Muffins are easier and tastier treats that can be made at the convenience of your home. And my Jam Muffin recipe is the perfect treat that you can make with basic, simple ingredients that are available at home. The best part is they are eggless and vegetarian. So don't wait any longer and try out this yummy eggless treat today!
Muffins are healthier because we mostly use oil instead of butter. Since there is no creaming of butter and sugar, the muffin's texture is denser and not soft and fluffy like a cupcake. But we require only less time to prepare muffin batter, where we only mix the ingredients lightly to remove lumps. In short, muffins are like bread.
Things to note for perfect Jam Muffins:
Ingredients at room temperature: It is important to know that all the ingredients that you use for the muffin batter must be at room temperature. If the milk is cold and the oil is at room temperature, it wouldn't emulsify. (it will be difficult to mix all the liquid ingredients.)
Overmixing the batter: Once you pour in liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients, just mix lightly to combine the mixture to remove lumps, otherwise, the muffins will be tough and not soft.
Jam center: Now this point is pretty important. When you add jam to the center, make sure that the jam is not in a liquid state and you can easily place a ball of jam right in the center of the muffins. Otherwise, the jam tends to ooze out while baking.
Baking time: The time required to bake muffins in my oven is 20 minutes. This varies from oven to oven, so keep an eye on them while baking.
Jam Muffins Serves: 1
Ingredients:
Flour - 1 1/2 cups (1.5 cups)
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Baking Powder - 1/4 tsp.
Baking soda - 3/4 tsp.
Salt - 1/4 tsp.
Milk - 3/4 cup
Vegetable Oil - 1/3 cup
Vanilla - 1 tsp.
Vinegar - 1 tsp.
Jam (Strawberry or grape or mixed fruit) - 6 tsp.
For Garnish
Melted Jam
Crushed Nuts
Method:
Take 3/4 cup of room temperature milk and add vinegar to it. Mix well and set it aside for 10 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a 6-cup muffin tray with muffin liners. If not using liners, grease the cups using butter or oil.
In a mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Now to the milk mixture, add oil, sugar, and vanilla extract. Using a hand or electric whisk, mix this mixture until the sugar is dissolved and the milk and oil are emulsified. (mixed well)
Add this liquid mixture to the dry ingredients and lightly mix to form a lump-free batter.
Using an ice cream scoop or a large spoon, fill about half of each muffin liners with the batter. Now add about 1/2 tsp. (heaping) of jam in the center and top it with muffin batter. Fill about 3/4th of each liner.
Gently tap the muffin tray to remove trapped air and bake the muffins in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 18 - 20 minutes or until golden brown and when a toothpick is inserted comes out clean.
Once baked, let the muffins cool down for 5 to 10 minutes before removing them from the tray. (if you haven't used muffin liners, then let the muffins completely cool before removing them from the tray)
Now brush the top of the muffins with melted Jam and sprinkle crushed nuts.
Enjoy these sweet and tasty muffins with a cup of tea or coffee.
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