Now that our chickens are finally getting the hang of things, I'm trying my hardest to use up the 4+ eggs we're getting each day. We also have some big crab apples up in the tree, and I wanted to put some of those into a recipe as well. This is how I used today's batch. Fresh fruit + Fresh Eggs = Good Morning Sunshine! Muffins (makes 12 large muffins- 219 calories/3g protein each)
Ingredients
2 eggs
1/2 C olive oil
1 C brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
a splash of fresh lemon juice
Fresh Fruit (2 C shredded sour apples + 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, or 1 1/2 C fresh berries)
2 C unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1.2 teaspoon salt
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium sized bowl, stir together eggs, olive oil, brown sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice. When combined, add fruit, and stir until evenly mixed.
Step 2: In a small bowl stir together dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt). Fold dry ingredients into wet until just evenly mixed. Do not over stir.
Step 3: Use a large spoon to plop the batter into the cups of a muffin tin. Bake for about 20 - 25 minutes total, until still very moist- not browned- and a knife inserted into center comes out clean. Pull out at about 15 minutes before done, and add a dab of butter and sprinkle of brown sugar to the top of each muffin.
Enjoy warm. I made a batch of each type. 3 large apples from our tree produced about 2 cups of grated apple. The apple muffins were sweet and tasty- really nice to eat warm. The berry muffins are a little tart- not too sweet, and get a little bit more fluffy. Next time, I'm going to try pumpkin/pine nut muffins. Good Morning Sunshine!
Berry Muffins next to Apple Muffins