Very berry blueberry muffins
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30 min
This is our family recipe for blueberry muffins. We use double as many blueberries as conventional recipes call for, which is why we think the muffins are so good!
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Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 350g plain flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 packet vanilla sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 250ml milk
- 150g brown sugar
- 125ml vegetable oil
- 600g blueberries
- 4 teaspoons caster sugar
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:30min
- Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas 6 and grease a muffin tin or line with paper cases.
- In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and vanilla sugar. Mix well.
- In a separate bowl whisk together eggs, milk, brown sugar and oil, until sugar is dissolved. Add flour mixture and stir until just combined. The mixture can be a little lumpy. Fold in blueberries and spoon the muffin mixture into the prepared muffin tins.
- In a small bowl mix caster sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of the muffins.
- Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven or until a skewer inserted in to the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin for a few minutes, remove form the tin and set on a cooling rack until cooled completely.
Vanilla sugar
Vanilla sugar is generally available in supermarkets nowadays, however, in a pinch substitute 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to every 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar.
