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Apricot, walnut and thyme muffins

  • Hands-on time: 15 mins
  • Time to make: 31 mins
  • Serving: 12 people (makes 12)
Ratings: 4.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup ground almonds
  • ½ cup icing sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • zest and juice of 1 orange
  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup wholemeal flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ cup diced dried apricots
  • ¼ cup pumpkin or sunflower seeds
  • ⅓ cup walnuts, roughly chopped
  • 6 thyme sprigs, leaves only
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease and line a 12-hole muffin tin with baking paper or paper cases.

    2 Combine ground almonds, icing sugar, cinnamon and orange zest in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in centre of mixture and fill with orange juice, olive oil and eggs; stir to combine. Stir in flour and baking powder until just combined, then add dried apricots, seeds, nuts and thyme.

    3 Divide mixture among muffin tin holes; bake for 14—16 minutes, or until muffins are golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean. Leave muffins to cool.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free flour and check baking powder and cinnamon are gluten free.

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