Stollen Muffins (Vegan)
Stollen muffins - these easy vegan Christmas muffins are full of festive flavours, with dried fruit, spices, marzipan and almonds.
Servings 9 muffins
Ingredients
- 230 g (1 ¾ cups + 1 Tablespoon) plain (all-purpose) flour
- 60 g (½ cup + 2 Tablespoons) ground almonds (almond flour)
- 125 g (⅔ cup) light brown soft sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice (pumpkin/apple pie spice)
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
- pinch salt
- 180 ml (¾ cup) unsweetened non-dairy milk (I use soy)
- 120 g (½ cup) plain non-dairy yogurt (I use soy)
- 120 ml (½ cup) neutral oil (I use olive)
- 1 ½ teaspoons cider or white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- finely grated zest of 2 large oranges
- 150 g (5 oz) mixed dried fruit
- 50 g (2 oz) flaked or chopped almonds
- 200 g (7 oz) marzipan cut into 1cm dice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/425°F/gas mark 7. Line a 12 hole muffin tin with 9-10 muffin cases.
- Whisk together the flour, ground almonds, sugar, baking powder and soda, mixed spice, cinnamon, cardamom and a pinch of salt in a large bowl.
- Add the milk, yogurt, oil, vinegar, vanilla and almond extracts and orange zest, Stir with a balloon whisk until just combined. Be careful not to over-beat the batter.
- Add the cubed marzipan, dried fruit and flaked almonds and gently fold through.
- Divide the batter between the muffin cases, filling them right to the top. An ice cream scoop is handy for this.
- Bake for five minutes then turn the oven down to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F/gas mark 4. Bake for a further 18-20 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean (avoiding any marzipan).
- Allow the muffins to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack and leave to cool completely. Once cold store in an airtight container.
Notes
- See post above for tips, details and step-by-step photos.
- USE SCALES. As with all of my baking recipes I really do recommend using the metric measurements with a digital scales rather than the cup conversions. Cups are a wildly inaccurate measuring system and you will get far better, more consistent results using a scale, not to mention that it is also easier and less messy than cups!