I read recently that the price of poppy seeds has raised incredibly because of the war in Afghanistan - does that mean that the poppy seeds we eat come from the opium poppys????????
Well I can promise that these muffins had no unexpected effects on us (welcome or not!!!) .... but they did taste wonderful and light, not too sweet and just the right amount of fruit ... these are keepers.
Another appearance of veggies instead of fat, and yet again no compromise on flavour, thank you Ms Eastwood!
Peach and Poppy Seed Muffins
2 medium eggs
120g caster sugar
200g finely grated sweet potato
100g rice flour
100g ground almonds
1 tbsp poppy seeds
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bread (bicarbonate of) soda
1/4 tsp salt
3 small peaches cut into 1/2 cm cubes
Preheat oven to 180 C
Line muffin tray with 12 paper cases
Whisk the sugar and eggs for 5 minutes until really light and fluffy.
Stir in the sweet potato, flour, almonds, poppy seeds, baking powder, bread (bicarb) soda and salt, until just about incorporated.
Fold in the peach pieces - do not over mix.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack.
Enjoy!
16 comments:
mmmmm these sound wonderful. I think they are talking about opium poppies :) You do make me smile hee hee. Lucie x
I'm a sucker for poppy seed muffins!
These sound lovely- I've just caved in and rejoined weightwatchers tonight so I'm loving the no fat cakes- keep em comin!
These muffins sound great. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. And you are right, there is nothing like a warm muffin with a nice cup of coffee.
I'm glad I have a good stash of poppy seeds! I don't want to run out. These muffins sound wonderful!
um... you stole my tea service!
I've never much thought about the source of poppy seeds, but just found this interesting tidbit from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_poppy:
'The seeds themselves contain very low levels of opiates. However, the television show MythBusters demonstrated that one could test positive for narcotics after consuming four poppy seed bagels. The show Brainiac: Science Abuse had subjects who tested positive with only two poppy seed bagels.'
Love these moist poppy muffins! What a great idea of using sweet potatoes!
FRG - heading that direction very, very soon!
Dom ... blame my mother!!!!
Patrice, I love a bit of hoarding ... good idea!
Jutta, obviously we didn't eat enough of them!!
Lucie, Kitten, Kat and Angie, thanks for the kind words :-}
Mmmmmmmmmm! You're leading me in to bad ways!
Thank you for you lovely comments the other day :o)
Thank you for your add!! And now I've found your lovely blog!! Fab muffins!
Sweet potato and peaches sounds like an interesting combination. I've been baking lots of stuff with fruit this summer (mainly plums, peaches, and berries). They make such moist and yummy baked goods ;)
I'm really enjoying these posts from your Harry Eastwood book. I haven't made any of them yet, but I fully intend to.
Love to join you for a cuppa and a muffin. They look good.
Love your muffins recipe and your tea service are a dream I love Tea services, lovely! gloria
I'd completely forgotten that my husband used to like the poppy seed bread I'd make in the first years of our marriage. I must try this and see what he thinks.
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