And the WINNER of the Coconut Oil Contest is........

And the winner is................(drum roll occurring as I type this). Michele Salami in California! Yay. I will be shipping the oil to her later this week. I cannot wait to hear how she enjoys the Tropical Traditions brand. I think she might be willing to share as well as maybe send a picture of herself with it. I'm hopin!

Thank you to all who participated! I am hoping to have another contest in the New Year. Not sure what I am planning on featuring just yet, but check back or leave a comment on what you would like to see.

Coconut Flour Muffins

Baking is something that I gave up a few years ago, with the exception of homemade pies. Every year I make delicious pumpkin & pecan pie from scratch for Thanksgiving, but that is about it. I stay away from gluten & dairy. So much of the time it is too difficult to eat baked goods with those requirements. Well, these days I have felt the need to try and make a few baked goods myself. So this morning I decided to make muffins. Coconut flour muffins that are gluten-free & dairy-free. They tasted really good!

Here is what you need:

2 heaping tbsp of Coconut Oil* (I use Tropical Traditions brand)
*If the coconut oil is solid, heat it up so that you are working with a liquid
2 heaping tbsp of Raw Honey (if you are looking for a less sweet muffin try less Honey)
1/4 cup of applesauce (if you want dry muffins use less applesauce or cut it out entirely, I like my baked goods a bit on the heavy side.)
3 Eggs
1 tsp of Almond extract (if you want to use less feel free)
2 tbsp of coconut milk
- Mix the wet ingredients together in a bowl.

1/4 cup of Coconut Flour (Tropical Traditions brand)
1/4 tsp baking powder (aluminum free)
1 small carrot - minced into small bits
1/3 cup of almonds - minced into small bits
1/3 cup of goji berries
1/3 cup of shredded coconut (Tropical Traditions brand)
- Mix the dry ingredients into a bowl

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Then grease your muffin tins with coconut oil - enough so the muffins don't stick. Mix all the ingredients together and then spoon into the muffin tins about half way full. At this point I sprinkled shredded coconut on top of the muffins before I popped them into the oven, just to make it look pretty.

Bake for about 15-20 min depending on your oven. Use a toothpick, knife, or fork to test the muffin. If the utensil comes out clean the muffins are ready.

NOTE - mix and match things. I did not have any dried fruit or bitter chocolate chips, but if I had I might have tossed them in. I had also thought about using brown rice syrup rather than honey for a less sweet muffin (next time I will try that because these were sweeter than I had wanted for breakfast). I had a zucchini so I had debated on using that with the carrot...the possibilities are endless.

Don't forget to signup for the FREE Coconut Oil Contest!!!

WIN Virgin COCONUT OIL by Tropical Traditions!

Here are the details:

What -
Win a 16 oz. bottle of Gold Label Standard Virgin Coconut Oil!

Who -
Anyone can enter and as many times as they like! The winner will have to send me their mailing address (Sorry USA only).

How to Win-

Enter by - Leaving a comment on this post, with your name, email and what you would like to hear about in this blog.***

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WINNER will be chosen at random using - www.random.org

Time Frame -
Submit Entries starting today October 28th, 2009. Submission deadline is November 11th, 2009. Winner will be announced on November 13th, 2009!

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