Flourless Date Muffins
This originally started off as a recipe for sticky date puddings. However, I found that the puddings actually make a great muffin for breakfast or as a snack in the middle of the day. I’ve never been a fan of dates, so I was skeptical at first – but you actually don’t even notice that they’re there!
Makes 12
Ingredients
370g almonds
300g pitted dates
80g boiling water
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
25g butter, quartered
75g light olive oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 eggs
75g yoghurt
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 180C and grease a 12-hole muffin tin; set aside
2. Put 180g of the almonds into the Thermomix bowl and mill with the measuring cup (MC) on for 6 seconds/Speed 8; remove to a bowl and repeat with the remaining almonds
3. Put dates into an empty Thermomix bowl and chop with the MC on for 8 seconds/Speed 7
4. Add water and heat with the MC off for 7 minutes/100C/Speed 1
5. Chop the dates with the MC on for 12 seconds/Speed 4
6. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add baking soda, butter, oil and vanilla and mix with the MC on for 10 seconds/Speed 3
7. Add eggs and yoghurt and mix with the MC on for 5 seconds/Speed 3
8. Add milled almonds and mix with the MC on for 30 seconds/Speed 5
9. Divide mixture into each hole of the muffin tin and bake on the middle tray for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean
Tips and Hints
1. Put leftover muffins in the freezer and defrost overnight in the fridge before use
2. Use these muffins for a sticky date pudding – serve warm with a caramel sauce made using this recipe
if we have to eat 
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