American Style Muffins
Category: Cakes and Bakes
These are best eaten on the day they are baked, though they can be warmed in a microwave for the next few days and also freeze well. Delicious for breakfast, with a cup of coffee, or in a lunch box
Servings
12
Ingredients
185g caster sugar
75g butter, melted
3 eggs, beaten
225ml natural yoghurt
375g plain flour
1½ tsp baking powder
225g filling - choose one: frozen cranberries or raspberries, chocolate chips, broken chocolate pieces, nuts, sultanas, dessert apple pieces with ground cinnamon.
To make chocolate muffins reduce flour to 350g and add 25g cocoa powder.
Add soft fruits while they are still frozen so they do not break up through the mixture.
Method
Mix together sugar, butter, eggs and yoghurt. Sieve flour and baking powder and add filling. Stir in the yoghurt mixture until well mixed. Spoon into greased tins or tins lined with muffin cases. Bake in a preheated oven Gas 5 190C for 25-30 minutes until risen and firm to the touch. Dust with icing sugar to serve. PER SERVING 254 Kcal, fat 7.5g, saturated fat 4g, salt 0.4g, carbohydrate 43.1g, sugar 19g, fibre 1.4g
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