Here is a super-simple recipe for delicious organic muffins. This recipes fills 12-tin standard muffin pan exactly.
INGREDIENTS:
* 2 cups of flour (I used 1 cup of all purpose + 1 cup of whole wheat, but you can use anything you have, e.g. spelt flour)
* 2 teaspoons of baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
* 1/2 cop of raisins
* 1/4 cup of chopped nuts of your choice (e.g. walnuts, almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds)
* 1/2 cup of olive oil (or canola oil)
* 1 cup of juice (apple, carrot, etc) or milk
* 1 large egg or 2 egg whites
* 4 tablespoons of honey
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* lemon rind from 1 lemon
* 1 tablespoon of cocoa (optional)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a muffin pan with oil and set aside. In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, raisins, nuts (and cocoa if using) and stir together thoroughly using a wire whisk. In a separate bowl combine the hone, lemon rind, vanilla extract, oil and egg. Whisk until well combined. Add juice or milk. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine gently. Scoop into the muffin pan and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. An inserted toothpick should come out clean.
TIPS:
* If you do not have baking powder in hand you can make some of your own. Baking poder consists of 1/3 of baking soda + 1/3 cream of tartar + 1/3 of starch. I have also used rice flour instead of starch and worked out very well.
* I combined cocoa to the batter after I had scooped half of the muffins into the pan – so I end up with 2 taste selections to put on the table
* to add some moisture to the muffins you can also grate some season fruit like apples or pears and mix it to the batter.
* You can experiment and add different spices to the muffins instead of lemon rind and vanilla. E.g. cinnamon & nutmeg goes well with apple muffins.