Showing posts with label Muffins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Muffins. Show all posts

Thursday, 9 October 2008

Donut Muffins



I spotted these little babies over at Dishing Delights and was sold. I made them a few days later, quickly and easily and they were delicious! Simple little cakes with a cinnamon sugar topping - how can you go wrong!

My sister, Sal remembered I was making them and dropped in and really enjoyed them as well. So much so, she made them herself.

This is the type of recipe I will use over and over as its easy and everyone will enjoy.

2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt

2 large eggs
1 cup plain yogurt
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
4 to 8 tbsp oil
1 tsp vanilla

Topping:
55 grams butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar
½ tsp cinnamon


Position oven rack in the middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a standard muffin pan with paper cups.

Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, yogurt, sugar, oil, and vanilla. Add flour mixture and mix with light strokes until the dry ingredients are just moistened. Don't overmix; batter should not be smooth.

Divide batter among the muffin cups and bake until a toothpick inserted in one or two of the muffins come out clean, 15-20 minutes.

While the muffins are baking, melt the butter and place in a bowl just large enough to hold a muffin. Combine 1/4 cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a small, shallow bowl. As soon as the muffing are done, dip them one at a time in the melted butter and then roll in the sugar mixture. Set on a rack to cool.

Sathya-rating ****

Monday, 14 January 2008

Streusel topped Blueberry Muffins

A dear friend of mine was in hospital recently and not having a great time. I decided those blueberries I had in the fridge would be put to good use and transformed into fantastic blueberry muffins. The crunchy streusel topping is what made them fantastic!

1 ½ cups plain flour
¾ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 cup fresh blueberries
½ cup sugar
1/3 cup plain flour
¼ cup butter, cubed
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 200C and line a muffin tin with muffin-cups.

Combine 1 ½ cups flour, ¾ cup sugar, salt and baking powder.

Measure out 1/3 cup of vegetable oil and pout into a 1 cup measuring cup on top of this add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with flour mixture and then gently fold in blueberries.

Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.

For the Streusel Topping - Mix together ½ cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, ¼ cup butter, and 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until golden.

S