Keto cinnamon sugar muffins taste just like your favorite churro or donut. Of course, they’re 100% sugar free, gluten free, and grain free making them perfect for your keto breakfasts. This easy keto muffin recipe is sure to be a new family favorite!
Something I’ve always loved doing with my kids, especially as they’ve gotten older, is make muffins together on the weekends. I used to buy a boxed muffin mix that was easy enough for little hands to help measure and mix.
Now that we avoid processed foods as much as possible, I strive to create easy homemade recipes that my kids can still help create and that enjoy eating. Getting your kids in the kitchen at an early age is a great skill you can bestow them. Plus, it’s fun!
These keto cinnamon sugar muffins are both easy and fun for you to make alone or with your littles. I mean, what kid doesn’t want to eat something with the word “sugar” in the title?!
Of course, we’re using keto “sugars” in this easy keto muffin recipe but calling it “keto monkfruit cinnamon muffins” just didn’t sound as fun. 😉
Your Whole Family Will Love This Easy Keto Muffin Recipe
And here’s why:
- Tastes just like a churro, cinnamon sugar donut, or cinnamon sugar breakfast cereal
- Kids will love them
- Easy keto muffin recipe that kids can help make
- Great addition to a brunch menu
- Perfect for back to school breakfasts, lunchboxes, and meal prep
- Easily doubled for freezing (they reheat perfectly!)
Making Your Own Keto Cinnamon Sugar Muffins
Whether you’re having a lazy Saturday morning or hosting brunch, these keto cinnamon sugar muffins are a wonderful addition to your table. They’re a cinch to prepare and a great recipe to introduce to your non-keto friends and family.
Here’s what you need:
- 2 medium sized mixing bowls
- Whisk, hand mixer, or stand mixer
- 1/2 cup measuring cup
- Measuring spoons
- Muffin tin (6 cup, 12 cup, or 24 cup)
- Cookie scoop or spoon
- Small mixing bowl
- Silicone basting brush
All you’ll have to do is mix all your ingredients in the mixing bowl, evenly divide your batter in the muffin tin, and bake.
If you use cooking spray to grease your muffin tin, you don’t even need to use liners! However, if you prefer a liner, I really like these silicone ones!
After baking, brush your muffins with some melted butter and roll in a cinnamon sugar mixture. If your kids are helping, they’ll LOVE this part!
Ingredients and Substitutions For This Easy Keto Cinnamon Sugar Muffin Recipe
- Flaxseed: if you’re new to low carb baking, flaxseed may seem like a weird ingredient. In actuality, flax is very common especially in baked goods. Flaxseed adds moisture and texture to low carb and gluten free baked goods, it can even be used to replace eggs in some recipes (not this one though). I highly encourage you to grab a bag of flaxseed on your next grocery run, you can find it just about everywhere these days. However, if you just can’t wait to make these muffins and don’t have the flaxseed on hand, you can omit it.
- Sweeteners: you can use whichever brand of zero carb sweetener you prefer. Personally, I use this in all of my recipes and prefer it because there isn’t a cooling effect with every bite.
Here Are Some Other Keto Muffin Recipes You’ll Love
Keto Blueberry Muffins: easy & kid friendly
Savory Chai Keto Muffins: gluten free, dairy free
Keto Cinnamon Sugar Muffins
Keto cinnamon sugar muffins taste just like your favorite churro or donut. Of course this easy. keto muffin recipe is 100% sugar free. It's sure to be a new family favorite!
Ingredients
- ½ cup powdered sweetener (I use this)
- 5 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup half and half
- 1 ½ cups almond flour
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ginger
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
For Cinnamon Sugar Topping
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- ½ cup granulated sweetener (I use this)
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin tin and set aside.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, beat butter, powdered sweetener, and vanilla together.
- Add eggs and milk. Mix well and set aside.
- In a seperate mixing bowl, whisk or sift dry ingredients together including almond flour, flaxseed, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg.
- Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients until well blended.
- Evenly distribute the batter into muffin tins.
- Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- While muffins are cooling, combine granular sweetner and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Brush muffins with butter on all sides, place into the cinnamon sugar mixture, and roll to coat. Repeat with all muffins.
- Store in an airtight container up to 1 week.
Notes
Any size muffin tin may be used. Decrease cooking time for 24 cup mini muffin pan, increase cooking time for 6 cup large muffin pan.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 muffins Serving Size: 1 muffinAmount Per Serving: Calories: 188Total Fat: 17.5gCarbohydrates: 3.6gNet Carbohydrates: 1.9gFiber: 1.7gProtein: 4.5g
Oh my gosh these are SO delicious. I made them with all of the ingredients. No substitutions and they turned out so good. Seriously, I am SO happy that I found this recipe. THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!!! My heart is happy!!
