These muffins came into being as I was trying to find a way to satisfy my idea of "Breakfast" with a single muffin. I figured they'd be great for mornings when my son was cranky or when my husband (currently working as a Casual Relief Teacher) got a call at 7:15 and had to leave the house by 7:30.
These muffins are not quite there yet, but they're close. Two of them will do me for breakfast, or one for a filling morning tea. Last night my husband combined them with the sauce for a sticky date pudding for a lovely autumn supper, so I can attest to the fact that they can be eaten at any time of day.
Most of these ingredients should be easy to find at a supermarket or health food store. If you cannot source quinoa flakes replace with bran or wheat flakes- though they won't be as filling. Rapidura is dehydrated cane syrup, you can substitute brown sugar if that is what you have. I get my buttermilk as a by-product of churning cream into butter in the Thermomix, but if you don't have any use a splash of vinegar in the same amount of regular milk to achieve a similar taste.
Ingredients
85 g sultanas
140g wheat
100 g flour
2.5 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
1 tsp cinnamon
40 g quinoa flakes
1 egg
120 gm buttermilk
70 g apple butter
70 g rapidura
30 g coconut oil
60 g molasses
110 g rhubarb
20 g chia
Preheat oven to 180 C and grease a 12 cup muffin pan
Put sultanas in a separate bowl and cover with boiling water
Into Thermomix bowl place wheat and grind for 1 minute on speed 9
Add flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and quinoa flakes and mix for 7 seconds on speed 3 to combine
Add egg, buttermilk, apple butter, rapidura, coconut oil and molasses and mix for 20 seconds on speed 4
Run the blades on speed 2 and add the rhubarb, drained sultanas and chia seed in that order
Spoon mixture into muffin pan and bake for approx 20 minutes. Cool in the pan for a few minutes before running a butter knife around the edges and lifting onto a wire rack. Serve warm or cold. Will last 4 days in an airtight container or in the freezer for 1 month.
