Apple and almond muffins and lawnmower paths
My husband has decided that the heat is too intense to navigate our land on foot and has starting going everywhere by lawnmower, as you do. He explained the logic at some length, although I don’t remember much; my mind must have slipped into neutral. I believe it was something to do with ‘efficiency’ and the fact that if I’m looking for him, I just have to follow the path of most freshly-cut grass. Or something. Our bank manager sounded more than a little bit nonplussed on the ‘phone this morning when I told him that he could indeed speak to ‘Monsieur’ just as soon as I had identified the most recently-cut grass strip…
These muffins are deliciously light and tasty whether you’re certifiable or not. They are adapted from one of my favourite cookbooks of the moment: ‘Love, Bake, Nourish’ by Amber Rose.
Ingredients (makes 12)
2 apples, peeled, cored and cut into pieces
1 teaspoon cinnamon
60g salted butter, softened
60g coconut oil, softened
150g spelt flour
2 organic eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
160g agave syrup
60g ground almonds
50ml milk
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Sprinkle the apples with cinnamon and poach until soft in a small amount of water. Set aside. Cream the butter and coconut oil for about 4 minutes. Add a spoonful of flour, beat again, then add the eggs, beating further until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add a little more flour to prevent curdling. Gently fold in the rest of the flour, baking powder, agave syrup, ground almonds and milk. Lastly, fold the poached apples into the mix. Spoon the mixture into muffin trays and bake for 25 minutes.
12 Comments
apuginthekitchen
Follow the trail of freshly mown grass, LOL! He is conserving energy I totally get it. It’s so hot out here in NYC I have just decided to let the weeds take over the back yard until it cools down. Also have a problem with filthy blood sucking mosquitoes. Your muffins are lovely, just got a big bag of spelt flour, when it cools down enough to use the oven I’ll try these,
The Healthy Epicurean
Poor you – there’s nothing worse than very hot weather in the city. And the mosquitoes this year are just horrendous. I hope you enjoy these when you can use your oven again!
Fig & Quince
the vignettes of your life are so much fun to read!
The Healthy Epicurean
😀
tinywhitecottage
Coconut oil and agave syrup and spelt flour….sounds like fabulous muffins. Your photograph is lovely.
The Healthy Epicurean
Thank you! It does make for a delicious (and quite healthy) combination…
Darya
Wonderul story and very appealing muffins!
The Healthy Epicurean
Thank you Darya!
cookazido
Such a cute post and a yummy recipe to go with it!
The Healthy Epicurean
Thank you!
annelifaiers
Mmmm, these muffins sound lovely. I am a sucker for most things cinnamon so these fit the bill 🙂 I am still chuckling about your husbands explanation for taking the lawnmower everywhere! In fact, I am loving his logic! xx
The Healthy Epicurean
I must say, you’re very charitable to call his reasoning ‘logic’ ! 😉