Honey & Walnut Muffins

Muffins, muffins and more muffins! I just need to finish up all the all-purpose flour and self raising flour still stacked in the cabinet. Exactly another week before the hassle of moving to the new place.

I just chanced upon a recipe that calls for exactly the ingredients that I would like to finish off. Walnuts, Honey, Flour - Honey & Walnut Muffins...Love the sound of it and decided to make this tonight.

Ingredients:

(Yields 4 big muffins)

Dry ingredients:

1 cup self-raising flour (sifted)

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Wet ingredients:

1/3 cup honey

3/8 cup milk

1/4 cup light olive oil

1 egg (lightly beaten)

3/8 cup walnuts (chopped & bake for 5 minutes at 170 deg Celsius)

for dusting:icing sugar

Method:

1) Preheat the oven to 170 deg Celcius.

2) Place 4 muffin paper cups into the muffin pans.

3) Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. In another bowl, mix in the wet ingredients.

4) Stir in the walnuts into the wet ingredients.

5) Stir the wet mixtures into the dry mixtures gently using a wooden spoon. Do not overstir.

6) Spoon batter into muffin cups. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick goes into the centre of the muffin comes out clean.

7) Dust muffins with sifted icing sugar and serve warm.

Outcome:

Right after scooping the batter into the cups, I placed each muffin with one raw walnut as decoration. The aroma was very strong during baking. I am delighted that I took extra mile to bake the walnut before adding it into the wet ingredients. It added crunchiness to the muffins. However, it came out slightly rubbery for the textures eventhough I did a minimum stirring. It was a bit too oily too.