I love this kind of baking. Lazy sunday don't really feel like doing much, but still there's breakfast to be considered for the upcoming week. And just when a good friend brings you some really nice strawberry jam from a strawberry farm, the choice is rather obvious... Jam muffins. Or rather, However You Want It Muffins.
These are not hard to make... Just whip up the batter and swirl a teaspoon of whatever jam you like. And the thing is, I am one of those who buys jam, think I will eat the jam, but really just go for peanut butter or Nutella at the end of the day. I like to try to be English, but then truth is I'm a junkie at heart. But still, I have quite a good collection of fruit jams at my fridge door.
Whatever it is, these can't be bad. Hell I'm even thinking of a savory version with a swirl of my favorite sambal. Should be quite a nice way to kick off another new week :)
Jam Muffins/However You Want It Muffins
150g Butter, soften
3/4cup Sugar (Brown or white, up to you)
3 eggs
2tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 1/2cup Plain Flour
Preheat oven to 160ºC, sift flour and baking powder in a bowl. In another mixing bowl, beat the butter and the sugar till fluffy and pale, then beat in one egg with one tablespoon of flour while mixing. This is to prevent the batter from curdling (curdling cause hard muffins) Continue till all eggs are beaten in, add in the vanilla and finish up the remaining flour. Spoon batter into a muffin pan, each till halfway full and swirl in a teaspoon of your desired jam. Bake for 20-30 mins, as all ovens vary.
Happy Jamming!
