Looking for a perfect weekend breakfast? Well, Muffins are the way to go! They require no preparation, no sweating over the stove, no heavy duty whisking and very little cleaning up!
Muffins can be sweet or savoury, eaten just as they are or with a topping, and the batter can take in any flavour, fruit or dry fruit of your choice!
They require very little cooking time and keep well refrigerated for days!
An American muffin is a type of bread made using baking powder instead of yeast as the raising agent. It falls into the quick bread category. It is not as sweet as a cupcake and does not have any frosting. The texture of the American muffin is cake like.
An English muffin, on the other hand is made with yeast and has a bread like texture.
The recipe given here is for an American style Fresh Fruit Muffin...
Here goes...
Fresh Fruit Muffin
Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Makes 12 standard size or 6 jumbo muffins
Dry Ingredients
11/2 cups Flour
1tsp Baking Powder
3/4 cup Sugar (granulated)
Wet Ingredients
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil OR Melted Butter
1 Egg
3/4 cup Buttermilk
1/2tsp Vanilla Essence
1 cup Fresh Fruit chopped ( strawberry, apple, grapes...)
Special Equipment
Muffin Tray lined with Muffin Cases
OR
Steel Katoris
(greased and dusted-see tips and tricks)
Procedure
Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Mix all wet ingredients in a jug and beat for 30 seconds.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix till most of the liquid is incorporated into the dry mixture. The muffin batter MUST be lumpy.
Stir in the chopped fruit.
Use an icecream scoop to put the batter in the muffin cases. Fill only 3/4th of the case. Leave some space for the muffins to rise.
Bake in a preheated oven at 190 degrees Celcius for 15-18 mins.
Serve hot! Enjoy!
Muffins can be sweet or savoury, eaten just as they are or with a topping, and the batter can take in any flavour, fruit or dry fruit of your choice!
They require very little cooking time and keep well refrigerated for days!
An American muffin is a type of bread made using baking powder instead of yeast as the raising agent. It falls into the quick bread category. It is not as sweet as a cupcake and does not have any frosting. The texture of the American muffin is cake like.
An English muffin, on the other hand is made with yeast and has a bread like texture.
The recipe given here is for an American style Fresh Fruit Muffin...
Here goes...
Fresh Fruit Muffin
Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Makes 12 standard size or 6 jumbo muffins
Dry Ingredients
11/2 cups Flour
1tsp Baking Powder
3/4 cup Sugar (granulated)
Wet Ingredients
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil OR Melted Butter
1 Egg
3/4 cup Buttermilk
1/2tsp Vanilla Essence
1 cup Fresh Fruit chopped ( strawberry, apple, grapes...)
Special Equipment
Muffin Tray lined with Muffin Cases
OR
Steel Katoris
(greased and dusted-see tips and tricks)
Procedure
Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Mix all wet ingredients in a jug and beat for 30 seconds.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix till most of the liquid is incorporated into the dry mixture. The muffin batter MUST be lumpy.
Stir in the chopped fruit.
Use an icecream scoop to put the batter in the muffin cases. Fill only 3/4th of the case. Leave some space for the muffins to rise.
Bake in a preheated oven at 190 degrees Celcius for 15-18 mins.
Serve hot! Enjoy!
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