calories 215 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • ½ cup Unsalted Butter softened
  • 2 ripe Avocados peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 extra-large Eggs
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat the oven to 200 deg C (400 deg F) – spray 1 or 2 muffin pans with cooking oil (12 – 18 holes, depending on the size you want baked)
  • In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the Flour, Salt, Baking Powder and Sugar
  • Add the Butter to the dry mixture and rub in until it resembles crumbles
  • Place the Avocados, Eggs, Milk and Lemon Juice in a blender – blend until creamy and smooth – stir into the Flour mixture until just mixed
  • Fill the muffin holes either 2/3 or almost to the full mark – bake 25 – 30 minutes or until done and golden brown
  • Remove from the oven – let cool in the muffin pan/s for 10 minutes
Nutrition Facts
Best Avocado Muffins
Serving Size
 
1 Regular Muffin
Amount per Serving
Calories
215
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
9
g
14
%
Saturated Fat
 
4
g
25
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
5
g
Cholesterol
 
35
mg
12
%
Sodium
 
229
mg
10
%
Carbohydrates
 
30
g
10
%
Fiber
 
2
g
8
%
Sugar
 
11
g
12
%
Protein
 
4
g
8
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition value, where given, is not always accurate. Please also check your ingredient labels.
Serve immediately with butter.

Unlike most muffins, these Avocado Muffins keep well in a sealed container for up to 36 hours after baking.

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Kelly

Sunday 25th of February 2024

My kids don’t like avocado but they LOVED these muffins! Great recipe!

Linda Nortje

Sunday 25th of February 2024

There is always a way Kelly ! Glad to hear they loved the muffins !

Jennifer

Friday 24th of February 2023

This recipe did not turn out well for me. Burnt on the outside and gooey on the inside. They collapsed and didn't rise. Maybe my baking powder is old? Or maybe they need baking soda? I'm in the US and baked at 400F, which is higher than most muffin recipes.

Linda Nortje

Saturday 25th of February 2023

Jennifer, I am not really sure what went wrong. You mention the baking powder might be old ? That could definitely contribute to the collapse. Also, depending on your baking altitude, the recipe might need adjustment on the oven temperature as well as the time baking (lower temp, but baking a few minutes longer)

Mrs Verne d'Hotman

Friday 1st of May 2020

Hi, I made them and loved them, though were a little heavy. Your recipe suggests 2 medium-sized avos but in Zimbabwe our avos are huge off our trees in our garden), I did however reduce the quantity to 1.5 of our medium size avocado. It would help me more to have a weight to work with. Do you think you could estimate that for me me. kind regards Verne

Linda Nortje

Friday 1st of May 2020

An average avocado weighs between 150 and 170 grams ( which is about the size I am using ) Hope this helps :-)

Rashidah

Wednesday 26th of February 2020

I made these muffins and they turned out really great! And they were more filling than your average muffin. The only change that I made is that I added about a teaspoon of vanilla, and I would highly recommend this addition! I will definitely make these again!

Linda Nortje

Thursday 27th of February 2020

I'll definitely try a batch with some vanilla next time as well, Rashidah !

Crystal

Saturday 14th of December 2019

I got a good deal on some avocardo. So just trying out your recipe now. The batter do look a bit doughy. Hopefully it turns out nice like yours. ? from a fellow SA. X

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