Lavender can be used in many ways in the kitchen. For example with muffins. Don't you know them yet? Then try them out as soon as possible. A dream.
For more than 20 years now, muffins have been standard in many households, cafés and bakeries and hardly any children's birthday party can do without the delicious little cakes.
There are countless varieties of muffins from chocolatey to savory, so that everyone gets their money's worth. If you want to bake something different than just the typical chocolate muffins, you should try lavender muffins. The flowers with the unique aroma give muffins a very special kick and are just as easy and quick to make as usual.
A touch of Provence in German cuisine
With their intense scent and taste, lavender muffins bring Provence to the coffee table. For anyone who loves lavender, these muffins are worth trying. For a muffin tin you need the following ingredients:
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp dried lavender flowers
- 100 ml cream
- 150 g butter
- 250 g flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 100 g crème fraîche
- 150 g sugar
- 1 packet of vanilla sugar
Preparation
❶ Mix the lavender blossoms with the cream in a saucepan and bring this mixture to a boil. Then cover and leave overnight.
❷ The next day, pour the cream through a fine sieve into a bowl. Now prepare the muffin tin. Place a paper case in each indentation. You can also grease and flour the indentations. Then place the baking tray in the freezer for about 15 minutes to prevent the dough from sticking.
❸ Now it's the turn of the dough. To do this, melt the butter and let it cool slightly. Mix flour and baking powder together. Now mix butter, eggs, crème fraîche, sugar, vanilla sugar and the flavored cream. Only then is the flour mixture added. Mix until the dry ingredients are moist and incorporated into the batter.
❹ Fill the finished dough into themolds. Bake the muffins at 180°C (160°C fan oven) for about 25 minutes. After baking, let the muffins cool for 5 minutes before removing them from the pan.
❺ The muffins are ready. Depending on your taste, you can now decorate the muffins with glaze. But try it like this first.