limoncello muffins
Servings: 12
ingredients:
- 100 g butter
- 100 g sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- a pinch of salt
- 200 g all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 75 ml limoncello
for the intensification:
- 1-2 tbsp limoncello
for the icing:
- 100 g icing sugar
- 2 tbsp limoncello
equipment:
- electric handheld mixer
- 12/24 paper tins
how to:
- Preheat the oven to 160° C fan.
- Line the muffin tin w/ the 12/24 paper tins.
- Mix butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and salt w/ the electric handheld mixer.
- Mix flour & baking powder & add the butter mess. Mix w/ the electric handheld mixer.
- Add the limoncello & mix.
- Spoon the batter into the paper tins.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-20 min.
- Make the famous test w/ the wooden stick ...
- Prick each muffin w/ the wooden pins several times when still hot.
- Add limoncello w/ a brush so that the liquid is soaked up.
- Let the muffins cool down to room temperature.
- Mix icing sugar & limoncello w/ a spoon & add to the muffins.
Notes
12/24 paper tins: If the paper tins are very fragile I prefer to use 2 of them for each muffin.
You may store the muffins on your kitchen counter - covered - for several days.
You may also store the muffins in your fridge. The muffins will set in the fridge.