Kitchen sink muffins

There is good few variations about kitchen sink muffins. This time I have tested Anna Olson recipe. They were delicious I truly recommend them.

Ingredients for 12 -14 muffins:

• 150g sugar
• 125 ml oil
• 2 eggs
• 165g grated apple
• 100g grated carrot
• 100g chopped pineapple
• 2 tsp lemon zest
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 160g wholemeal flour (I used spelt flour)
• 60g porridge oats + some to sprinkle
• 2 and 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 70g raisins
• 65g sunflower seeds
• 40g dessicated coconut

Preheat the oven to 190C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

The flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, raisins, sunflower seeds and coconut place in  a bowl, mix well and set aside. 

In a separate bowl mix the sugar, eggs and oil. Stir well. Grate the apple, carrot and add them into the wet ingredients mixture. Then chop the pineapple and stir into the mixture. Then add freshly gated lemon zest (only yellow part) and juice. mix all ingredients. 

Add dry ingredients to the wet ones and mix until just combined. Spoon the batter into paper cases about 3/4 full. Sprinkle with porridge oats. 

Bake for  about 30 minutes.

  Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish

Pumpkin, pineapple and raisin muffins

Another pumpkin muffin recipe... :) This time with grated pumpkin not pumpkin pure as usual. Additionally those muffins were packed with chunks of pineapple and raisins. They were really tasty, sweet, moist with  delicious crust. Unfortunately they were falling apart so we had to eat them with spoons/pastry forks. The recipe comes form "The Australian Women's Weekly. Muffins."

Ingredients for 12 - 16 muffins:

• 375g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp soda
• 220g caster sugar
• 100g finely grated uncooked pumpkin
• 4 rings canned pineapple in natural juice, drained and chopped
• 85g finely chopped raisins
• 60 ml cream (12% fat or more)
• 125 ml oil (I used canola oil)
• 2 eggs

Preheat the oven to 200C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

In a big bowl mix the flour, baking powder, soda, sugar, pumpkin, pineapple and raisins.

In separate bowl mix cream, oil and eggs. Pour this mixture into the dry ingredients and combine until just moist.

Spoon the batter into prepared earlier paper cases, 3/4 full. Bake 20 - 25 minutes.

When ready transfer to the wire rack to cool down. 

Enjoy !

Coconut and rum muffins

Coconut and rum muffins with glace cherries and fresh pineapple were soft, sweet, fruity with a strong rum flavour. We liked them despite that they sank in the middle a little bit. The recipe comes from '75 best - ever mufins'

Ingredients for 8-12 muffins:

• 175g fresh pineapple
• 115g glace cherries
• 45ml rum
• 225g flour
• 2tsp baking powder
• 175g butter
• 160g light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 75ml coconut milk
• desiccated coconut optional

Cut the pineapple into small chunks and place them in a bowl. Add the glace cherries. Pour all fruits over with rum and leave them to soak for 30-60 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 180C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

Sift the flour, baking powder into a bowl. Set aside.

Place the butter and sugar in the electric mixer bowl and beat them until creamy. Then gradually beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla and coconut milk.

Add the rum soaked fruits with the flour mixture and mix until just combined.

Spoon the batter among muffin cases. You may sprinkle with desiccated coconut.

Bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes until golden on top. 

Leave the to cool slightly. Serve warm :)

Enjoy !

Aloha muffins

The Aloha muffins have the flavor of summer. Packed with coconut, orange, pineapple remind about exotic holidays, sun... They are easy to make so everybody can have their exotic taste in home. The recipe come form 'Muffin sampler' by Jan Siegrist.

Ingredients for 12-14 muffins:

• 280g flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp soda 
• 1 egg
• 200ml orange juice
• 70g honey
• 1 tbsp grated orange peel
• 50ml sunflower oil
• 50g dessicated coconut
• 150g or 6 slices crushed pineapple

Preheat the oven to 200C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

Place the pineapple in blender bowl and blend it until crushed.

