Gluten Free Eggnog muffins make the perfect holiday breakfast. Serve them warm or room temperature, with or without the glaze. They’re slightly sweet and have an amazing flavor from the eggnog, nutmeg and rum extract. Add them to you holiday brunch menu, bring them to a potluck or eat them all yourself. They’re so good you might not want to share!
Gluten Free Eggnog Muffins
I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but here in New England, it’s been cold. Too cold for my liking. I’ve also been struggling with the sun. It’s not out enough. As you can tell by my pictures, the sun has been giving off its golden setting glow. The sun sets slightly after 4:15… 4:15!!! WAY too early.
It’s been making it very difficult for me as far as food photography goes. I took these pictures in the afternoon. Clearly, 3:00 is not early enough to beat the sunset look. Natural ‘golden’ light is not quite the look I’m going for. So, even though I haven’t quite been able to capture the look I wanted for these Gluten Free Eggnog Muffins, they sure are delicious.
The eggnog icing is optional but it’s fun to have icing on your muffins every once in a while. I don’t really like adding the extra sugar to my muffins BUT in the name of eggnog, I made an exception. Kelsey loves the icing. She had so much fun icing the muffins for me, I just let her go to town. She was in eggnog muffin heaven.
A few weeks ago I made some Eggnog Cake and I had a bunch of eggnog leftover. I thought it would be perfect in the muffins for a fun holiday breakfast. They’re amazing, especially with the nutmeg.
Love that warm, nutty little spice. So. Good. These eggnog muffins are great for breakfast, brunch, holiday breakfasts or even snacks. I wish eggnog was available all year because I’d definitely be making these year round if it was. Enjoy!
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Eggnog Muffins with Eggnog Glaze
Ingredients
For the Muffins:
- 2 C gluten-free all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
- 3/4 C granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 C eggnog room temperature
- 2 eggs beaten room temperature
- 1/4 C canola oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp rum extract optional
- For the Glaze:
- 1 C powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp eggnog
- nutmeg for dusting, optional
Instructions
- Pre-heat Oven to 400 degrees and lightly spray a 12 cup muffin tin with non-stick spray or line with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, salt, 1/2 tsp nutmeg and sugar. Whisk to combine.
- In a separate bowl or large measuring cup, whisk together eggnog, eggs, canola oil, 1 tsp vanilla extract and rum extract.
- Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Transfer batter into the prepared muffin tin. Try to distribute the batter between the 12 cups as much as possible. The cups will be almost filled.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15-17 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 min. before removing to cool on a wire cooling rack.
- While the muffins are cooling, stir together powdered sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract and eggnog. Mix until smooth. Dip the muffins in the glaze or spoon on top. Let the glaze set (about 5-10 min) before serving.
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Recipe very easy to make and turned out great, I’d like a little more spices and maybe raisins added.
Thanks Marion 🙂
These are soooooooo good.
Thank you Sandy!
Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays Party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂 I can’t wait to see what you share next time!
-Cindy
These look divine! Thanks so much for sharing at the Create & Share Link Party. Hope to see you again tonight (7:00 PM MST)! http://www.designsbymissmandee.com/
Hi Sharon, saw your recipe via Shirley @ gfe on facebook and just wanted to let you know these look absolutely incredible! I can’t bake with eggs or dairy unfortunately, but these inspired me to make my own version and I wanted to thank you for the inspiration! 🙂
Looks delicious! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
I am typically not a user of eggnog, but this looks mouthwateringly good – I need to try it!
I don’t drink eggnog but it’s wonderful in baked goods.
Girl, these look smack your grandma good! 😉 I’m loving how much eggnog these have in them!
Thanks Jocelyn!
Perfect Muffins for the season, yum! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday this week. Hope you have a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Oooh, Sharon, I do hope you’ll swing by to Food on Friday to add this to Christmas Favourites! Cheers from Carole from Carole’s Chatter
I’m a total muffin whore. LOOKS FAB. I am counting down the days until the 21st when the days start getting longer again.
These eggnog muffins are now on my Christmas baking list! They look so incredibly delicious and festive.
I am struggling with lighting for my food photos too these days. It’s so frustrating! For what it’s worth, I think your photos are gorgeous! These muffins look incredible – just look at that glaze!
Looks so good!
Thanks Kristi!
Oh My GOODNESS!!! These look absolutely delish! I’m a big egg nog fan and will definitely be baking some of these before Christmas. Stopping by from SITS!
Thanks for stopping by Tanya!
Who could resist that wonderful dripping glaze?
The glaze MAKES these muffins 🙂
I love all the eggnog recipes you’ve been creating! This is another amazing recipe I must try soon!
Thanks Laura! Gotta use up that carton since I don’t actually drink it lol. Great to bake with though!
I am completely speechless, probably because there is so much drool in my mouth! lol!
haha! Too funny Gigi!
Oh how I adore all things eggnog! Wish I had one of these right now with my coffee!
They are spectacular with coffee 🙂
Eggnog seriously make everything better!
Oh wow! These look amazing! I’ve been planning to try an egg nog muffin recipe. Thanks for sharing this and your beautiful photos. I can’t wait to try it!
Thanks Lacy! Muffins are a great way to use up some eggnog, so much easier than cake or cupcakes!
Well, they look simply stunning and absolutely divine to me, Sharon! No complaints on that golden glow here! Love your adorable helper, too. 🙂 Can’t wait to share these with folks!
Shirley
Thanks Shirley! Kelsey love, love, loves helping. Baking and photo shoots are becoming a fun activity to do together 🙂
Hi Sharon, these are gorgeous! Perfect for my Christmas brunch menu. Does your all-purpose have xanthan in it and you are adding additional? Thanks! xo
Thanks Ali! There isn’t any xanthan gum in the flour mix, just rice flour, potato starch and tapioca flour 🙂