Super Easy Raspberry Muffins

Super easy recipe! I bet your kids can do this! Simple ingredients and methods, you don't even need a mixer :).



I baked these muffins with Arwen and Leia for their lunchboxes. I can imagine how proud they were when showing their muffins to their friends :).

Easy Raspberry Muffins
source : Good to Know
Ingredients :
250g (9oz) plain flour
1tbsp baking powder
100g (4oz) golden caster sugar
75g (3oz) butter, chilled
1 large egg
175ml (6fl oz) milk
150g (5oz) fresh raspberries
Extra sugar for sprinkling (optional)



Directions :
1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC (400ºF, gas mark 6). Line a 12-hole muffin tray with paper muffin cases.
2. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and stir in the sugar. Coarsely grate the chilled butter into the bowl and stir with a fork to coat in the flour mixture.
3. Beat together the egg and milk then pour into the bowl. Mix lightly with a fork until just combined. Take care not to over-beat the mixture - it should still be a little lumpy. Gently fold in the raspberries.
4. Spoon into the muffin cases. Bake for 20-25 mins until the muffins are risen and golden. Sprinkle lightly with a little extra sugar while still warm.

Tips : Add other fruit to this basic recipe: blueberries, chopped dried apricots, mashed ripe bananas or diced apples all taste great.

Black Cherry Sour Cream Muffins

It's cherry season! And I got a bunch of cherries in my hand. Kids and me are cherry-addict so I always stocked them in my fridge. We like to eat them as it is or in baking goods.

Mindy post this recipe on her blog and I'd love to try. And this recipe turned out great. Love it! The texture of the muffin is so light and soft with a touch of sourness from the cherries.



Black Cherry Sour Cream Muffins
Source : Baking Bites via Mindy's Deli

Ingredients :
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tbsp butter, melted
1/2 cup sour cream (light or regular)
1/4 cup cherry juice (or milk, if juice is unavailable)
3/4 cup pitted black cherries (defrosted, if frozen), chopped
coarse sugar, for topping

Directions :
Preheat oven to 375F and line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In a large bowl, beat together sugar, egg and melted butter. Add in 1/2 of the flour and the sour cream and stir to combine. Stir in cherry juice (or milk) and remaining flour, just until no streaks of flour remain. Stir in cherries and divide into prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle each generously with sugar.
Bake for 16-19 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Makes 1 dozen.

Parmesan Tuna Muffin

I just saw these photo sets in my flickr and remembered that I haven't posted the recipe yet. And it's been almost 2 months ;) *dear Pati, maybe you're the one who's gonna smile, you've received the recipe, right?*.

Too many photos and too little time for blogging. Sometimes I got too excited taking so many food pics and spent most of my time for photo editing or flickring. The other time, with my girls, we were busy with our art and craft project.




And some other times I was so into stitching, and then I forgot about blogging :D. Until I realize there were so many foodie photos on my flickr queueing to be blogged.



Many friends asked me how did I manage my time between parenting, baking, cooking, blogging, food photography, crafting, etc. I'm not a super mommy. When I do something, I always take my time. Otherwise never do everything such in a rush and always low my expectation. I don't need to do everything perfectly because it would be impossible. With the girls around, my hands is full and somehow I always try to put them in my first priority and involved them in my activity *Yea right! Parenting kicked my butt big-time ;)*.



I just want to take my life easy and be happy everytime ;).



Anyway, my lovely foodie blogger buddy, Mindy, posted this recipe around May. She used the recipe from Rita's.

I was interested, because I've never had savory muffins before. Those looked so tasty! I adapted her recipe and with a little re-worked, I made my Parmesan Tuna Muffin.

The original calls for curry powder but since I didn't have one, I used parmessan cheese. These muffins supposed to be tasty but they turned out salty because I put too much salt. I forgot that I used parmessan cheese which already salty :P.



Just try these savory muffins for another experience! Maybe you'll be quite surprised in the first bite ;). Pretty strange yet delectable.

Here's the original recipe.

Curry Tuna Muffin
from : Mindy's Deli

Ingredients:
1 can tuna in water - drained
2 cloves garlic - finely chopped
1 onion - finely chopped
1 cup self raising flour - sifted
3 tbsp curry powder (dita-I used Parmesan)
Parsley - chopped
Salt
Granulated sugar
1 egg - beaten
1/3 cup coconut milk (dita-I used milk)
1/4 cup canola oil

Topping (dita-I sprinkled the muffins with Parmesan)
Tuna mixture
Chili flakes

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 175°C. Grease muffin tin
Sauté chopped garlic and onion until fragrant. Add salt, curry powder (dita-Parmesan) and tuna chunks. Combine well. Set aside.
Combine sifted flour, salt and sugar. Make a well in the middle.
In another bowl, combine beaten egg, coconut milk (dita-Milk) and oil. Pour the mixture into a well. Stir well
Add chopped parsley and the tuna mixture. Left some for topping. Combine well.
Pour the mixture into a greased muffin tin until 3/4 full. Bake muffins 25 minutes or until set. 10 minutes before the muffins are set, put the topping on each muffin. Served warm.

Muffin Oatmeal

Konon, ini resep andalannya Vania yang udah dicoba oleh beberapa temen dan hasilnya memuaskan. Pas bikin muffin ini, pas anak-anak lagi ngerjain proyek craft bikin cupcake toppers. Jadilah muffin gue buat dudukan hasil karya mereka. Dan pastinya mereka seneng banget, karena bisa langsung ngeliat kegunaan hasil karya mereka ;).

(Vannnnnnn.....gue lagi ngubek-ngubek dapur lu nih. Gak nemu-nemu tuh si resep muffin oatmeal andalan. Duuhhh....tulung mana gue lupa ngopi resepnya! Van blog lo dikasih fitur search dwoonggg *nglunjak*, soalnya resep-resep di blog lo itu recommended.)

*masih garuk-garuk kepala* Itu loh Van yang dari buku Muffin Mania-nya nyokap.

*setengah jam kemudian* woohooooooo akhirnya nemu juga di archive lo bulan Januari 2007. Thanks ya Van for sharing this recipe. My kids doyan banget.



Muffin Oatmeal
Source : Muffin Mania by Cathy Prange and Joan Pauli dari blog-nya Vania

Ingredients :
1 cup oatmeal (dita-gue pake quaker oatmeal)
1 cup boiling water
Mix and let stand for 20 minutes.

1 1/2 cup brown sugar or less *
1/2 cup butter or margaring
2 eggs well beaten
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup dates cut fine or 1 cup raisins **

Directions :
1. Cream sugar and butter.
2. Add eggs and beat.
3. Add the dates to the dry ingredients and add.
4. Add vanilla
5. Stir in oatmeal mixture gently
6. Bake 375 F for 20-25 minutes.

A handful of coconut added to this butter makes a nice variation***

note : gue bikin ini gak pake mikser.

Choco Coconut Muffin

Ibetthhhh....buku muffin dari lo ketinggalan....hikksss hwaa! Padahal resep-resepnya banyak gak pake mixer :(. Ini salah satu yang pernah gue coba.