In a big bowl combine the flout, baking powder, soda. In separate bowl whisk the egg, add orange juice, honey, orange peel, oil, coconut and pineapple. Combine the wet ingredients together. 

Pour the wet ingredients mixture into a bowl with dry ones. Stir until just moist. 

Fill muffin cases about 2/3 full with the batter. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes. When ready transfer to the wire rack and enjoy !

Upside - down pineapple cupcakes

I have always liked upside - down cakes. There are very easy to make and look nice. This time I decided to bake upside - down cupcakes. That was a dessert for my family so we did not need all big cake, small cupcakes were more than enough. The recipe comes form this website.

Ingredients for 4 cupcakes:

• 4 tbsp golden syrup
• 4 pineapple slices
• few glace cherries
• 85g self - rising flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 100g sugar
• 100g margarine
• 2 eggs

Preheat the oven to 190C.

Grease 4 heatproof baking tins. Pour 1 tbsp golden syrup to each tin. Then place in the middle of each baking tin one pineapple slice and cherry in the middle. For one cupcake I chopped some glace cherries and sprinkled around pineapple (see the first picture)

Into an electric mixer bowl sift the flour, baking powder. Add the sugar, margarine and eggs. Beat all ingredients for 3 minutes until smooth and creamy. 

Spoon the batter into prepared earlier baking tins. Place in the oven for 30 minutes. Bake until the toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Remove form oven and left in the baking tins for a few minutes to cool down a little bit.

Place the plate over the top of each tin and turn upside down. Lift the tin away.  Enjoy !

Healthy muffins with pineapple and carrot

There was half tin of pineapple in my fridge since I baked ham and pineapple muffins. I did not have an idea how to use it till I found this recipe. These muffins are just great. Soft, spongy, moist but not too moist. Just perfect. I do not have to mention that they are another way to offer some vegetables and wholegrain flour to a children. At least my girls ate them with pleasure even though they do not eat all kinds of those muffins which are healthier than usual ones. 

Ingredients for 12 muffins:

• 100g plain flour
• 80g whole-wheat flour
• 90g brown sugar
• 2 tbsp wheat germ
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• pinch of salt
• 2 eggs
• 80 ml sunflower oil
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 4 medium or 170g tiny grated carrots
• 4 slices or 125g chopped canned pineapple

Wash, peel of and grate carrot. Drain pineapple and chop into small pieces.

Preheat the oven to 180C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

Sift in the one bowl the flours, sugar, wheat germ, cinnamon, baking powder, soda, salt and whisk together.

Pour oil in a measuring jug, add eggs and vanilla and whisk them with a fork. Pour this mixture into dry ingredients. Combine everything together. Fold in carrots and pineapple. With a spoon put evenly batter into muffin cases. Bake for 30 min. Check with toothpick if  baked  in the middle. Place on wire rack to cool down.

Ham, pineapple and tomato muffins

It is high time to bake savoury muffins. A few days ago I found on this web site interesting recipe. I gathered all ingredients and result you can see on pictures. Almost forget to mention that I changed original recipe a little.

Ingredients for 9 muffins:

• 60g wholegrain flour
• 95g plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 big tomato 
• 110g can pineapple pieces in natural juice, drained
• 40g ham, chopped
• 70g cheese, grated
• 1 egg
• 100ml milk
• 60ml olive oil*

*olive oil has very strong flavour, for me it was too strong for this type of muffins. In my opinion olive oil taste better in  sun dried tomato muffins. Next time I will be making those I will swap olive oil with sunflower oil for sure.

Preheat oven to 200C. Grease muffin tin holes.

Sift the flours, sugar, baking powder in one bowl. Wash tomato, remove seeds and chop, put into dry ingredients mixture. Chop the pineapple and add to the mixture. Dice ham and add to the mixture. At last add grated cheese. Combine all ingredients.

In measuring jug with a fork mix together the egg, milk and olive oil. Pour this mixture into dry ingredients. Combine all ingredients. Spoon the batter into muffin tin holes. Bake for 20-25 min. Cool muffins down on wire rack.

Enjoy !