Pear & Nutmeg Muffins

Today's batch were meant for a get together that isn't happening tonight after all, which could well result in me having visitors here later - I have however asked them to turn up with a wallpaper scraper if they do come round.

In a large bowl mix together:
375g self-raising flour 220g caster sugar
teaspoon ground nutmeg

In a small bowl mix together:
90g melted salted butter
half cup sour cream
quarte cup cloudy apple juice
2 large eggs

Mix the wet into the dry
Stir in:
1 cup peeled, diced pears

Sprinkle cocoa powder on the top of each muffin

Divide the mixture between 12 muffin cases
Bake on Gas 5/6 for 20-25 minutes
Leave in the tin for a few minutes before moving onto a wire rack to cool

Blueberry and Lemon Muffins...

...plus a few other things, like nutmeg and cherries and other berries!

It looks like half term is ending with a flurry of visitors, so I've been up early today to get the first batch of muffins in the oven. I have three different groups of people coming for three different meals over the next three days, then I'm going back to work for a rest! The kitchen has been a hive of activity since first thing - oh and did I mention, I've also made a pair of curtains before breakfast today too - just call me superwoman :)

In a large bowl mix together:
375g self-raising flour
220g caster sugar
grated rind of one lemon
teaspoon of nutmeg

In a small bowl mix together:
90g melted salted butter
half cup sour cream
quarter cup lemon juice (or milk if you don't have enough)
2 large eggs

Mix the wet into the dry then stir in:
1 cup fresh blueberries (and if like me you don't quite have enough, then make up with a mixture of other dried berries and cherries)

Divide the mixture between 12 muffin cases
Bake on Gas 5/6 for 20-25 minutes
Leave in the tin for a few minutes before moving onto a wire rack to cool

Then start making the second pair of curtains!!!

Banana and Custard Muffins

There was a break time discussion about the blandness of bananas this morning. I suggested that they weren't bland when eaten cream. Or custard, someone else piped up! Then before you know it someone wanted to know if I'd put that combo into a muffin yet, and because I hadn't tried it yet, and had an over ripe banana in the fruit bowl again, I find myself a few hours later about to take my first bite of my latest flavour invention. It smells gorgeous in my kitchen this evening. Oh how I love custard.

In a large bowl mix together:

375g self-raising flour

220g caster sugar

level teaspoon of nutmeg

In a small bowl mix together:

90g melted butter

half cup sour cream

quarter cup (ready made) custard

2 large eggs

Mix the wet into the dry then stir in:

half a cup of mashed banana

half a cup of diced glace cherries

Put a dollop of the mixture to cover the base of 12 muffin cases

make a little well in it

drop in a teaspoon of custard in each one

then cover with the remaining muffin batter

Bake on Gas 5/6 for 20-25 mins

Leave in the tin for a few minutes before removing onto a wire rack to cool

I imagine these will taste even better tomorrow once the custard has had a chance to set a bit, but the one on my plate won't make it to the air tight tin tonight.

Pear, Nutmeg and Lime muffins

Jack would say the lime was a step too far, but then they aren't even out of the oven yet, so time will tell and the proof of the pudding will deifinitely be in the eating later this evening - if we can wait that long.

This time I stirred 375g self raising flour, 220g caster sugar and about half a teaspoon of nutmeg, together in a large bowl.
then I mixed together (in a small bowl) - 90g melted butter, a quarter of a cup of milk, half a cup of sour cream and 2 large eggs fresh from the hens, then grated in the zest of one lime.I then put the wet into the dry, and stirred together.
Add 1 cup of chopped pears (I used tinned ones)
Then divide the mixture evenly between the 12 muffins cases in a muffin tray
and bake for 20-25 mins on gas 5/6

I'll let you know who was right - lime or no lime!

Times up... the ticker has tocked, they look delicious, better get them out onto the cooling tray - wow they look yummy, maybe they'll not make it to your bbq tonight Shirley