CHAI MUFFINS
Ingredients
- 225ml/8fl oz unsweetened almond milk
- 2 Chai teabags
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 400g/14oz white spelt flour
- 2½ tsp baking powder
- 150g/5½oz soft light brown sugar
- 75g/2½oz natural skin-on almonds
- roughly chopped
- 2 large free-range eggs
- 150ml/5fl oz sunflower oil
Directions
- Warm the almond milk with the contents of the 2 teabags (I just rip them open over the pan) and cinnamon – stirring to mix – and leave to cool.
- While the milk’s cooling
- preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
- In a large bowl
- measure out the flour
- baking powder
- sugar and all but 2 tablespoons of the chopped almonds
- and combine well.
- When the milk has cooled
- add the eggs and oil
- then whisk well.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients
- using a wooden spoon. Don’t be too efficient about this: a slightly lumpy batter makes for lighter muffins. Divide the mixture between the muffin cases (it will fill them well)
- then sprinkle equally with the remaining almonds and bake for 20–25 minutes
- or until a cake tester comes out clean and the muffins are slightly risen and pleasingly golden-brown on top.
- Remove to a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes before devouring.

