Sourdough Hot Cross Muffins
Delicious Sourdough Hot Cross Muffins made with flavorsof hot cross buns and with goodness of spices, sourdough starter/ discard, and apples for thecross, which brings a healthy addition instead of sugary cross version.
Servings: 11 pieces
Calories: 171kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups 162.5 g all-purpose flour
- ½ cup 109g sourdough starter/ Discard ( 100% Hydration)
- 1 tsp. 5g baking powder
- ¾ tsp. ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp. 2g baking soda
- ¼ tsp. ground allspice
- ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
- ¼ tsp. fine salt
- ½ cup 100 g granulated sugar.
- ⅓ cup milk
- ⅓ cup 59g vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 Tbsp. 17 g honey
- Zest of 1 lemon
- ½ cups 58 g raisins
- ¼ cup 35 g dried cranberries
- 1 green apple cut it into thin slices
- For the glaze if you are not using the apple slice
- ½ cups 100 g icing sugar
- ¾ Tbsp. 11 ml water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F line two standard 12-cup muffin tins with regular paper liners.
- In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the sugar, milk, oil, eggs, honey, lemon zest and sourdough starter/discard together. Add all at once to the flour and whisk until well combined. Stir in the raisins and cranberries and mix everything together.
- Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups. Add the slices of green apples on the top of the muffins.
- Bake the muffins for 15 -20 minutes or until toothpick inserted will comes out clean . Cool the muffins in their tins on a rack for 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before glazing.
- If you do not want to use green apples, make a glaze with powdered sugar. Whisk the icing sugar, water, if using, until smooth and the proper consistency for piping. Pipe a cross on the top of each muffin. Let the glaze set for an hour before serving.
- Enjoy
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Nutrition
Calories: 171kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 103mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 1mg
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