{"id":89,"date":"2007-05-09T07:27:50","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T23:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=89"},"modified":"2007-05-09T07:27:50","modified_gmt":"2007-05-08T23:27:50","slug":"blueberry-muffins-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2007\/05\/09\/blueberry-muffins-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Blueberry muffins at last!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not a fan of muffins but if it is blueberry muffins, I wouldn\u2019t mind. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_biggrin.gif\" alt=\":D\" \/> Maybe it\u2019s the colour or the taste or the spongy moistness about blueberry muffins.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Yang\u2019s cousin and mother got a recipe for muffins and baked some for us to try. It got me interested. I went online to look for blueberry muffin recipes, read up quite a bit and then decided on one which looked the most promising.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image297\" src=\"https:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/2007-Cooking-PICT3425-muffins.jpg\" alt=\"2007-Cooking-PICT3425-muffins.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/>I borrowed my mother in-law\u2019s muffin trays and tried out the new recipe this afternoon. It turned out to be a great success. It was fragrant, moist, tasty and moderately light. Here\u2019s the recipe (slightly modified to suit my tastebuds) <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_biggrin.gif\" alt=\":D\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blueberry Muffins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ingredients (makes about 24 small muffins):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Mixture A<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>plain flour \/ self-raising flour (2 cups)<\/li>\n<li>baking powder (1 tbsp) &#8211; if plain flour is used<\/li>\n<li>baking soda (1 tsp)<\/li>\n<li>salt (1\/2 tsp)<\/li>\n<li>cinnamon powder (1 tsp)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Mixture B<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>butter (3\/4 of 250g block) &#8211; softened;<\/li>\n<li>sugar (3\/4 cup) &#8211; I like it not too sweet. Add 1 cup if you prefer sweeter muffins<\/li>\n<li>eggs (2 large)<\/li>\n<li>plain yoghurt (1.5 cup)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Others<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>fresh<\/strong> blueberries (1-1.5 cups) &#8211; 1 small tub from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldstorage.com.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cold Storage<\/a> will do! If frozen blueberries are used, do give them a light coat of plain flour before adding into the batter. This is to prevent them from sinking to the bottom.<\/li>\n<li>sliced almonds (1\/2 cup or as desired)<\/li>\n<li>Cinnamon sugar (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Method:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Line muffin trays with paper muffin liners.<\/li>\n<li>Oven: prepare middle lower rack and preheat to 190 degree celsius.<\/li>\n<li>Sift dry mixture A together into a bowl. Set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In another large mixing bowl, use an electric hand-held mixer to beat butter and sugar together until fluffy.<\/li>\n<li>Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each one is incorporated.<\/li>\n<li>Add half of mixture A + 1\/3 yoghurt and fold in (with a spoon) until just incorporated. Do not over mix it. (It\u2019s ok to see some flour)<\/li>\n<li>Add a quarter of mixture A + 1\/3 yoghurt and fold in until just incorporated. Do not over mix it. (It\u2019s ok to see some flour)<\/li>\n<li>Add the remaining mixture A and remaining yoghurt and fold in until just incorporated. Avoid tendency to mix until batter is smooth! Some traces of of flour is fine.<\/li>\n<li>Gently fold in the blueberries and sliced almonds. Batter should be quite thick now.<\/li>\n<li>Scoop the batter to fill 3\/4 of each muffin liner. (It is easier to use another spoon to help unload the sticky batter into the muffin cups)<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top of each muffin. (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Bake for about 20-25 minutes until the tops are golden brown. Test by poking with a toothpick to see if any batter sticks to it after taking it out. Once the toothpick is clean, the muffin is done.<\/li>\n<li>Set aside to cool for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from tray and serve warm (with Hershey\u2019s chocolate syrup as desired). <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/> Yums!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not a fan of muffins but if it is blueberry muffins, I wouldn\u2019t mind. Maybe it\u2019s the colour or the taste or the spongy moistness about blueberry muffins. Recently, Yang\u2019s cousin and mother got a recipe for muffins and<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2007\/05\/09\/blueberry-muffins-at-last\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  Blueberry muffins at last!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-at-home","category-recipes","wpcat-6-id","wpcat-14-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}