Do you love matcha? Do you love muffins? You’re lucky! Today we will show you how to do it vegan matcha muffins with raspberries. The recipe is super easy and hassle free, ready in just 35 minutes!
To make our green tea muffins super healthy, we made them with no butter, no eggsAnd no refined sugar. Instead, we only used healthy, plant-based ingredients. We replaced butter with some oil, used plain yoghurt instead of eggs and used maple syrup instead of white sugar.
To give these matcha muffins a little boost of fiber, we used whole wheat flour instead of regular flour. If you’ve been with us for a while, you know how much we love creating high-fiber recipes. High-fiber foods are extremely beneficial to your health, whether you are on a weight loss diet or weight management program, and even if you have diabetes.
But of all the things you could put in a muffin, why powdered green tea? Excellent question! Think of matcha powder as a healthy substitute for coffee. Just like coffee, Matcha will energize you. But instead of causing stress, it leads to a calm sense of focus. In short, matcha wakes you up without stressing you out. Remarkable, right? Here you can find out what makes matcha so special.
Thanks to the power of matcha, these vegan muffins become a nutritious and portable bite of energy to take with you throughout the day.
A generous muffin will give you 245 calories, 20% RDI of fibersand only 4% RDI from saturated fats. Plus, you get all of matcha’s amazing antioxidants[1]. An excellent start to a healthy day!
And if you want to try more matcha baking ideas next, check out these Matcha Chocolate Chip Cookies, Matcha Sponge Cakes, and Mochi Flour Matcha Cookies!
frequently asked Questions
How can I make these muffins gluten free?
To make these vegan matcha muffins gluten-free as well, you need to replace wheat flour with a suitable alternative. Good options are almond flour, coconut flour, or oatmeal/oatmeal.
We have tried and tested a few gluten-free muffins and cupcakes recipes. Here are three of them:
Can I make muffins without oil?
When making vegan muffins, we cannot rely on the binding properties of butter and eggs. Using vegetable oil is a simple solution, but not the only one.
Here are a few alternatives to oil you can use in these vegan matcha muffins, with related recipes as an example:
What can I use instead of maple syrup?
We used maple syrup in our matcha muffins as a substitute for refined sugar. We recommend using some form of sweetener in this recipe as matcha is quite bitter.
If you don’t want to use maple syrup, you can use honey.
Note on honey: Most vegans do not consider honey suitable for the vegan diet as it is an animal by-product. We think honey is amazing and essential to keep nature (and therefore all of us) alive. The more bees out there the better. But for the sake of inclusion and strictness at Foodaciously, we do not classify our recipes that use honey as vegan.
Alternatively, you can use our favorite keto sweetener: erythritol. Substitute 150 g (5.3 oz) of erythritol for the maple syrup in our recipe. Use more milk if you feel the batter is too hard.
Using ripe bananas is another way to add natural sweetness to sugar-free muffins.
Eventually, you could go back to regular sugar. We don’t recommend it because refined sugar is bad for you. But if you are running out of options and are usually diligent with your sugar intake, you can make this recipe by substituting 100g (3.5 oz) of sugar for the 80g (2.8 oz) of maple syrup and an additional 1 tbsp of almond milk.