Best Baked Bean Cake Or Muffins Recipes

BEST EVER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the center. In a small bowl or 2 cup measuring cup, beat egg with a fork. Stir in milk and oil. Pour all at once into the well in the flour mixture. Mix quickly and lightly with a fork until moistened, but do not beat. The batter will be lumpy. Pour the batter into paper lined muffin pan cups.
• Variations: Blueberry Muffins: Add 1 cup fresh blueberries. Raisin Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped raisins. Date Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped dates. Cheese Muffins: Fold in 1 cup grated sharp yellow cheese. Bacon Muffins: Fold 1/4 cup crisp cooked bacon, broken into bits.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden.

BAKED BEAN MUFFINS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
• You could either ask your child to grease the muffin tray liberally or they could use muffin paper cases instead. If you use paper cases don't use your best ones as they would be wasted on a savoury muffin.
• Ask your little helper to sift the flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl, a little at a time. My boy absolutely loves this job; I think he would happily sift flour all day long!
• Place the butter into a small microwaveable bowl and heat in the microwave until the butter has melted. Put the bowl to one side while you turn your attention to the milk and egg.
• It can be quite tricky for young hands to pour milk from a heavy milk bottle, so some assistance will be required here. You can pour the milk into the measuring jug together!
• If you have a keen egg cracker, then grab a small bowl and let your child crack in the egg. When it comes to picking out the shell, they can revel in the slimy gooey mess. My boy makes lots of "ewww" noise with a big smile on his face! Once any shell has been extracted they can give the egg a quick whisk with a fork.
• Using a wooden spoon or balloon whisk, make a well in the centre of the flour, then pour in the milk, beaten egg and melted butter. Children will love stirring the muffin mixture and the great thing is that lumps are to be encouraged; it only needs to be mixed until just combined. An overworked mixture will result in a tough, dense muffin.
• Open the can of baked beans for your helper. They can use a spoon to scoop out the beans and sauce into the mixing bowl. Just take a moment to be sure there are no sharp edges to the tin. While they are busy you can get on with grating the cheese.
• Stir the baked beans and grated cheese into the mixture, being careful not to over mix. Your little one can now spoon the orange tinted mixture into the awaiting muffin tin.
• Place the tray into the hot oven and leave the muffins to cook for approximately 20-25 mins. The muffins will not rise a great deal due to the baked beans but should lift to the tops of each muffin hole and turn a rich golden colour.
• Once cooked take from the oven and tip out on to a wire rack to cool.

BLUEBERRY MUFFIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray an 8x8-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Toss blueberries and 1/2 cup of flour in a small bowl until blueberries are coated. Set aside.
• Beat together sugar and oil with an electric mixer in a large bowl. Add milk, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix remaining 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture; mix until just combined. fold in blueberry mixture. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Mix together brown sugar, 1/3 cup flour, and cinnamon in a bowl. Cut in butter until topping mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle on top of the cake batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool before serving.