Raspberry Ripple Muffins

We are enjoying a fantastic crop of raspberries at the moment.

The children all love to eat them just as they are fresh from the garden but there are still enough for me to freeze some and use a few in cooking.

The following recipe is one I modified to make use of my frozen raspberries. The combination of vanilla and fresh raspberry is lovely and for me, synonymous with summer. Frozen raspberries are quite fragile and crumble easily with a small amount of pressure between your fingers. I much prefer the small pieces of raspberry distributed throughout the muffin rather than having whole fruits. Doing it this way also leaves gorgeous red streaks in the pre-cooked mixture which is why I call them Raspberry Ripple Muffins.

Raspberry Ripple Muffins

Dry ingredients: 10oz SR flour (sifted), 1tsp baking powder, 5oz caster sugar

Wet ingredients: 4floz yoghurt, 4floz milk, 4oz butter (melted), 1 egg, 1tsp vanilla essence

Plus: frozen raspberries to taste

Method

1. Pre heat oven to 200ºC 
2. Mix dry ingredients in one bowl and wet ingredients in another.
3. Crumble the raspberries on top of the dry ingredients.
4. Add wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
5. Spoon into 12 muffin cases.
6. Cook for approx 20mins until golden.
7. Enjoy warm or cold.

Step 3. Crumble the raspberries.....

... on top of the dry ingredients.

Step 4.  Stir until just combined.

Step 5. Spoon into 12 muffin cases.

Cook until golden and enjoy!