Thursday 2 April 2015

Mulberry Muffins

The next item on my list of bakes was to make a muffin. H is a lover of sweets. Anything sweet he will immediately have it. So I first wanted to try out my hands on a couple of sweet recipes in Baking.

The name 'Muffin' either comes from the French word 'moufflet', meaning a soft bread, or from the German word 'muffe' which is the name for a type of cake. There are two types of muffins - English and American. What 'American-style' muffins means is that the muffins are made, not from a yeast dough like the English Muffin, but rather they use a chemical leavener (baking powder or baking soda). Maybe it would be better to describe them as a cross between a bread and a cake.




I saw the recipe for blueberry muffins in the joyofbaking website. I have a mulberry tree at my place and one day I had the chance to pluck lot of mulberries. Normally we eat the mulberries as is. But this time I decided to make some muffins with the mulberries instead of a blueberry muffin. The muffins were a super - duper hit. This recipe is very easy. Please try it out.


Ingredients:

Makes 10 standard sized muffins;Preparation time 15 mins; Baking time - 25 mins

All purpose flour / Maida - 2 cups
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Salt  - 1/4 tsp
Sugar - 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp
Oil - 1/4 cup
Eggs - 2 (room temperature)
Buttermilk - 1/2 cup
Vanilla - 2 tsp
Mulberries - 1 cup


 Method:
Preheat the oven to 400 F/200 C. Line a muffin tin with liners or grease with oil. Mix the first three ingredients in a bowl. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs with sugar.

Add the oil, buttermilk, vanilla and whisk again


Add the dry ingredients slowly and mix until no streaks of flour remain. Do not beat or mix more than needed.


Fold in the berries with a spatula.


 Fill in the muffin tin until 3/4th.


Pop in the oven for 5 mins and reduce the heat to 350 F/180 C and bake for another 17-20 mins or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool it a little and serve warm.

This muffins can be stored in the refrigerator for a couple of days.



Note: 
Do not open the oven door after 5 minutes when you reduce the heat.
You can replace mulberries with any type of berries - blueberry, blackberry, strawberry.


















23 comments:

  1. wow ! u have a mulberry tree right in ur backyard ?? muffins look cool

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  2. wow a tree in your backyard? that must be so much fun!!! you must have take a click of that tree also!!! Muffins looks super tempting!!! :)

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  3. Fresh berries in muffins taste so good. You are lucky you get to use them fresh off the tree.

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  4. how i wish to lay hands on fresh mulberry now...this looks nice

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  5. Never tasted mulberrys and you have a tree lucky you muffins looks so yumm.

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  6. We too had a mulberry tree but in the front yard and the mulberries would disappear, anyway those muffins look great.

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  7. When I was a kid my neighbor had mulberry tree and we would just pluck them off the tree and eat. You made me nostalgic. Mulberries might have been a nice substitute for blueberries.

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  8. wow great yaar. having fruits trees in backyard is always amazing :-) Love it

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  9. Soft & fluffy mulberry muffins. I've never tried mulberries before, will have to look for them.

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  10. So smart of you turning the backyard bounty into a treat ! The muffins have turned out great.

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  11. wow!!A tree in your backyard!!Muffins looks very nice

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  12. Wow!!so lucky you,mulberry tree in the backyard..muffins turned out so well and looks tempting...

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  13. Wow!!so lucky you,mulberry tree in the backyard..muffins turned out so well and looks tempting...

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  14. Wow, wish i live near u, mulberry muffins looks dangerously delicious..

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  15. How lucky you are too have a mulberry tree in your backyard. It brings lovely memories of plucking unripe mulberiees from my neighbours tree as a kid! Lovely muffins. The berries must burst as you but into the muffins... Mmmm

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  16. Woow making delicious recipe with our own garden is great!! Love the mulberry in your muffins..

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  17. That looks absolutely delicious Ruchi. Never had a chance to see or taste mulberries.

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  18. The muffins look so inviting...very nice one..

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  19. Mulberry tree in the backyard! I am jealous now!!! And so nice to use the fruits in the muffin.Good one Ruchi...

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  20. The fresh fruit right off the tree is just a blessing!! Love the usage of mulberries in a muffin!

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  21. Having a fruit tree in the backyard is so awesome! Love the substitution in the muffins and I am sure they would have tasted awesome especially with the hand picked fruit!

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  22. Wow that sure looks delicious. I have not had mulberries for ages now. Lucky you.

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  23. you are so lucky to have the tree in your backyard!!! delicious muffins..

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