Gluten Free Rhubarb Muffins

When life gives you a few stalks of rhubarb, make muffins.

Gluten Free Rhubarb Muffins

This recipe for Gluten Free Rhubarb Muffins started the way a lot of my favorite bakes do: with a few stalks of rhubarb I couldn’t resist at the market and no real plan. Not enough for a pie or galette, but too pretty to ignore every time I opened the fridge. So I chopped them up, grabbed a mixing bowl, and ended up with these small-batch rhubarb muffins.

They’re soft, tender, and just tart enough—thanks to the rhubarb and a hit of lemon zest. The buttery oat streusel on top makes them feel a little more special, like you meant to make muffins today (even if you didn’t).

The recipe yields six muffins, which feels like just the right amount: a couple for now, a couple for later, and maybe one to save for later, when you'll feel wildly grateful to past-you.

If you’ve got rhubarb, a spare half hour, and a craving for something sweet-but-not-too-sweet, this is it.

Oh and these muffins are adaptable - here are a few ways to change them up.

• Rhubarb Sourdough Discard Muffins: Replace 30 grams of the gluten free flour along with the 30 grams of milk with a total of 60 grams of gluten free sourdough discard.

• Rhubarb Orange Muffins: Swap the lemon zest for orange zest. You could probably also replace the milk in the recipe with orange juice.

• Rhubarb Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins: Add a small dollop of sweetened cream cheese (mixed with a little vanilla and powdered sugar) to the center of each muffin before baking. You can use the cream cheese filling recipe from my Gluten Free Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins (you will only need HALF of that recipe!)

• Rhubarb Almond Muffins: Add about a ¼ teaspoon almond extract to the batter, and sprinkle sliced almonds over the muffin batter topping before baking. Almond and rhubarb are a beautiful match. (I would skip the streusel here)

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Looking for more Ideas on how to use Rhubarb?

Gluten Free Strawberry Rhubarb Tart: This recipe starts with my Gluten Free Pâte Sablée filled with a delicious strawberry rhubarb filling and topped with a buttery oatmeal streusel. While this tart recipe uses a few components, they all come together in no time and can even be made ahead.

Gluten Free Strawberry Rhubarb Galette is everything I love about late spring baking - simple, rustic, and full of flavor. The crust is golden and flaky (yes, gluten free, but you’d never know), and it wraps around a filling that’s just the right mix of sweet strawberries and tart rhubarb.

Gluten Free Rhubarb Cake: A moist and tender gluten-free buttermilk cake topped with fresh rhubarb and coarse sugar. Serve it as is or top it with a generous dollop of whipped cream. This Austrian Gluten Free Rhubarb Cake makes the perfect breakfast cake or a little something-something to serve for "Kaffee & Kuchen" (Mid Afternoon Coffee Break).

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Happy Baking!

Daniela

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