Description
An australian recipe i found for zwt5 at http://www.insanitytheory.net/. I love the title and their photo is gorgeous! The recipe does not specify the exact fruit for the bottom part of the muffin. The oven temperature equivalents for 200 c converts to 400 degrees f which seems high to me. The nf will not include the two topping choices because of the way i posted the streusel aspect inside the directions-just could not figure out how to get the captions for them in.
Ingredients
- All-purpose Flour
- Salt
- Baking Powder
- Bicarbonate Of Soda
- Vegetable Oil
- Brown Sugar
- Citrus Zest
- Egg
- Vanilla Extract
- Buttermilk
- Fruit
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees c ^ or 400 degrees f and line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners
- Mix together flour, salt, baking powder and bicarb soda in a bowl then set aside
- In another bowl, combine the oil, brown sugar, citrus zest / lemon juice and egg
- Stir in the vanilla extract and buttermilk
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix till combined but do not overmix
- Gently add the fruit and mix
- Leave to sit for about 5 minutes and check the batter consistency – if it is still quite watery then add a little more flour as the batter should be quite stiff and hold its shape
- And if you used lemon juice instead of zest it will have more liquid
- Spoon the batter into the muffin cups and fill pretty much to the top
- Dont do anything silly like smooth the tops over as muffins look tastier when their tops are messily puffed!
- Sprinkle whichever streusel topping youre using evenly on top of each muffin and make sure they are well covered as when they cook they expand a lot and suddenly there isnt as much streusel as you thought there was!
- Bake for 15 minutes, then lower temperature to 160 degrees c^ and bake for another 10 minutes
- Let the muffins cool in the tray for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely
- Enjoy!
- You can use either of these streusel toppings, the walnut one is the original for this recipe, but if you find yourself without any walnuts, you might give the other one a try 🙂
- For the nut streusel topping: combine1 tablespoon unsalted butter, chilled, 1 / 3 cup brown sugar, 1 / 2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 / 2 cup walnuts, finely chopped, in a bowl till you have a crumbly mixture
- Set aside if using immediately, or store in the fridge till you want to use it
- Or for the butter streusel topping: combine 60g caster sugar, 90g all-purpose flour, 1 / 2 scant teaspoon of baking powder, 1 / 4 scant teaspoon of bicarb soda, 80g chilled butter, cut into cubes–mixing with your finger
- Use a fork to combine 1 tablespoon demerara sugar with the dough, then set aside or store in the fridge till you need it if not using immediately