Ingredients
1/2 cup hazelnuts, grounded in blender to a, coarse flour
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tbsp baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1/2 cup warm milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch of salt
1/2 cup chopped dried apples
Directions
Preheat oven to 350F. Combine hazelnuts, flour, baking powder and
sugar. Add egg, butter, milk, vanilla, salt and apples. Let stand 10
minutes. Fill 4 cups of a nonstick muffin pan (or regular muffin pan
with paper liners) with the batter. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until a
toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
From the cookbook "Apples" by Robert Berkley
Servings: 6 servings
Apple-Hazelnut Muffins Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Apple; Bread; Breads; Fruit; Muffin
The History of Recipes
Historians have tracked the existance of recipes back into ancient history, in fact as far back as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and possibly even further. Having said that, these, early records were just very simple pictorial recipes for food preparation.
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We hope you enjoy this Apple Hazelnut Muffins recipe.
