Apples, its has been a long i had fresh apple chunks, coz of my allergic problem i couldnt eat them directly, i have to cook them either as tarts or as applesauce or in cakes..Its really a big problem for me to go through farmer's markets during spring, i have to ask the vendor to choose the fruits or veggies coz of my allergic problem, yea wat to do its gonna be almost three years am suffering from this allergic problems, anyhow once the spring go away, i can enjoy very much the summer..Last week my H got a bag of red apples, after preparing some applesauce there were still some cute red apples laying in my fruits basket, my babies enjoyed them as salads somehow still two apples were sitting sadly..Finally i ended them as muffins using olive oil instead of butter along with whole wheat pastry flour and hazelnut powder as i got a pack of hazelnut powder which was sitting in my pantry since a long too..This is how i prepared this apple muffins with hazelnut powder to give them a fabulous flavour and nutty aspect to this usual apple muffins...
2cups Whole wheat pastry flour
1/2cup All purpose flour
1/2cup Hazelnut powder
1/2cup Sugar
1/2tsp Cinnamon powder
1cup Apples (grated)
1tsp Flax seed powder
1tsp Baking powder
1/2cup Olive oil
1/2cup Hot water
Mix the whole wheat pastry flour,hazel nut powder,all purpose flour with cinnamon powder and baking powder in a large bowl.. Preheat the oven to 350F...Now mix the olive oil, flax seed powder,grated apples and sugar, whisk everything well until the sugar gets well dissolved finally add the hot water and give a stir...fold the wet ingredients to dry ingredients using a spatula or a wooden spoon, dont over mix..Fill the greased muffin pan with the muffin batter and bake the muffins for 20-25minutes in middle rack..
Enjoy warm!!
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