Strawberry Shortcake Muffins with Strawberry "Cool Whip" Frosting

One of my FAVORITE recipes! DELICIOUS! A must try Real Food Gal Vol 2. recipe! Add this to your Personal Cookbook Binder!  

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Preheat oven to 350

Place all wet ingredients into a food processor (I use my Ninja) OR just beat in bowl:

4 eggs

1/3 cup raw honey

10 drops liquid stevia

1/3 cup melted or soft coconut oil

Juice of 1 small lemon (about 1 TBSP) (please reserve ¼ tsp for frosting)

½ tsp of lemon zest (you can use this lemon)

¼ tsp lemon extract

2 tsp vanilla

BLEND well

Then add:

2 ½ cups almond flour

1 tsp baking soda

¼ tsp celtic sea salt

BLEND

Then fold in:

½ cup finely chopped strawberries

Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes

Remove from oven and let cool. 

Then frost with Strawberry “Cool Whip” frosting

Makes 12 muffins   

STRAWBERRY “Cool Whip” Frosting:

2 egg whites

1/3 cup honey

¼ tsp lemon juice

2 TBSP mashed strawberries

1.      Heat honey in sauce pan on medium heat

2.     Bring to boil

3.     At the same time, in a bowl, beat egg whites and lemon juice until stiff peaks form

4.     Using a hand held mixer SLOWLY drip in boiling honey into bowl for about 6 minutes

5.     Fold in mashed strawberries