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Morgan Briarwood ([personal profile] briarwood) wrote2010-07-28 06:41 pm

Muffins!

I am in need of a really great recipe for muffins.

I've googled and there are so many out there! I'm starting a collection, but those of you who bake, do you have any recs?
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[personal profile] draigwen 2010-07-28 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a gorgeous 'raspberry cheesecake' muffin recipe which is delicious if you want me to hunt it out for you. (I think it's raspberry - it could be any type of fruit but that's not really the point of the recipe!)
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[personal profile] draigwen 2010-07-28 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I, a and gorgeous right? *G*

Here's the recipe:

225ml milk
75g cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs, lightly beaten
225g plain flour
125g caster sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
100g fresh or frozen raspberries

Cheesecake mixture:
150g cream cheese of full-fat soft cheese, softened
160g caster sugar
1 egg
1/2 vanilla extract

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line the cups with paper cases.

  2. For the cheesecake mixture, mix the cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla extract together and set aside.

  3. For the muffins, put the milk, butter and vanilla extract into a saucepan and heat gently, stirring, until the butter is melted. Remove the pan from the heat and allow to cool. Beat in the eggs.

  4. Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Pour the milk mixture into the dry ingredients and mix briefly until just combined. Gently fold in the raspberries.

  5. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups, dividing evently. Top each muffin with 2 tsp of the cheese mixture and swirl slightly with a knife. Back in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the tops spring back when lightly pressed. Cool in the tin for 10 mins then turn out onto a wire rack.


I always end up with the cheesecase to liquidy to swirl but it still tastes absolutely gorgeous. It's from a fantastic book called 'Homemade Baking' by Catherine Atkinson, Valerie Barrett and Gail Wagman if you want more muffin recipes (it's split into four sections: cakes, muffins, cookies and cupcakes!)
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[personal profile] draigwen 2010-07-29 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Let me know how it turns out!