Sneaky little Muffinses!

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, yet another time!

It's been quite a while since I've posted something one could eat (given he followed my instructions). And since I've been struck with a severe muffin feaver why not post my latest - somewhat experimental - creations?

Green-Banana-Muffins

Pumpkin seed oil - a styrian specialty - is one of the most interesting things to cook with. And despite it being used for salads mostly, I found that its taste matches very well with that of a banana. So why not put that to some good use?

You'll need:

• 200g flour
• 100g sugar
• 200ml water
• 8g backing powder
• 16g vanilla sugar
• 2 bananas (the riper the better)
• 2 tablespoon pumpkin seed oil
• 1 tablespoon vinegar

Mix flour, sugar, water, baking powder and vanilla sugar together. Then squash the bananas in a seperate bowl and add the pumpkin seed oil, stir until you get a mash. Add that mash to your dough,

and stir a bit, then add the vinegar and stir a little longer until your dough gets really smooth.

Now everything left to do is to fill five sixths of your muffin cups with it, and then bake everything at 200°C for about 18 minutes in a pre-heated oven. 

(unfortunately I haven't made a photo of them... they look really cool trust me!)

Apricot-Chocolate-Muffins

While they're a little less experimental, they were still as yummy! And the recipe is as easy as the first one... To be honest they're almost the same: 

• 200g flour
• 100g sugar
• 200ml water
• 80ml plant oil
• 8g backing powder
• 16g vanilla sugar
• 25g cocoa
• 100ml apricot brandy/apricot liqueur (you could use more but I like the muffins to just have a slight aromatic touch)
• 1 tablespoon liquid malt
• 1 tablespoon vinegar

Mix together all the ingredients in a bowl, adding the vinegar after you've already stired a bit (so it doesn't react immediately with the backing powder). Fill five sixths of your muffin cups with the dough, and bake at 200°C for about 18 minutes.

Both of these recipes are incredibly easy to make, don't require hard to get ingredients and therefore should be absolutely fool-proof! :-)

So... muffin away and see y'all 'round!