During abstinence prescribed by the church, it is sometimes very difficult to explain to a small child why he was severely restricted in sweets. Especially if this period is his long-awaited birthday. Yes, and older children, already understanding the essence and meaning of fasting, frankly miss without goodies. However, adults also sometimes want to pamper themselves tasty, without violating the requirements. And here, lean cupcakes come to the rescue. They do not include anything quick or luxurious, but they can please the most inveterate sweet tooth.
Lean apple muffins
The easiest and most affordable way to prepare a lean cupcake, the recipe of which includes apples - they are sold everywhere in the middle of winter. You can add it with dried apricots - then the treat will turn out even more tasty and healthy. To begin with, a handful of dried apricots are scalded (if they are too hard) and finely chopped, then mixed with a glass of flour, half a glass of sugar and a half teaspoons of baking powder. You can add a little cinnamon. Mashed potatoes are made from baked apples without middle - it will take a quarter kilo; four tablespoons of vegetable oil interfere with it, after which the mass is added to the dry mixture. The large form (or portioned molds) is lubricated, filled with dough no more than two-thirds, and lean muffins are put in the oven for half an hour. How to cool - you can sprinkle with powder.
Honey - to the point!
Very delicious honeyless muffins. The recipes with the photos below will help you understand the cooking technology.
- In a glass of warm (not hot!) Water, two tablespoons of natural honey are dissolved. When the liquid becomes homogeneous, pour it into a deep bowl, pour half a glass of sugar and pour the same volume of vegetable, odorless oil. After sugar is dissolved, sift one and a half cups of flour mixed with a baking powder bag over a bowl. A thoroughly kneaded dough is poured into molds - and into the oven for 20 minutes (until it stops sticking to a toothpick when piercing).
- You can diversify pastries and nuts, and candied fruits, and dried fruits. So, we perform the same actions with flour, honey and butter (everything is taken in the same proportions). Only at the end of the kneading process do we introduce the selected additives, as a rule, in small quantities - two to three large spoons. Get amazing taste!
Plain carrot muffin
This root crop is as easy to buy in the dead of winter as apples. Meanwhile, a lean carrot cake is so tasty and aromatic that it is readily absorbed even by desperate whims. And how much good! The most elementary way to cook it is to squeeze a glass of root juice from the root crops (you can, in principle, ready to use it, but it is better not to be lazy), mix it with a glass of sugar, two glasses of flour and a spoonful of soda, quenched with lemon juice. You can introduce cinnamon for the aroma, and raisins for the taste richness. The dough should be slightly thicker than for fritters. The moment when your lean cupcakes are ready is traditionally determined by a match or a toothpick.
Brazilian cupcake
If you use not juice, but the whole root crop, lean carrot cake, you get a bright juicy color, very soft and airy. It takes a quarter kilogram of vegetable. It should be cleaned, cut and passed through a blender. The resulting puree is whipped with sugar and refined sunflower oil (take a glass). Then, with continuous mixing, a glass with a slide of sifted flour, vanilla sugar (to taste, usually a bag) and a spoon of baking powder are poured into the mass. The dough is poured into molds (you can bake this lean carrot cake with a single pie - it rises perfectly anyway, only it will spend more time in the oven). The main thing is to allow the product to cool directly in the oven, otherwise it will take on the cut and will not be so delicious.
Brazilians pour chocolate glaze on the finished baked goods, but we have a cupcake - lean, the fudge recipe includes milk and butter. Therefore, you just have to confine yourself to powdered sugar. Do not worry, your pastries will not become less tasty from such a restriction.
Lean cupcakes with cocoa
For many, without chocolate, life is sad, colorless, and bleak. Lean chocolate muffin can comfort them on days of abstinence. It is not difficult to prepare: in a bowl a glass of flour is mixed with an incomplete glass of sugar, two tablespoons with a hill of cocoa powder and two small baking powder are added. A glass of hot water is poured; the dough is thoroughly kneaded. An indicator of the sufficiency of this action will be the absence of sugar grains in the mass and its even light chocolate color. Finally, pour the vegetable oil (three tablespoons), and the dough is stirred again. If desired, you can pour in it pieces of marmalade, chocolate chips, berries (even ice cream), poppy seeds, nuts or candied fruits. If you pour the dough in small molds, then your lean cupcakes will be ready in a third of an hour. However, before removing it is better to make sure that they are baked, with the help of the same match.
Cherry Chocolate Muffin
The recipe described above can be somewhat complicated - and get even more seductive pastries. It will require almost a pound of frozen cherry. The berries should be poured into a colander, which is placed on a bowl so that the juice released during thawing collects in it. If it turns out less than a glass, you should add warm water. Two glasses of flour are sifted into another bowl with two tablespoons of cocoa powder, half a glass of sugar and one spoon of baking powder. Then two tablespoons of liquid honey, cherry juice and half a glass of odorless sunflower oil are poured into this mixture. You can add vanilla sugar or cinnamon. When the mass becomes smooth, berries are poured into it: you can whole, you can in the form of mashed potatoes (then you will first have to use a meat grinder or a blender). In a large form, a lean chocolate muffin with a cherry will stand in the oven for about 50 minutes; in small ones - about 20. It is recommended to remove the product already completely cooled.
Chocolate Tangerine Cupcake
It turns out to be very interesting in taste with a chocolate lean muffin in a slow cooker, especially if it is supplemented with citruses. First, the zest is peeled off from the mandarin, and it is taken apart into slices (the bones, if any, are removed). Thus prepared product is placed in a blender and whipped with cocoa (two tablespoons), instant good coffee (one), sugar (two large) and peeled peel. You should get about half a glass of liquid. It is mixed with a stack of tangerine juice, two tablespoons of vegetable oil - and poured into a glass of sifted flour, where a spoon of soda or a bag of baking powder is added. All is well kneaded. The finished dough is poured into the greased multicooker bowl, after which the “Cake” mode is activated for 50 minutes. If it is not in your device - put “Baking” at the same time.
Lenten date muffin in a slow cooker
It will delight those who are not stingy with these fruits. For the test, first the oil (naturally lean, a little less than half a glass) is combined with 150 grams of sugar, a pinch of salt and vanilla. Next, pour a half glass of cold (required!) Water, add quenched soda (half a spoon) and three tablespoons of cocoa powder. Everything is whipped with a mixer with the gradual addition of two glasses of sifted flour. Dried dates get rid of seeds and finely chopped, and then poured into a bowl. Once again, the dough is kneaded, poured into a greased bowl, and the crock-pot, included in the baking mode for an hour, is left alone. The aroma and taste of products is unforgettable!
We have offered you a variety of lean cupcakes. Recipes with photos greatly facilitate their preparation and allow you to choose the one that gives more appetizing results. With a little effort, you can even spend fasting days tasty and without gloom!