Muffins lemon-almond Perhaps with the muffins are familiar to almost everyone. Small, delicate and fragrant cupcakes with various fillings that can be sweet: chocolate, fruits, berries, nuts and candied fruits - and more serious: cheese, ham, vegetables - are extremely popular. Depending on the taste, muffins are served for tea and coffee or for broths and soups. And they are prepared almost as quickly as they are then eaten. Preparing muffins at home, does not require a large number of products, but the knowledge of some secrets is surely useful. Although, believe me, after the first experience of baking these fragrant muffins, you will understand that there are no difficulties in this matter. And if you follow the rules of kneading the dough, in just half an hour you can prepare an aromatic and delicious homemade cakes. The main secret is the method of mixing dry and liquid ingredients. But first things first. Let's get down to practice immediately.
Ingredients:- Wheat Flour 150 g
- Almond 50 g
- Sugar 100 g
- Baking Powder 5g
- Soda 2.5 g
- Salt 1 pinch
- Lemon 1 pc.
- Eggs chicken 1 pc.
- Kefir 120 ml
- Sunflower refined sunflower oil 50 ml
- Almond petals 20 g
- Step 1 For 12 muffins we need: flour, almonds (ground), sugar, baking powder, soda, salt, lemon (squeeze out juice + peel), egg, kefir, vegetable oil.
- Step 2 Heat the oven to 205 ° C. In the first bowl we sift all the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, ground almonds, baking powder, soda and salt. All you need to mix carefully - the ingredients must fully connect.
- Step 3 In the second bowl, put all the ingredients of the "liquid" part. Egg, vegetable oil, juice and lemon zest, kefir. Liquid ingredients must be mixed only before they are combined. You can not beat.
- Step 4 Now the "liquid" part needs to be poured into the "dry" part. Not the other way around. Stir gently.
- Step 5 Do not overdo it by mixing the liquid and dry components, otherwise the products will get clogged. Your task is to combine everything in the bowl. The dough will look a bit lumpy, but that's the norm.
- Step 6 Spoon the dough into the battered muffins. If you want high muffins, put a lot, straight "with a slide." Sprinkle each muffin with almond "petals", and immediately put in the oven.
- Step 7 Bake for 15-18 minutes at 205 ° C. Cool the muffins a few minutes in the form, then lay them on the grate and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes.