Coffee muffins.

Coffee, coffee everywhere. Well, for some of us living without coffee is a disaster :). For me coffee is a good thing but only if drinking from time to time, made by myself with fresh milk and some extras like Kahlua or Bailey’s liqueur or vanilla ice creams.
Today, instead of another cup of coffee I decided to make a few coffee muffins. It’s so nice to take a short break from work*, don’t you think?

* Working at home sometimes is a big advantage. For example, you can take a 30 minutes break and bake some delicious muffins :)

When comparing to a regular coffee cup, these muffins aren’t that strong, but still they can wake you up. They are very soft and fluffy and they get even better next day (coffee flavor gets stronger).
But who will be waiting for the next day?

Coffee muffins

Makes 9 muffins

Ingredients:

Dry ingredients
150g (1 cup) plain flour
75g (1/3 cup) brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Wet ingredients:
1 egg, beaten lightly
6 tablespoons oil
6 tablespoons milk
7 tablespoons good quality dark espresso (one medium shot), cooled
3 tablespoons Kahlua liqueur **

** Optional, you can also add 1tbsp of coffee extract

Method:

1. Preheat oven, 180c. Put 9 paper baking cases in a muffin pan.
2. Put flour, sugar, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda in a large bowl and stir together.
3. Combine milk, cooled coffee, oil, egg and Kahula liqueur in a separate bowl.
4. Stir the egg mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Do not over stir the mixture.
5. Divide the muffin mixture between the paper cases (they should be about two-thirds full).
6. Transfer to a preheated oven, 180C, and bake for 25-30 minutes until risen and golden (skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean).
7. Transfer to a wire-rack to cool.
8. Dust with icing sugar, if desired



Enjoy :)