Dried Blueberry and Grated Cheese Muffins

I wanted to do something  and looked for a cheese muffin recipe on the web.These are pretty easy to do but it was messy. Be prepared to get your fingers dirty!

The original recipe comes from nigella.com.

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/cheese-muffins-4551

I have did some slight changes. 

Ingredients

2 cups of plain flour n 1 tablespoon flour

1/8 teaspoon salt ( original 1 teaspoon)

2 teaspoons of double acting baking powder ( original 3 teaspoon baking powder)

200 gm Planta margarine (8oz margarine)

1 cup cheese - I interpret as grated cheese

Wet ingredients at room temperature

1 cup milk 

2 eggs

Topping

Some grated cheese

Handful of blueberries - my addition

Original used some paprika

Method

Mix the flour n baking powder n 1/8 teaspoon salt together 

Rub in the margarine into the flour - will be messy!

Add in the cheese n stir with spatula

Beat 2 eggs in another bowl.

Add in milk n stir. 

Pour the milk mix into the flour n mix in with spatula.

At this point I sprinkled about one more tablespoon flour as the mixture was very wet.

Preheat oven to 190 deg celcius - original is 200.

Spoon into prepared muffin trays.

I lined with paper cups.

Add more grated cheese n put some blueberries.

Bake for about 15 mins

I turned my trays n lowered temp to 170 for another 10 mins.

You can test doneness by sticking a toothpick in. It should be dry when pull out.

Let them rest in tray 2 mins.

Remove n cool in racks. 

Sprinkle a little caster sugar on them before serving.

Before baking 

Ready to eat! Happy baking!

Blueberry Orange Muffins with almond nibs

These muffins smell n taste really good. This batch of muffins recipe is adapted from all recipes.com  Blueberry Lemon Bread. These have been submitted to SCS Star Baker Challenge 2014 1-Star Challenge.

I have changed from a loaf to muffins n changed lemon to orange and increased the flour.

Ingredients 

50gm of SCS salted butter softened

1 cup of castor sugar

1/2 Sunkist orange - juiced

2 eggs room temperature 

2 cups plain flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup milk

1 punnet or 1 cup blueberries 

Some almond nibs

Method

Line a 12 hole muffin tray with paper liners.

In a medium bowl mix the flour,baking powder and salt together and set aside.

Using a large bowl, cream the softened butter n sugar till light n fluffy.

Preheat the oven to 170 degree celcius 

Add in the eggs one at a time n cream well. Then add in the orange juice n mix in.

Add in the flour mixture alternate with the milk. 

Fold in the blueberries.

Use a ice cream scoop to scoop the batter into the prepared muffin tray.

Sprinkle some almond nibs on the top.

Bake for 45 mins to 50 mins. The batter is quite watery so baking time is long.

Check for doneness using a toothpick. If the stick comes out clean the muffins are baked.

Put trays on wire rack.

Remove muffins to cool on rack after 2 minutes.

Keep in airtight container after completely  cool.

Happy Baking!