Muffins

 
  
Trader Tom’s organic blueberry muffins 1
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup milk
100g melted butter
1½ cups Trader Tom’s organic blueberries
 
Method:
Preheat the oven to 200degC. 
Combine the flour, baking powder and sugar in a large bowl.
Whisk together the egg, vanilla essence, milk, and melted butter in a separate bowl.
Mix into the dry ingredients – don’t over-mix or the muffins will be tough.
Lastly add blueberries and lightly fold in. 
 
Grease or spray the muffin tins and fill with mixture.  Bake for 20 minutes.  Remove from the oven.   Rest 2 minutes then remove from muffin tin.  Serve dusted with icing sugar.
 
 
Trader Tom’s organic blueberry and bran muffins 2
Ingredients:
1¾ cups self raising flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup wheat or oat bran
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup yoghurt
2 tablespoons rice bran or canola oil
¼ cup orange juice
2 eggs
1 cup Trader Tom’s organic blueberries
 
Method:
Preheat the oven to 200degC.  Line a muffin tin with papers or spray with cooking spray.
 
Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl, stir well.
Whisk together the yoghurt, oil, eggs and juice in a separate bowl.
Mix into the dry ingredients and stir gently until almost blended – don’t over-mix or the muffins will be tough.  Fold in the blueberries.
Place the mixture in the prepared muffin tin.  Bake approx 20 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked.  Remove muffins from pan and cool on a wire rack.
 
Trader Tom’s organic blueberry corn muffins 3
Ingredients:
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup flour
¼ cup white sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
6 tablespoons melted butter
1 large egg, beaten
1½ cups Trader Tom's organic blueberries
 
Method:
Preheat oven to 200degC
Line a muffin pan with 12 paper liners or spray to grease.
Place cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl and stir to combine.
Whisk together the buttermilk, melted butter and egg, then stir into the dry ingredients until just barely combined.  Add the blueberries and gently fold to combine.
Place the mixture into the muffin pan.  Bake approx 20 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and the muffins are cooked.
 
Variation:  Add a teaspoon of finely grated lemon or orange zest. 
 
Trader Tom’s organic blueberry and white chocolate muffins 4
Ingredients
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon cinnamon
5 tablespoons sugar
¾ cup white chocolate drops or pieces
2 eggs, beaten
¾ cup milk
75g butter, melted
1 teaspoon orange rind, grated
1 cup Trader Tom’s organic blueberries
1 tablespoon raw sugar, optional
 
Method:
Preheat the oven to 200degC.  Grease or spray deep muffin pans.
Sift flour, baking powder, and cinnamon into a large bowl.  Stir in the sugar and white chocolate pieces.
In a separate bowl or jug whisk together the eggs, milk, melted butter and orange rind.
Stir into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.  Gently fold in the blueberries.
Divide the mixture among the muffin pans.  Sprinkle raw sugar over the top.
Bake in a preheated oven for approx 20 minutes, or until the muffins are golden brown and cooked.
 
Trader Tom’s organic “the works” chocolate, blueberry, bran and coconut muffins 5 
Ingredients
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 teaspoons cocoa powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup sugar
1 cup bran flakes
½ cup coconut
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 cup Trader Tom’s frozen organic blueberries
½ cup chocolate chips or drops
 
Method:
Preheat the oven to 200degC.  Grease or spray deep muffin tins.
Sift flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt into a large bowl.  Stir in the sugar and bran flakes.
Melt together the golden syrup and butter.
Dissolve the baking soda in the milk and stir into the golden syrup mixture.  Add the lightly beaten egg, and mix into the dry ingredients and stir lightly to just moisten the ingredients.  Fold in the blueberries and chocolate chips.
Spoon the mixture into the muffin tins.
Bake 18-20 minutes or until muffins are cooked.