Currant and orange muffins
12 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| Safflower oil -- to coat | ||
| Muffin tin | ||
| 1 | cup | Rice flour |
| 1 | tablespoon | Baking powder |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ½ | cup | Rolled oats -- ground |
| ¼ | cup | Honey |
| 1 | tablespoon | Maple syrup |
| ¼ | cup | Safflower oil |
| ½ | cup | Ground almonds |
| ½ | cup | Orange juice |
| 1 | teaspoon | Grated orange rind |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| ½ | cup | Dried currants |
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly oil a 12-hole muffin tin.
2. In a large bowl combine rice flour, baking powder, baking soda, and ground oats. In a separate bowl combine honey, maple syrup, and the ¼ cup oil until very smooth. In a blender or food processor, puree almonds and orange juice, then strain. Add almond liquid to honey mixture along with orange rind.
3. Separate eggs. Stir yolks into honey mixture. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
4. Combine dry and wet ingredients, then stir in currants. Fold in egg whites. Spoon into prepared muffin cups, filling each three fourths full.
Bake until muffins spring back when pressed lightly in center (about 20 minutes).
Makes 1 dozen muffins.
Recipe By : the California Culinary Academy File