Mini Muffins

Did Baking after a small gap for one of my kid's friends birthday. This recipe is basic muffin recipe, which even beginners can try on. You will need only 30 minutes to prepare this.  To add the taste, i have added chopped cherries to the muffin batter. Whereas you can also add Tutti-frutti.  The recipe follows.. 

Yields : Around 15 mini muffins

Preparation Time : 30 minutes

Ingredients: 

Dry Ingredients:

All purpose flour       - 1 cup (Maida)

Baking Soda             - 1/2 tsp

Baking Powder         - 1 tsp

Salt                           - a pinch

Wet Ingredients:

Powdered Sugar       - Little less than 3/4 cup

Butter                        - 1 tbsp

Cold Milk                   - 1/4 cup

Egg                            - 1

Procedure:

• Sieve all the dry ingredients together. Take a bowl. Add butter and powdered sugar to it. Whisk it well. It will look like Bread crumbs now.
• Now add egg to it. Beat it well.
• Add also cold milk to the bowl. Whisk for some time. Now add flour to the bowl in small instances and keep on whisking. Now your Muffin batter is ready.
• These are the few tips from my side. Note that we are adding 3/4 th cup of powdered sugar and not plain sugar. If you are having plain sugar, powder it and use 3/4 th cup of it.
• Eggs should not be cold or in room temperature. So take eggs from refrigerator 30 minutes before you start to whisk it. This would be fine.
• I have added about 1/4 cup of chopped cherries to the muffin batter. you can also add 1/4 cup of tutti-frutti.  If you are using either, just add little all purpose flour to it. Mix it well and then add it to batter at last stage. Mix everything and use the batter. The purpose of adding All purpose flour,is to prevent tutti-fruiti or cherries from sticking to each other.
• You can also add  1/4 tsp of vannila essence to improve the flavor.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degree celsius in convection mode. Add batter to muffin pan. Remember to fill batter only 3/4 of the pan.. Place the muffin pan in pre heated oven and bake it for 15 - 20 minutes. Insert a tooth pick in the centre of muffin. If it comes out clearly, it shows muffin has cooked.
• You can also top muffin with Frosting. Enjoy your muffins.

Chocolate Choco-Chip muffins

Chocolate Choco-Chip Muffins (No Butter, Healthy Breakfast Muffins)

Ingredients:

Dry Ingredients:

Maida (All Purpose Flour)   - 2 cups
Powdered White Sugar        - 1 cup
Chocolate Chips                   - 1 cup
Cocoa Powder                      - 1/2 cup
Baking Soda                         - 1 tsp

Wet Ingredients:

Egg                                        - 1
Yoghurt                                 - 1 cup
Milk                                       - 1/2 cup
Vegetable Oil                                          - 1/2 cup
Vannila Extract                     - 1 tsp

Things Needed:

1.Convection Oven.
2.Cake Blender
3.Muffin pan or Muffin cups

Method:

1. Sieve well maida, cocoa powder n baking soda
2. Beat egg n when the egg gets fluffy add powdered sugar.
3. Once both get blended add yoghurt
4. After some time add oil and keep on beating
5. Add vannila extract
6. To the above, add dry ingredients which we have sieved before in small quantities.
7. Atlast add hot milk. First add 1/4 th cup of milk . The muffin batter should be in dropping consistency. It should be like dosa batter and not as idli batter. so add remaning milk as needed..
8. Add 1/4 cup of choco chips to muffin batter
9. Grease muffin cups.
10. Pour the batter and bake in the preheated convection oven for 200 degree celsius to 220 degree celsius.. Temperature varies from oven to oven.. I would recommend to first keep the oven in 220 degree celsius and once the muffin gets brown reduce it to 200 degree celsius.
11.Bake for 15 - 20 minutes depending upon the muffin size.. so Just keep an eye on the oven.. Insert a toothpick in the muffin. If it comes out clearly (ie no wet pieces of muffin should come with it) , you can take the muffin from oven.. Allow it to rest for some time and enjoy your freshly baked muffins..

Quick Tip:

1.Beat egg well, more it becomes fluffy tastier muffin is.
2.Please be careful while adding milk, If the batter is too watery it will spoil the muffins.