Almond Muffins With Gooey Fig Center

Serves: 3

Graciela O'Reilly

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

45

Spice

51

Sweetness

58

Sourness

36

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 small

Lemon (zest of)

1 cup

Sugar

2 tsps

Baking Powder

1 tsps

Salt

1 tsps

Cinnamon

1 tsps

Ground Nutmeg

12 small

Fig (stemmed)

1 small

Egg

1 cup

Clover Honey

1.25 cups

Skim Milk

1 cup

Almond

6 tbsps

Almond (sliced)

Directions:

1

Heat oven to 350°F

2

Combine first 9 ingredients in a bowl

3

Puree figs in a food processor until smooth and scrape into a small saucepan

4

Place over low to medium heat, stirring constantly, until puree gently boils, about 5 to 10 minutes

5

Let cool, then refrigerate

6

Whisk egg, honey, milk and oil in a bowl

7

Incorporate into flour mixture and blend on low with a hand mixer

8

Line a muffin tin with paper cups; fill each halfway with batter

9

Add 1 tbsp fig puree to center of each cup, then cover with a small spoonful of batter

10

Sprinkle almonds on top

11

Bake until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes

12

Heat oven to 350°F

13

Combine first 9 ingredients in a bowl

14

Puree figs in a food processor until smooth and scrape into a small saucepan

15

Place over low to medium heat, stirring constantly, until puree gently boils, about 5 to 10 minutes

16

Let cool, then refrigerate

17

Whisk egg, honey, milk and oil in a bowl

18

Incorporate into flour mixture and blend on low with a hand mixer

19

Line a muffin tin with paper cups; fill each halfway with batter

20

Add 1 tbsp fig puree to center of each cup, then cover with a small spoonful of batter

21

Sprinkle almonds on top

22

Bake until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes