Breakfast Muffins

breakfast muffinsStyleNest love this delicious recipe for breakfast muffins.

Serves 4

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 20-22 minutes

What You’ll Need:

  • 1 orange – juice (around 75ml/2½ fl oz) and zest
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • ¼ teaspoon orange extract – optional
  • 115g (4oz) raisins or sultanas
  • 140g (5oz) plain flour
  • 25g (1oz) jumbo rolled oats
  • 25g (1oz) caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • Pinch salt
  • 125ml semi skimmed milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 55g (2oz) melted butter
  • 4 x 16cm (6½ inch) squares baking paper or 4 readymade tulip style muffin cases

For the topping:

  • 2 tablespoons jumbo rolled oats
  • 1½ tablespoons Demerara sugar

What To Do:

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6. Fan oven: 180°C
    To make the cases fold each square in half and half again to give you a creased guideline. Unfold and place a baking paper square over each of the ramekins. Press the centre into the shape of the base of the ramekin and make folds at the crease point in between the peaks to make a case. It does not need to be neat. Alternatively place readymade tulip style cases into the ramekins.
  2. Combine the orange juice, zest, honey, orange extract and fruit in a small saucepan and simmer for a couple of minutes to allow the fruit to soak up most of the liquid and become plump.
  3. Alternatively place in a small bowl, cover with cling film and microwave for 2 minutes on 800w. Set to one side to cool.
  4. Measure the milk into a jug and whisk in the egg and melted butter.
  5. Mix the flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, add the soaked fruit and pour in the milk mixture.
  6. Combine everything together lightly to make a thick batter, taking care not to over mix.
  7. Divide the mixture equally between the paper muffin cups in the ramekins.
  8. Mix the oats and sugar for the topping together and sprinkle over the tops.
  9. Bake in the centre of the oven for 20-22 minutes until golden brown, well risen and springs back when pressed.

Recipe from Lecreuset.co.uk

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