Breakfast Spelt and Oats Muffins
Breakfast Spelt and Oats Muffins are butterless treats with a hint of lemon, perfect for your morning breakfast or a filling snack for your kid. They are a delicious lunchbox treat or best as a travel snack.
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Servings: 12 Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 Cup - 140 grams Spelt Flour
- 1 Cup -95 grams Oats (I used porridge oats)
- 1/2 Cup Milk (Room Temperature)
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ Cup - 110 grams Demerara Sugar/ Dark Brown Sugar (One can use any sugar)
- ½ Cup chopped nuts (Almonds, Walnuts, Pecans)
- ¼ Cup Dry Cherries/Raisins (Optional)
- 3 tbsp + 1 tbsp Sunflower Seeds
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla Essense
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Ripe Avocado
- Zest of 2 lime or 1 lemon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 Deg C
- Line the muffin/cupcake tin with muffin cases or grease them.
- In a large bowl add in the eggs.
- Beat it until fluffy.
- Add the sugar and mix until well incorporated.
- Mash the avocado till it is nice and smooth.
- Add the mashed avocado to the eggs and mix everything. If you have slight pieces of avocado left, mash it with the help of a fork.
- Add the milk and give it a quick mix.
- Next add the lemon/lime zest, vanilla essence and give a quick mix.
- In another bowl add the dry ingredients i.e spelt flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, 3 tablespoon sunflower seeds and give a quick mix.
- One can add the cherries/raisins too now, or later if you want to divide them in half.
- Now add the dry ingredients slowly in the wet and fold until the mixture is well incorporated.
- Spoon the batter in the cupcake/muffin cases.
- If you are adding cherries/raisins in half batter, add the batter in 6 cases and then add cherries and mix.
- Spoon the remaining batter into the individual cases.
- Top it up with 1 tablespoon of Sunflower seeds.
- Bake it in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- Muffins are done when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
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Notes
- 1 teaspoon = 5 ml, 1 tablespoon=15 ml, 1 Cup=235 ml
- Vegans can use Chia egg or flax egg instead of eggs. The process mentioned above in the recipe.
- Vegan milk of choice can be used.
- Avocado can be replaced with butter. Use 1/2 cup melted butter at room temperature.
- If you are unable to source Spelt flour one can replace it with wheat flour.
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