Holy moly, these blueberry muffin top coconut flour cookies are going to be your new favorite dessert! Unless, you aren’t a muffin person (which I highly doubt) then you’re going to absolutely fall in love with this recipe. The best part of a muffin is ALWAYS the top so why not forget about the bottoms and just make the tops. Genius, we know.
More Keto Nut Free Desserts
We’ve got you covered! There was a two year span where i was misdiagnosed with a tree nut allergy so anything almond flour went out the window. This put me on a journey to create as many nut free desserts as possible so that I didn’t have to miss out while Matt enjoyed everything in sight. Some of my favorites are:
- Fudgy Keto Brownies (fan fave!)
- Low Carb Coconut Cream Pie
- Easy No Bake Cookies (eat them right out of the freezer)
- Mason Jar Ice Cream
Still need more? Check out our food blog and search for nut free desserts! The list goes on and on 🙂
Is Coconut Flour Good For Baking?
Coconut flour is my absolute favorite low carb flour for baking. It definitely yields a denser baked good, and takes a little more preciseness compared to almond flour, but you ultimately need less of it resulting in lower carbs and calories! Those reasons, plus the fact that it is nut free and digestive-ly feels a lot better when consuming in bulk (it happens to the best of us!) make coconut flour our go to for baked goods.
Coconuts are naturally high in fat and have a great, subtly sweet taste. We not only love using coconut flour, but we’ve recently become huge fans of using canned unsweetened canned coconut milk in our morning bulletproof coffee and in dinner recipes.
Some of our favorites are: coconut curry chicken, keto salmon curry, low carb shrimp curry!
Can I Substitute Coconut Flour For Regular Flour In Cookies?
Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. It actually takes a bit of practice to get a handle on keto baking because the results will vary drastically depending on what low carb flour you use and how much of it you use.
I’ve had hundreds of failed recipes when trying to convert coconut flour or almond flour at a 1 to 1 ratio with regular flour when recreating high carb desserts. We do have a flour conversion chart you can find on our membership site in the Baking 101 course! It’ll be a game changer when baking with keto flours.
Make Moist Cookies
Often times, issues that arise from low carb baking have to do with an overly dry and crumbly baked good or a baked good that is too soft and won’t hold its shape. The goal, of course, is to find a middle ground while yielding a moist, cooked through baked good so we have to look at the wet ingredients.
Eggs are always a good starting ground since they add moisture as well as act as a binding ingredient. Then, of course, you have your liquids like heavy cream, nut milks and water. The secret ingredient, however, that makes this recipe possible is the sour cream.
When working with a highly absorbent and dry flour like coconut flour the contrast of the creamy texture of sour cream will provide a lot more moistness than milk or water would. It adds a lot of moisture without thinning out the batter!
Muffin Top Coconut Flour Cookies
The combination of coconut flour and flax seed meal create the perfect balance of nutty and toasty flavors, but without the nuts! Then you mix in some creamy sour cream and fresh blueberries and you are left with the perfect coconut flour cookies for a quick dessert any night of the week!
Coconut Flour Cookies | Blueberry Muffin Tops!
What You Need:
- Muffin Tin
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/4 cup Low Carb Sugar Substitute
- 25 drops liquid stevia
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 2 tbsp flax seed meal
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp pink salt
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a muffin tin with coconut oil spray.
- In a medium bowl add butter, erythritol, stevia and vanilla extract. With a hand mixer, mix until creamy.
- Next add eggs and sour cream, and whisk until fully incorporated.
- Add the coconut flour, flax seed, baking powder, and salt. Mix until just combined. Using a spatula, fold in the blueberries.
- Chill the cookie dough for at least 30 minutes.
- With a cookie scoop, scoop out 1 heaping scoop of dough, roughly 2 tbsp and place in each muffin hole for a total of twelve.
- Bake cookies for 15-18 minutes until golden brown around the edges.
- Allow to cool for 15 minutes prior to handling.
- Best stored in an air tight container in the fridge up to one week.
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Notes
Serving Size: 1 Muffin Top
Yields: 12 Muffin Tops
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
Melanie says
Mine did not spread out either. I did replace the flaxseed for cornstarch as I had none and left out the sweetner. I also did not refrigerate as my oven was already preheated. Flavor was good even without the sweetner! Next time I will add more blueberries.
Teresa Glover says
What can I substitute for the flax seed meal? It’s a phytoestrogen & I can’t have it due to a history of breast cancer.
Melanie says
Corn starch, 2-3 tbsp
Dyan L Bailey says
Mine wouldn’t flatten out. They stayed round until I used a spoon to flatten.
Nancy Brady says
Can I use frozen blueberries? Or other frozen fruits?
Thanks!
Hardeep says
Hi.
Loved the recipe. Very easy to make. Wanted to use up the blueberries.
My cookies didn’t come up like your in the picture. They were breaking , flaky & not solidThey didn’t form well.
Was I supposed to chill it in the freezer ?.
Loved the taste though.
Thank you.
JoyfullyJJ says
These are amazing! I don’t own a muffin top pan, but use my muffin pan. Perfection! Thank you Megha! ???
TTinWA says
I used powdered stevia (better stevia, now brand (scant t) as I did not have liquid. Will cut back on the stevia next time) No blueberries so I put 3 t pumpkin pie seasoning, I used my cookie scoop, so got 21 cookies. Great texture will be nice to have two with a cup of coffee or tea
Christine Halvorson says
Very good. Served them with keto whipped cream for dessert.
Miranda (KetoConnect) says
Now that’s a fantastic idea! Sounds delicious.
Benay Croft says
We love every recipe that you make . You are our favorites and your baby is precious.
Con says
I dont have any stevia drop only erythritol.. what is the equivalent for 25 drops?
Marguerite says
This site has an equivalent chart for sweetners that I used for this recipe. I used 1/2 t of monkfruit drops. I though it was a little too sweet and I’ll halve that the next time I make these. Good recipe 🙂
Tara dever says
Wow this recipe is amazing! Thankyou …they came out perfect
Carolyn says
We really enjoyed these, especially since they are made with coconut flour.
Be Hille says
I love that you use coconut flour! It really does give baked goods a better texture. But wonder why you don’t choose monkfruit for the sweetener?
Lori Hnatko says
Oh my you two! You did it again! Another fantastic recipe…easy AND delicious!
Donna Azu says
Delicious and moist! Next time I may add some pecans or walnuts. I got 10 muffins cooked for 19 minutes.
KazzyM says
Very moist, good meal-ender for my lunch box for work. I used frozen blueberries up they turned out terrific.
Diane W says
Do you use a muffin pan or muffin top pan?
peggy nale says
What can i use for flax seed meal? We can eat almond flour without a problem.