Sunday, June 5, 2011

Berry Buttermilk Muffins


I made these the morning we painted the room- they were a hit and eaten up super fast. They are so much better than something from the box!

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
zest of one orange (I didn't use this bc I didn't have an orange...)
1 egg, slightly beaten
3/4 cup buttermilk
(use mom's trick- mix some vinegar with regular milk and let it sit for 10 mins to get buttermilk...or she also uses a powder buttermilk mix you can keep in your cupboard)
2/3 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups fresh or frozen berries (I used a frozen triple berry mix from Sam's Club)
*sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg*- mixed together to sprinkle over the tops

Preheat oven to 375. Grease a 12-muffin pan. In a bowl whisk together buttermilk, egg, vanilla and oil, set aside. In another large bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and orange zest. Gently fold in the berries (mine were still frozen) until coated with flour mixture. Now, fold in the wet ingredients and mix carefully until the flour is absorbed being careful not to over mix (this will make tough muffins). The batter will not be really wet, like when you make muffins from a box- it will be a bit thicker, pastier.
Divide batter evenly between 12 muffin cups and sprinkle the tops with cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg mixture. Place in oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean (it may be a little longer if your berries are frozen) . Let the muffins cool for 5 minutes before taking them out of the pan.

recipe from: http://barefootandbaking.blogspot.com/

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