Almond and Quinoa Jam Filled Muffins – (makes 12) inspired by recipe from Veganomicon
- 1 cup of vanilla soy milk
- 1 tablespoon of ground flax
- 1/4 cup of grapeseed oil
- 1/4 cup of agave syrup
- 1 teaspoon of almond extract
- 1 1/4 cups of wholemeal plain flour
- 1/4 cup of ground almonds
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 1/4 cups of cooked quinoa
- Dark Cherry Fruit Sweetened Jam (I used St Dalfour)
- Flaked almonds
Preheat the oven to 175c. Grease a 12 muffin tin or 12 muffin cases. Mix together the soy milk and ground flax and leave for a minute to combine. Add the oil, almond extract and agave and mix. In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the wet ingredients to the dry until just incorporated. Fold in the cooked quinoa. Fill the muffin cases about a third full and using a teaspoon make a small ‘well’ in the dough. Add a teaspoon of the jam then add more muffin dough to fill the cases about 3/4 full. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown and a tooth pick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
So jammy in the middle…
I had one of these babies for breakfast with some sliced kiwi and a Vanilla Coffee. So delicious and amazing healthy – just look at that ingredients list! The addition of quinoa gives these a great protein punch too. Expect to see these muffins in one form or another in the future – I think the basic muffin recipe can easily be adapted with different flavourings. I like the idea of making apple, raisin and cinnamon or orange and cranberry. The possibilities are endless!
Are you a muffin fan? What’s your favourite kind of muffin?
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I love blueberry muffins but hardly ever have them as they give me far too much of a sugar rush and only fill me up for about 10 minutes! These look yummy and healthy too – I love how the recipie is dairy-free. I might give these a go if I can get hold of all the ingredients. x
I am a HUGE muffin fan, these look fantastic! I love lemon muffins, I think they are probably m favourites :)
mmmm they look yum :)
I like muffins, esp fruity ones, and cinnamon ones are my fave :)
I like blueberry muffins made with wholemeal flour and buttermilk. With walnuts. Yum!
What creative muffins! I like that they have a little surprise inside.
I love muffins, but don’t have them too often… when I do, I like a really good one like streusel, pumpkin chip or raisin bran.
These look lovely. I’m a massive muffin fan. I love all berry muffins, blueberry being my favourite.
Those sound great–love the jam in the middle! Thanks for sharing.
They look delicious!
I love muffins! Especially ones with cinnamon! :)
Wow they sure do look delicious! Muffin donuts! I’m a lover of all cupcakes but if forced I’d say something fruity like carrot or apple and walnut x x
I saw this last night just before I went to sleep, and then had a dream about them! I love the cherry-almond combo, and am a big fan of quinoa too (I use flakes in my porridge), so these are going to be my weekend baking session! :-)
Lily – you should be able to get hold of all the ingredients in a tesco – these don’t have any sugar so should keep you fuller for longer. You could easily add some blueberries and leave out the almond essence and jam x
Becky – oh I’m imagining lemon curd in the middle of one of these, yum!
Maria – these would be amaze with some cinnamon!
Cait – blueberry and walnut would be fab, you could swap the agave for maple syrup too, so good!
Katie – pumpkin chip sounds really tasty!
Jemma – you could totally make a blueberry version of these :-)
misszippy – glad you like the look of them!
Emma – I think a cinnamon and apple one of these would be great
Tam – carrot apple and walnut sounds delicious :-)
Alison – haha! I can’t believe you dreamt about them! If you make them let me know how they turn out!
I’ve been eying those up for a while but never got round to making them. Yours look delicious!
ohmy I need to bake muffins! that looks so good! My favourit ekind are blueberry or chocolate chip with marshmallow inside.
xxx Charlie
Feminine Bravery
I really like savoury muffins, with feta and spinach in them.
But my all time favourite would have to be banana and wheatgerm :)
Oh wow, they look amazing.. I must try and make them :)
x
Those Muffins look really good- I’m bookmarking for future reference!
What wholemeal flour did you use? Could I use spelt or buckwheat?