Mulled Wine Muffins

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 orange, zest of (please make sure to use an organic orange for this)
• 150 ml red wine (can use dark grape juice instead of the wine)
• 150 g sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 whole cloves
• 4 tablespoons port wine
• 100 g spekulatius cookie crumbs (or other hard cookie crumbs)
• 250 g flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• additional spices (if using)
• 100 g dark chocolate, chopped
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 5 tablespoons oil
• 150 g plain yogurt

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan combine orange zest, cloves, cinnamon, sugar and red wine. bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes stirring constantly. remove from heat, allow to cool slightly (2 min.) and then add the 4 tbs of port wine. remove the cinnamon stick and the cloves using a slotted spoon.
• 2 in a big bowl combine flour, baking powder, cookie crumbs, salt, additional spices (if using) and chopped chocolate.
• 3 in a second bowl combine cooled mulled wine, eggs, oil and yogurt. add this to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
• 4 pour into prepared muffin tins and bake in the preheated oven at 180°c/350°f for 20-25 minutes.