Thursday, December 22, 2011

Lemon Orange & Cranberry Muffins


Muffins are the most simple and delicious baked goods that anyone can make! The key to making muffins is to separate the wet and dry ingredients first. Always add the dry to wet and not to overmix.

Dry ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour (or self-raising flour)
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup of dried cranberries
pinch of salt

Wet ingredients:
2 eggs
1/4 stick of butter (room temperature)
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil (olive oil or almond oil can be substitutes)
1 tablespoon of Lemon zest
3 tablespoons of orange marmalade (i.e. orange jam)
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 cup buttermilk (or whole milk)

Method:
1) Mix the dry ingredients in one bowl.
2) Mix the wet ingredients with a hand mixer in a second bowl.
3) Add the dry ingredients into the wet bowl by hand in a folding motion until the consistency of the batter is somewhat like thick porridge. (If the batter is too runny, add more flour to make it thicker).
4) Pour batter into muffin tray. Garnish top of muffins with a thin slice of lemon.
5) Preheat oven to 190C and bake muffins for 20mins until top is brown.

2 comments:

Dizzy Antelope said...
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Dizzy Antelope said...

your muffin was delicious! i can't wait to use your recipe; hope my batch turns out as good as yours did. :)