Just made these last night. I accidentally added 1 T coconut flour (bc I was in a hurry), then added the 1T of flaxseed meal, too. Still turned out absolutely delicious. I will be making these for a long time to come. Thank you so much!!
These are delicious but very fragile. Did the coconut flour counter that?
Coconut flour is not an ingredient in this recipe. If the recipe is followed as written, without any substitutions, then the muffins should come out with a nice crumb and sturdy texture.
Can granulated sweetener be used in the muffin recipe instead of powdered?
Yes
I don’t have flaxseed meal. Can i omit it?
All of that information can be found in the blog post under “substitutions”.
Are the measurements the same if using granulated sweetener instead of powdered?
You typically use half of the amount when using powdered sweeteners because they are a 2:1 conversion as opposed to a 1:1. Just check your particular product’s packaging. That is typically listed on the back and many brands use a spoon as an icon for ratios.
Hate to ask, but do you think I could sub almond milk for the half and half? I’m allergic to dairy. Thanks in advance!
Yes, I think you could! Actually, you know what I think would work better is the plain extra creamy oat milk by Chobabi. I tried some over the weekend and it was very reminiscent in taste and texture of real cream. It is GF and DF so a great alternative despite it being made with oats. I was impressed.
Ooo thank you!! My partner is Keto and I’m also “keto” (minus dairy, ha!), so I think we’ll try the almond milk (oat = carbs, obvs), and I’ll report back! Perhaps I can thicken the almond milk over heat first…experiments!
I can see how you’d assume oat milk is ‘carbs, obvs”. However, oat milk is 7NC for 1 cup (0.4 NC per tablespoon) which is the exact same as half n half (half a carb per tbsp). Oat milk is gluten free so it’s actually a great alternative for a variety of diets as well as dairy free folks.
Hi! These are delicious. I just wanted to point out MyFitnessPal is saying 1 muffin is 9.7 carbs and I am not sure how that I when you’re recipe said 1.9?
You’re probably not accounting for sugar alcohols as MFP doesn’t pull those separately. If you use allulose, which is not a sugar alcohol, you still deduct all the carbs. All macros are going to vary slightly due to different brands of ingredients people use but not that significantly.
I was planning on making these already with whatever powdered erythritol blend I could find at the store (I’ve only ever used granular in the past), but I was pleasantly surprised to find your preferred brand on the shelves! My only substitution was to use 1/2 cup of heavy cream instead of the half and half, but they turned out fantastic! Mixing the powdered sweetener and cream cheese with vanilla also made for a great icing, it tasted like a spice cake cupcake! Thanks for the great recipe!
I’m so pleased to hear you enjoyed the muffins! 🙂
I absolutely love these!! Do you store in the fridge or counter?
I would just leave them on the counter in a sealed bag or container. 🙂
Is it ok to use coconut flour instead (due to almond sensitivity) would you use the same amount?
No, you cannot substitute the almond flour for coconut flour because they do not measure the same (coconut flour uses significantly less).
Made these last night they are delicious my husband who is a very picky eater says they are really good can’t wait to share the recipe with my daughter who is doing keto with me. Thank you so much for this delicious recipe
Delicious! I will definitely double the recipe next time. I used a sugar substitute brand called “King Arthur.” Thank you, yummy!
I’m so pleased you enjoyed the muffins! Thank you for stopping by to let me know! 🙂
This looks so good! Can I make other kinds of muffins with this recipe too?
Hi Suzanne- I have not tested this base on other muffins yet (on the to do list) but I have many more muffins recipes on the blog. Click here for a full list.
Thanks for sharing! Does it freeze well?
Hi! Cooked muffins should freeze and reheat just fine. Just store them so that they don’t get freezer burned. Then to reheat, either leave on the counter overnight or stick in the microwave for 30 seconds. 🙂
Thanks for this wonderful recipe! These are out of this world!!!! DELICIOUS!!!! I used heavy whipping cream. They are soft and taste just like regular muffins. A++++
C’est quoi moitié,moitier dans la recette s.v.p..Ils ont l’air tellement bon..Merci
Not to be a Debbie downer,but I put this recipe in Carb Manager and it calculated carb’s significantly higher than shown in your recipe. Carb Manager figured 6 grams of Carbs per muffin. Protein at 14 grams, Fat, 42 grams, and calories, 454. Tried it twice with same result.
Few things to consider: First, your app is probably not calculating sugar alcohols which are 0 net. Second, nutrition information provided is approximate and can vary with brand ingredients. However, more than likely there is an error in the data of an ingredient you are choosing in that app. The nutrition information shown is correct for the ingredients used in creating the recipe.
I am just starting on this Keto lifestyle. I made the muffins yesterday and they are awesome!! Thank you for sharing.
Can you substitute olive oil in place of the butter?