The pictures from the Muffin Monday posts have been making my Mondays better for a while now and I finally decided to participate! Muffin Mondays is a wonderful initiative by a blogger Anuradha from Baker Street to, as she says herself, “glum Monday mornings” with delicious muffins! Every week a bunch of bloggers gets a muffin recipe from Anuradha and they bake the muffin or an adapted version of it . This week the basis recipe was an Olive Oil muffin, I made mine with lemon icing and some extra toasted almond slices on top!
Ingredients
230g spelt flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
180 g caster sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons lemon zest
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
170ml olive oil extra-virgin olive oil
70grams sliced almonds, toasted
75g icing
2 tsp lemon juice
Method
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place paper liners in a 12-cup muffin tin.
In a medium bowl, blend together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Using an electric mixer beat the sugar, eggs, and zest in a large bowl until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Beat in the vinegar and gradually beat in the oil.
Add the flour mixture and stir just until blended.
Crush 3/4 of the almonds with your hands as you add them to the batter and stir until mixed.
Fill the muffin tin almost to the top of the paper liners.
Bake until golden on top and a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out with moist crumbs attached, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.
Sift the icing into a bowl and gradually add the lemon juice stirring until combined. Put a little bit of icing on each muffin and sprinkle some almonds over it.
Love,
Marta
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So happy that you joined us for Muffin Monday! Your muffins look delicious. I bet that icing made it more special!
drooling all over my keyboard! that gorgeous photo makes me sad we have absolutely NONE of this left over at our place:) glad you could join us this week.
@bakerstreet Indeed! The icing did add an extra yumminess to the muffin
) I’m happy to be joining too! 
@elena hi dear! thank you! I know the feeling, I wish I could have some more too haha and I’m really happy to join the Muffin Mondays!
Welcome to Muffin Monday! I’m glad that you baked with us this week. Your muffins look fabulous. I’m always sad we don’t get to try everyone’s variations. How do you like baking with spelt flour? I’ve never done it before, but I’ve been wanting to try it.
Hi Kristen! Thank yoooou!
) I do agree it’s a huge pity we can’t try all the variations of the muffins!!! I LOVE baking with spelt. I use spelt flour all the time, it’s healthier than wheat flour and you honestly can’t taste the difference. I use spelt flour to substitute wheat flour and whole spelt flour to substitute whole wheat flour 
So definitely give it a try! 
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Like you, I love baking with spelt but haven’t done so in a while. The nuttiness of the flour is addictive, and of course when you pour some lemon glaze over these spelt muffins, they must taste very near perfect! Glad you’ve joined us on Muffin Monday
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Thank you dear! I’m really happy to have joined! And yes, I admit that the lemon glaze did make the muffin extra delicious!
Wow, these look great! I’ve never made muffins with olive oil.
Hi Princess Misia!
Your muffins are stunning!
Glad to be baking with you this week!
@Fuchsia1 Thank you!! This was my first time ever and I am super happy with the result so I definitely recommend you try!
I am really happy to join such a lovely bunch of muffin lovers! 
@Barbie Thank you so much!!
Love how pretty your Muffins look…they are dying to be eaten !!! Happy Monday!
Welcome to Muffin Mondays! It’s such a fun (not to mention creative!) group to bake with each week. Glad you can join us
Love the idea of using spelt flour with this recipe! I opted to use a mixture of almond, quinoa flakes and brown rice flour. Great nutty, earthy taste.
Wow! These sound perfect!
@Elizabeth oh thank you! they have all been eaten and I am already craving them again
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@Stay-At-Home-Chef thank you so much! I am so happy to join your lovely bunch! I am off to your blog to check your muffin!!
@Jessica thank you dear!!
Wow, those look fantastically delicious! Love the slivered almonds on top!
Thanks so much Carrie! They were really yummy and I think it was partly due to the almonds on top!
love the lemon icing, icing and a little added sweetness makes everything better! i love muffin mondays!
You had me at sliced almonds! These look delicious, thanks for sharing the recipe! I shared on Pinterest!