Nigella's gingerbread muffins are yummy.
These are good - They are from another MNer, maybe NAB?
Blackberry Muffins
Buttermilk adds a
slight sourness to the muffins, but if you can?t get hold of any, you can
substitute it with a half and half mixture of natural yoghurt and milk.
Blackberry muffins
Makes 12 (or more depending on the size of muffin tin holes)
400g/14oz plain flour
175g/6oz caster sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
finely grated zest of 1 orange
half a teaspoon of salt
284ml/10fl oz carton buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
85g/3oz butter, melted
250g/9oz blackberries
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Grease a 12-hole muffin tin.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, orange
zest and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together the buttermilk, eggs and
melted butter.
- Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the
buttermilk mixture. Stir until the ingredients are just combined and the
mixture is quite stiff, but be careful not to over mix.
- Lightly fold in the blackberries, then spoon the mixture into the
tins to fill the holes generously.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes until risen and pale golden on top. Leave to
cool in the tin for a few minutes, as the muffins are quite delicate
when hot. To turn out, run a palette knife around the edge of the muffins
and carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool. Best eaten the same day.