Here is a simple muffin recipe to brighten your new year. If you are craving something sweet, you can make these special muffins in no time.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup ……….. plain flour (maida)
- 1/2 cup …….. chocolate chips (grate a chocolate bar if you don’t have these)
- 1/2 cup …….. dried cranberries, chopped (replace with prunes, blueberries or fruit of your choice)
- 4 tbsp ……….. melted cooking butter (unsalted)
- 1/2 tsp ………. baking powder
- a pinch ……… soda bicarb
- few drops …. vanilla essence
- 8 tbsp ……….. condensed milk
- sprinkles as required
Method:
- In a bowl, add the condensed milk, chopped fruit, chocolate chips, butter and vanilla essence. Mix well.
- Take a sieve and pass the flour on to the mixture. Add the soda bicarb and baking powder.
- Mix gently till a nice thick batter is formed.
- Add about 1/4 cup of water to make the batter pourable.
- Take a muffin mould and grease it with some melted butter. Dust some flour over the mould to make sure the muffins come out easily.
- Scoop about 1 tbsp of mixture onto the moulds. Top it with some sprinkles to give it a nice touch.
- Bake for about 20 minutes in a pre-heated oven at 200 C.
- Insert a toothpick and if it comes out clean, your muffins are ready!
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Shuchi Vaishnav Gandhi is a jewellery designer, lover of crafts and a big foodie. She lives in Bangalore with her husband and drew early culinary inspiration from her father, who was a great cook and always got the best out of her. She loves to cook different cuisines and startedhttp://www.spicytangy.com in 2008 to overwhelming response. You can also mail her at shuchi@spicytangy.com