Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Apple muffins with Karmi beer

Karmi beer is an non alcoholic caramel beer, dark sweet rich in flavour. This time instead of drinking it I used it to bake muffins.  Have to say it was good experiment. Moist, dark, sweet muffins wit chunks of apples had an interesting taste.

Ingredients for 12 muffins:
  • 3 medium size apples
  • 20g butter
  • 1 stick or 1 tsp cinnamon
  •  3 tbsp sugar
  • 3 tbsp oats
  • 1 cup of plain flour
  • 1 cup of wholegrain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2  tsp soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 10 ml canola oil
  • 400 ml Karmi beer

Slice the apples. Heat up the frying pan. Add the butter, sugar, cinnamon. Then add the apples and stir from time to time. When apples soften add the oats. Set aside to pan and let the ingredients to cool down.
Preheat the oven to 200C. Line muffin tin with paper cases. 

In one bowl whisk together the flours, baking powder and soda. In separate bowl whisk the eggs with oil. Pour the wet ingredients into a dry ones add the Karmi beer and stir until just combined. The fold in the cooked apples (remove cinnamon stick).

Spoon the batter into paper cases, sprinkle with sugar and oats. 
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. 

 Enjoy!

  

Saturday, 23 August 2014

Kasztanki muffins

Kasztanki are my favourite sweets. Crunchy, cocoa filling covered in thick layer of rich, dark chocolate. This time I have decided to bake them in muffins. The recipe comes form here. The result ? I think they were ok but I wouldn't say were extremely delicious. After the author of these recipe i have decided not to add sugar into the dough but now I think I should. Anyway they were eaten and nobody complained :)

Ingredients for 12 muffins:
  • 1 and 3/4 cup of flour
  • 1 tsp soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 10 Kasztanki
  • 100g butter
  • 50g chocolate (I used milk one)
  • 125 ml yogurt
  • 2 eggs
Preheat the oven to 180C. line muffin tin with paper cases.
Place the chocolate and butter into a sauce pan and heat up until both ingredients melt down. Set aside to cool down. 

Chop the Kasztanki into small chunks. In a big bowl mix the flour, soda, baking powder you may add few tablespoons of sugar. Stir in the Kasztanki chunks. 

Add yogurt into melted chocolate and stir well. Then add the eggs. When all wet ingredients are well combined pour the mixture into dry ingredients. Mix everything until just combined. The batter is very thick.

Spoon the batter into prepared earlier paper cases about 3/4 full. Bake in preheated oven for 15 - 20 minutes until well risen and golden. 

 Enjoy !