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Acorn Muffins
This is my favorite acorn muffins recipe, and I've tried lots of them. If you don't have all the ingredients, you can sub in quite a lot -- even the acorn flour. You can easily make these chestnut muffins by using chestnut flour and bits of shelled, cooked chestnuts.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 195 kcal
Course:
Breakfast
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1/3 cup melted butter or nut oil (walnut, hazelnut, pecan)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
- 1/2 cup wheat bran
- 1/2 cup acorn flour
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup acorn grits or minced chestnuts, pecans or walnuts
- 1/4 cup fresh or frozen berries (lingonberries, blueberries, etc.)
- 2 tablespoons caster or maple sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425F. Grease a muffin tin with butter or something similar.
- Whisk together the buttermilk, egg, oil, brown sugar and vanilla extract in a bowl. Whisk together the wheat bran, acorn flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a larger bowl.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ones and add the acorn grits and berries. Stir to combine. You want a thick, sticky batter. Add a little buttermilk if it's too tight, one tablespoon at a time.
- Fill the muffin tin with the batter evenly, then sprinkle the maple sugar over them as a topping. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until a toothpick comes out cleanly when poked into a muffin. Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
195kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
30g
(10%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
7g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
30mg
(10%)
Sodium
224mg
(9%)
Potassium
150mg
(4%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
227IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
4mg
(4%)
Calcium
69mg
(7%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12muffins
Amount Per Serving
Calories 195
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 195kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 30g | 10% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 30mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 224mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 150mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 227IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 69mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.