Best Fruit Buttermilk Muffins Recipes

BUTTERMILK MUFFINS WITH VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*F.
• Prepare muffin cups by spraying with non cooking spray or lining with paper muffin cup liners.
• Mix together all streusel ingredients with a fork to make a crumbly mixture.
• Set aside.
• For the batter, whisk together the oil, brown sugar, zest and egg.
• Stir in the buttermilk and vanilla.
• Stir together 2 1/2 cups flour, salt, baking powder, soda and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Add to the wet ingredients and blend.
• Fold in your desired fruit.
• The use of frozen fruit may help firm up the batter.If the batter seems too loose, add 1/4 cup more flour to make the batter stiffer.
• Fill the muffin cups to the top.
• Sprinkle streusel topping over each muffin evenly.
• Bake for 15 minutes, lower the oven temperature to 350*F and bake for another 12 to 15 minutes or until the muffins spring back when pressed lightly.
• Let cool in pan for 5 minutes before unmolding onto wire racks.
• NOTE: Fruit variations: Here is a list of what you can use in this recipe: Rhubarb, fresh or frozen, diced, Cranberries, frozen, coarsely chopped, Blueberries, frozen or semifrozen, Apples, diced, peeled or not, Bananas, chopped (add a pinch nutmeg), Frozen raspberries, Frozen strawberries, chopped, dried sour cherries, cranberries or raisins, plumped and patted dry, Strawberry and Rhubarb combination, Apple and cranberry combination, Rhubarb and apple combination.

FRUIT BUTTERMILK MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line muffin tins with paper liners. If using regular muffin tins, about 24. If using jumbo muffin tins, about 7. * Hint: the pretty papers are cute, but I found with muffins, regular old white paper liners work best. The pretty ones tend to stick to the muffins.
• 2. In a bowl, mix together the dry ingredients. Mix this very well by hand. At least 20 seconds, more is better. You want this to be mixed very well.
• 3. In another bowl, mix oil,brown sugar, cinnamon,lemon zest and egg. Mix well. Once this is combined, mix in the butter milk and vanilla.
• 4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, folding ever so gentle and only until just combined. DO NOT OVER MIX! Small lumps are ok. Over mixing is the biggest downfall to muffins. When gently combined, fold in the fruit very carefully. The batter will be fairly stiff.
• 5. Spoon the batter into the muffin tins filling to the top of the papers.
• 6. Sprinkle generously with sugar in the raw all over the unbaked tops of each muffin.
• 7. For regular sized muffins: Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 15 minutes. When time is up, reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking an additional 12 minutes. * Note: if using jumbo muffin tins, bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, and then down to 350 degrees for an additional 20-25 minutes. Check with toothpick inserted in middle of muffin. It should come out clean.
• 8. Let muffins cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Remove them from pan and continue cooling on racks.
• 9. These muffins freeze well.
• 10. Any fruit can be used. You can play around with the brown sugar. I made a batch with 1/2 brown sugar and 1/2 regular sugar with great results. You can add a streusel topping before baking. This is by far the best muffin recipe I have ever used.

BANANA BUTTERMILK MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add bananas and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. For the topping, combine the flour, brown sugar and oats. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle a rounded teaspoonful over each muffin., Bake for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

BASIC MUFFIN RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line 2 muffin trays with paper muffin cases. In a large bowl beat 2 medium eggs lightly with a handheld electric mixer for 1 min.
• Add 125ml vegetable oil and 250ml semi-skimmed milk and beat until just combined then add 250g golden caster sugar and whisk until you have a smooth batter.
• Sift in 400g self-raising flour and 1 tsp salt (or 400g plain flour and 3 tsp baking powder if using) then mix until just smooth. Be careful not to over-mix the batter as this will make the muffins tough.
• Stir in 100g chocolate chips or dried fruit if using.
• Fill muffin cases two-thirds full and bake for 20-25 mins, until risen, firm to the touch and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. If the trays will not fit on 1 shelf, swap the shelves around after 15 mins of cooking.
• Leave the muffins in the tin to cool for a few mins and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.