for a tasty autumn evening

 MINI PLUM PIES

fot. Sonia Łomnicka

INGREDIENTS:

• 0.5 kg plums
• 0.5 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• 2 cups flour
• 0.5 cup sugar
• 1 stick butter (100g, unsalted)
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

INSTRUCTIONS:

fot. Sonia Łomnicka

1. Put the plums into a frying pan and cover them with sugar, add cinnamon. Fry them on low heat to get jam. Let it cool. 

2. Combine the flour, butter, sugar, eggs, sour cream and baking powder, and knead the dough thoroughly.

3. Divide the dough into two  – a slightly bigger and smaller part.

4. Roll out the bigger part and cut out circles of a diameter slightly bigger than the one of the muffin trays. Cover the trays with the dough.

5. Fill them with the jam.

6. Roll out the remaining dough and cut out circles of a diameter matching the diameter of the muffin trays. Cover the pies with the dough circles and prick them with a fork.

BAKE:   24 min.   180° C

fot. Sonia Łomnicka

Note: You can use the remaining dough to form little roses for decoration!

for a quick modern solution

 LEMON MICROWAVE MUFFINS

fot. Malwina Wojewódzka

INGREDIENTS:
(for 3 glasses or 4 cups)

• cup flour
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 egg
• 5 tablespoons milk
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 0.5 cup raspberries
• butter to grease the glasses/cups

INSTRUCTIONS:

fot. Malwina Wojewódzka

1. In one bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Whisk together the liquid ingredients in another separate bowl.

2. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ones and stir thoroughly.

3. Grease the glasses or cups with butter and cover them with some flour.

4. Pour the batter into the glasses or cups and stick in a few raspberries.

BAKE:   3,5 min.   800 W

Note: You can use other fruit instead of raspberries or just bake plain muffins.

I used empty nutella glasses. They were perfect for the microwave!