recipes@decwrl.UUCP (09/11/87)
Copyright (C) 1987 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE MUFFINS-1 B "27 Mar 87" 1987 .RZ "BLUEBERRY MUFFINS" "Award-winning blueberry muffins" These muffins won a blue ribbon during the years that I was eligible for the Dade County (Miami, Forida) Youth Fair. I think this particular recipe came originally from the \fIBetter Homes and Gardens Cookbook\fR, but I could be wrong. .IH "Makes 12 muffins" .IG "1\(34 cups" "flour" "180 g" .IG "6 Tbsp" "sugar" "70 g" .IG "2\(12 tsp" "baking powder" "12 ml" .IG "\(34 tsp" "salt" "4 ml" .IG "1" "egg" beaten .IG "\(34 cup" "milk" "180 ml" .IG "1/3 cup" "cooking oil" "80 ml" .IG "\(34 cup" "blueberries" "120 g" .IG "1 tsp" "lemon peel" "5 ml" (optional) .PH .SK 1 Preheat oven to .TE 400 200 . Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the center. .SK 2 In a separate bowl, combine the egg, milk, and oil. .SK 3 Add egg mixture, all at once, to the flour mixture. Stir .B just until moistened. Yes, the batter .I should be lumpy. (If you try to stir all the lumps out, your muffins will be very tough.) .SK 4 .B Carefully fold in blueberries and optional lemon peel. .SK 5 Grease muffin cups, or line with paper bake cups; fill each 2/3 full. .SK 6 Bake at .TE 400 200 for 20\-25 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from pans; serve warm with butter. .NX The less you stir once you've combined the two mixtures, the better your muffins will be. (To a point\(embut overmixing is much more common than undermixing.) Frozen blueberries work fine, if you can't get hold of fresh berries. I'm sure other kinds of fruit will work fine, too, but I haven't tried them. .SH RATING .I Difficulty: moderate (proper mixing technique required). .I Time: 10 minutes preparation, 25 minutes baking. .I Precision: measure the ingredients. .WR Jean Marie Diaz Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA ambar@athena.mit.edu