Preheat your oven to 180 C or 350 F. Put muffin papers in your muffin tin OR if you are out of muffin papers grease and flour the tin.1 3/4 cups plain flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup cooking oil
Mix all the dry ingredients together and make a little well in the centre. Into the centre pour the beaten egg, milk and oil. Only mix it a little bit. The lumpier the batter, the better the muffins will be.
It's so important I'm stating this twice. DON'T OVER MIX. The lumpier the batter, the better the muffins. I barely blend the mixture.
Now fold in the blueberries. Spoon the batter into the muffin papers and pop into the oven for about 25 minutes or until the tops are golden brown. This recipe will make 7 nice big muffins or 9 small ones. I prefer big. If you prefer the smaller muffins, cut the baking time. The photo above shows the approximate size if you only make seven.
Cranberry version
If you wish to make cranberry muffins, and a bit more sugar to the batter and replace the blueberries with a cup of cut up cranberries. I cut them in half. Cranberries are really tasty but very sour. I sprinkle a bit of granulated sugar on the tops of the muffins before baking. Makes for a crisp bit of sugar to balance out the pucker value of the cranberries. Cooked cranberries are as beautiful as rubies.
NOTE: Thanks for the comment about be not putting in the amounts of blueberries or cranberries in the above recipe. I didn't put the amounts in as I usually just use a whole container of blueberries straight from the shops. The containers aren't large in the UK and seem to have just enough for one batch of muffins. If you want actual measurements, then about a heaping cup of blueberries. Naturally, add more if you've got them or fewer if you want less blueberry goodness in the muffins. As for cranberries, a good cup of cranberry halves will do. Adjust the amounts to your own personal taste.. in other words - "some" blueberries and "some" cranberries.
2 comments:
Have you tried the silicone muffin tins? Saves all that messing around at the eating stage of having to remove the paper case too.... I swear by them apparently.
Oopsie. You forgot to include the amount of blueberries/cranberries in the ingredient list.
Great photos. Really like your homey but very helpful directions for this and all the recipes. Xlent choice of recipes too! Keep up the good work.
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