Oil-Free Blueberry Spelt Muffins

What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon, than baking up a batch of warm blueberry muffins? In this recipe I used sucanat for the sweetener and spelt as the primary flour. Sucanat stands for "sugar cane natural." It has the same amount of sweetness as sugar does, but is more nutritious. Of all the major sugars derived from sugar cane, sucanat ranks the highest in nutritional value.



An ancient grain, spelt flour is part of the wheat family, but generally tolerated by those with wheat allergies. Fun literary fact: In Horace's Satire (late 31-30 B.C.), which ends with the story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse, the country mouse eats spelt at dinner while serving his city guest finer foods.





Difficulty level: Easy



What you need:



1 1/2 cups spelt flour
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup sucanat
1 cup almond milk
1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 cups blueberries
1/4 tsp. ground ginger (optional)
dash of cayenne (optional)
3/4-1 cup blueberries (for topping)