Muffins with apple and spices: wonderful recipe
If there is a dessert of small size that can be eaten at any time of the day, fluffy and of wonderful texture, possibly the muffin stand out for being one of them.
Always made with practically the same ingredients (flour, eggs, butter, yeast and lemon), the great advantage offered by these small cupcakes made with sponge cake is that a wide variety of options can be used in their preparation, from nuts to fruits , passing through spices to bring incredible aromas or the wonderful chocolate.
Precisely, when we talked to you about the muffins with carrot and nuts, we commented that although there are doubts about the origin of these delicious cakes, some historians point out their origin in France, specifically in the Commercy region, when a young maid prepared some shell-shaped biscuits to the dethroned king of Poland.
However, others point to its origin on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, when it was customary to give candies with the appearance of a shell to pilgrims.
In any case, as we mentioned, One of the main advantages offered by muffins is its great versatility at the time of preparing them, being able to use tremendously varied ingredients in their preparation.
An example is the muffins with apple and spices about whose recipe we want to talk to you on this occasion. They become an exquisite choice for when we want to enjoy a spicy and aromatic sweet, especially because we love the flavor and aroma of spices such as ginger, nutmeg, turmeric and cloves.
How to make some muffins with apples and spices
Ingredients:
- 100 g of common wheat flour
- 100 g of whole wheat flour
- 50 g of panela
- 50 g of butter
- 1 apple
- 1 egg
- 200 ml of milk
- 1/2 envelope of chemical yeast
- 1 pinch of nutmeg powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon ground clove
Making muffins with apples and spices:
- In a large bowl, sift the two flours (the common and whole wheat flour) together with the yeast, and mix well. Then add all the spices in the indicated amounts, and mix again.
- Melt the butter.
- In a separate small bowl beat the egg well and in this bowl add milk, sugar and melted butter. Beat everything well until all the ingredients are integrated.
- Now integrate this mixture in the mixture of flour and spices, and mix with the help of a wooden spoon.
- Wash the apple well, peel it carefully and rake it. Add it to the previous mix.
- Grease the holes in the mold where you are going to bake the muffins with a little butter, and fill the gaps with the dough.
- Bake at 180ºC for 20 minutes.
As we mentioned on the previous occasion, to check the state of cooking press the top of the cupcake. If loosening this pressure the mass regains its initial shape will mean that they are ready.
A recommendation:If you want you can add apple pieces over the muffins, so they are baked in the oven. You will get with it an even more exquisite touch.
And how can we make a cream of cream to serve over the muffins?
As we mentioned earlier, muffins are extremely versatile. So much so that we can add not only different ingredients, but also different creams with which to accompany them.
To these muffins in particular, for example, it is ideal to add a little cream on top, at the time of eating.
To make this cream cream you only need cream with a high percentage of fat (minimum 35%), as well as some icing sugar. When assembling the cream is very important that it is very cold. To do this, it will be sufficient to reserve it in the refrigerator a few hours before preparing it.
Put the cream in the blender jar, and beat with the help of the electric rods at medium speed. Just when the cream is frothy add the icing sugar (in the amount you prefer), and increase the speed until the cream begins to thicken.
Reserve the cream until the moment you go to serve the muffins. When it is, you will only have to add a little cream on top. ThemesCupcakes Recipes
