Marmalade Muffins

The trick to fluffy muffins is to fold the wet and dry ingredients together as briefly as possible until just combined; don’t worry if the mixture still looks a little lumpy. These muffins are best served on the day they are made.

Ingredients:

75g butter
225g plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
¼ teasp. bread soda
Pinch of salt
100g stone-ground wholemeal flour
120ml milk
5 tablesp. natural yoghurt
2 eggs, beaten
Finely grated rind of 1 orange
100g marmalade

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4, 180ºC (350ºF).
2. Line a muffin tin with deep paper cases. Melt the butter in a small pan or in the microwave. Remove from the heat.
3. Sift the plain flour, baking powder, bread soda and salt into a bowl. Stir in the wholemeal flour.
4. Beat together the milk, yoghurt, eggs, warm melted butter and orange rind.
5. Make a well in the dried ingredients and stir in this mixture along with the marmalade.
6. Spoon the mixture equally into the paper cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until well risen and golden brown..
7. Leave to cool for five minutes, then serve warm with a pot of hot coffee.

Cook’s Note:
If you don’t fancy using marmalade try making them with lemon curd instead.

Source: Bord Bia