Mulled Wine Muffins
- For the mulled wine
- 1 orange, zest of (please make sure to use an organic orange for this)
- 150 ml red wine (can use dark grape juice instead of the wine)
- 150 g sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 whole cloves
- 4 tablespoons port wine
- For the muffins
- 100 g spekulatius cookie crumbs (or other hard cookie crumbs)
- 250 g flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- additional spices (if using)
- 100 g dark chocolate, chopped
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 5 tablespoons oil
- 150 g plain yogurt
- In a saucepan combine orange zest, cloves, cinnamon, sugar and red wine. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat, allow to cool slightly (2 min.) and then add the 4 tbs of port wine. Remove the cinnamon stick and the cloves using a slotted spoon.
- In a big bowl combine flour, baking powder, cookie crumbs, salt, additional spices (if using) and chopped chocolate.
- In a second bowl combine cooled mulled wine, eggs, oil and yogurt. Add this to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Pour into prepared muffin tins and bake in the preheated oven at 180u0b0C/350u0b0F for 20-25 minutes.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mulled-wine-muffins-443971 (may not work)