I’ve figured that I haven’t posted a muffin recipe in a while. Obviously, that better change because everyone needs a good muffin in their lives. Plus, I’ve been eyeing a sad grapefruit that’s been sitting on my counter for quite some time.

Before we start baking, just a small note regarding sweetness. My grapefruit was already on a pretty sweet side, so I’ve figured 3 tablespoons of honey would suffice. For a bitter grapefruit, you might want to increase the honey amount.

Also, I’ve used a combination of regular and tiny muffin moulds, but the recipe below is for regular-sized muffins.

INGREDIENTS:

(Yields 12 regular sized-muffins / 0.24 EUR per muffin / 2.86 EUR for all)

4 tbsp butter (0.40 EUR)

3 tbsp honey (0.40 EUR)

2 eggs (0.40 EUR)

Juice from 1 large grapefruit – about 1 cup (0.67 EUR)

1 tsp pure vanilla extract (0.03 EUR)

2 cups all-purpose flour (0.13 EUR)

2 tbsp ground flax seed (0.13 EUR)

1 tsp baking powder (0.01 EUR)

½ tsp baking soda (0.01 EUR)

Pinch of salt (0.01 EUR)

3 tbsp slivered or crushed almonds (0.67 EUR)

METHOD:

Preheat oven to 200°C. If using a tin muffin mould, line it with paper cups or lightly grease. For silicone moulds skip this step. In a small saucepan melt butter and honey. Whisk together eggs, grapefruit juice and vanilla, pour in melted butter and honey mixture, then stir to incorporate.

In a large bowl whisk together flour, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Pour wet ingredients over dry ones and stir until just combined. Distribute the batter among prepared muffin moulds, sprinkle with almonds and bake for 20 minutes until puffy and golden.

Allow muffins to cool for about 10 minutes before removing from the moulds. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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Shvatila sam da nisam već sto godina postala recept za mafine. Očito je da se to treba pod hitno promijeniti jer svima nam u životu treba dobar mafin. Osim toga, imala sam doma jedan tužni grejp sa kojim sam očijukala već neko vrijeme.

Prije nego što se bacimo na pečenje, samo jedna mala napomena što se tiče slatkoće. Moj je grejp bio već poprilično sladak, pa su radi toga 3 žlice meda bile sasvim dovoljne. Za gorkiji grejp bi bilo dobro povećati količinu meda.

Također, ja sam kombinirala kalupe za mafine normalne veličine sa mini kalupima, ali niže je recept samo za normalne mafine.

SASTOJCI:

(Za 12 mafina normalne veličine / 1,78 kn po mafinu / 21,42 kn za sve)

4 žlice maslaca (3,00 kn)

3 žlice meda (3,00 kn)

2 jaja (3,00 kn)

Sok od jednog velikog grejpa – oko 1 šalica soka (5,00 kn)

1 žličica ekstrakta od vanilije (0,20 kn)

2 šalice glatkog brašna (1,00 kn)

2 žlice mljevenih sjemenki lana (1,00 kn)

1 žličica praška za pecivo (0,10 kn)

½ žličice sode bikarbone (0,01 kn)

Prstohvat soli (0,01 kn)

3 žlice nasjeckanih ili mljevenih badema (5,00 kn)

PRIPREMA:

Zagrijte pećnicu na 200°C. Ako koristite plehnate kalupe, obložite ih sa papirnatim košaricama ili lagano namastite. Za silikonske kalupe preskočite ovaj korak. U malom lončiću rastopite maslac i med. Razmutite jaja sa sokom od grejpa i vanilijom, ulijte unutra rastopljeni med i maslac, pa dobro promiješajte.

U velikoj zdjeli pomiješajte brašno, lan, prašak za pecivo, sodu bikarbonu i sol. Prelijte mokre sastojke preko suhih, te kratko miješajte, tek toliko da se sve sjedini. Raspodijelite smjesu po pripremljenim kalupima, posipajte bademe po vrhu i pecite 20 minuta da mafini budu pufasti i zlatni.

Pustite mafine da se hlade 10-tak minuta prije nego ih izvadite iz kalupa. Poslužite tople ili na sobnoj temperaturi.