Spicy Apple Muffins
Uprisings, p. 185
WET 2 cups apple cider 1 cup chopped dried apples 1 cup safflower oil ¾ cup honey 2 tbl. Lemon juice 2 beaten eggs DRY 4 cups [whole wheat] pastry flour 1 cup dry milk powder 1 ½ tbl. Cinnamon 1 tbl. Nutmeg 1 tbl. Allspice 1 ½ tbl. Baking powder
Soak apples in half of the cider and set aside.
Mix the remaining wet ingredients together with a whisk.
Combine and sift together all dry ingredients.
Make a well in the dry ingredients and whisk in the wet ingredients, using as few strokes as possible.
Then add the soaked apples.
Pour batter into greased muffin tin.
Bake at 350F for 30 minutes.
Check for doneness with a fork.
My Rating: 3/5 "The apples are a nice punctuation to the overall flavor of the dough, and it really does have a killer spice blend. The disappointment for me, though, was that the muffins came out dry. This is a recipe from a professional bakery so I thought they'd come out all moist like you'd want to spend seven dollars for one of them, but instead they'r…
WET 2 cups apple cider 1 cup chopped dried apples 1 cup safflower oil ¾ cup honey 2 tbl. Lemon juice 2 beaten eggs DRY 4 cups [whole wheat] pastry flour 1 cup dry milk powder 1 ½ tbl. Cinnamon 1 tbl. Nutmeg 1 tbl. Allspice 1 ½ tbl. Baking powder
Soak apples in half of the cider and set aside.
Mix the remaining wet ingredients together with a whisk.
Combine and sift together all dry ingredients.
Make a well in the dry ingredients and whisk in the wet ingredients, using as few strokes as possible.
Then add the soaked apples.
Pour batter into greased muffin tin.
Bake at 350F for 30 minutes.
Check for doneness with a fork.
My Rating: 3/5 "The apples are a nice punctuation to the overall flavor of the dough, and it really does have a killer spice blend. The disappointment for me, though, was that the muffins came out dry. This is a recipe from a professional bakery so I thought they'd come out all moist like you'd want to spend seven dollars for one of them, but instead they'r…
