Muffins with dried prunes

Round two.

It is not my life's mission to eat healthy. It's more like "eat tasty" :) But when you can have both, why the hell not? Here is one recipe that I found recently (here I should mention that I found it in another blog, https://chefmanolova.wordpress.com, and she used a recipe form here: http://fitnesinstruktor.com/ by changing it a bit) for extremely delicious and tasty muffins with dried prunes that are gluten free, sugar free and flour free.

To be honest, I was not very optimistic at first, I wasn't pessimistic, but I din't have very high hopes. I was so pleasantly surprised by the result that now I can't stop making them and I can't stop eating them :) Which is not at all a bad thing, because, amongst all the things I cannot eat due to the regime I am under right now, this is one that I can! YAY! So, here's what you'll need:

80g raw sunflower seeds (peeled)
80g raw pumpkin seeds (peeled)
3 table spoons linseed
200gr dried prunes
12 dried prunes for the filling
4 big eggs
1 tea spoon baking powder
3-4 table spoons honey

First you're gonna need a blender or a food processor. We're gonna use the seeds to make flour. I have a standard blender that works just fine for me, so you don't need anything specific for that. Put all three types of seeds in it and let it do its thing until you get the flour as you prefer it - if you prefer fine milled, leave it for a little while, if you like the small crumbs of seeds, take them out earlier. In a bowl, combine the "flour" with the baking powder. Now you'll use the blender one more time for the prunes an eggs. The batter that comes out is fluffy and airy. Add the honey an the dry ingredients and stir until they are well mixed.

Now baking preparation. I use a standard size muffin form for 12 muffins. To save me the time when washing it, I also use paper paper liners. If you don't like the paper liners just don't forget to grease the form before adding the batter to it. Fill all 12 form to the half, then put the 12 dried prunes we've set aside earlier and then fill the form to the top. They are now ready to be baked.

You don't have to preheat the oven. Turn it on right before you put the muffins in. Turn it to 160 C and bake for 25-30 minutes with ventilator. I check them regularly to see if they are ready (you know, if a tooth pick comes out clean, they are ready) so sometimes it takes 20 minutes, other times - 30. But that's just my oven :) If you trust yours, you don't have to open it every 10 minutes. Once they are ready let them cool off for a little, because the whole prune inside is very delicious, but also extremely hot. There you have it!

Hope you try them and you like them, just as much as I do! Good night! :)