Blackberry Muffins

Blackberry Muffins

Blackberry Muffins

A wonderful muffin to cook and freeze at home. Wonderful in Blackberry Season and delicious served with cream, custard or ice cream.

Ingredients:

100 g unsalted butter

140 g caster sugar

2 eggs

140 g natural yoghurt

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp milk

250 g plain flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/4 tsp fine salt

125 g chopped or whole blackberries (fresh or frozen!)

Method:

Preheat the oven to 200°C / 180° Fan / 400°F / Gas Mark 6.

Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper cases. 

Beat the butter and caster sugar together until pale and fluffy.

Add the eggs and beat in for 1 min, then mix in the yoghurt, vanilla extract and milk.

Combine the flour, baking powder and bicarb in a bowl with ¼ tsp fine salt, then tip this into the wet ingredients and stir in.

Finally, fold in the blackberries carefully and divide the mixture between the muffin cases.

Bake for 5 mins, then reduce oven to 180°C / 160° Fan / 350°F / Gas Mark 4 and bake for 15-18 mins more until risen and golden, and a cocktail stick inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then carefully lift out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.

Will keep for 3-4 days in an airtight container or freeze.

Additional Notes:

Add some flavour to the dish such as 1 tsp mixed spice.

If you have stored them in a refrigerator then after a day or two, pop them in the microwave for 10-15 secs on high to freshen up.

Freezing Notes:

Freeze in labelled and dated containers for 4 months.

Equipment Used:

KitchenAid Stand Mixer

18 cm cake tin

Spoon

Weighing Scales

Measuring spoon.

Recipe credit: Save Money, Freeze Food.

Emma Alexander-Cook

My name's Emma. I've been living gluten-free for over 25 years, and I've been dairy-free for over five years.

Health and Auto-immune Diseases

I have auto-immune diseases and expected to be on medicine for the rest of my life, but I didn't want to live like that. My rheumatology Doctor was so supportive of the change I wanted to make, and with their help, I now manage my auto-immune diseases by being strict with my diet.

It can be quite frightening when you first find out you have to change the way you eat but for some of us' Food is our medicine.'

I have several websites, write blogs, and I'm currently in the process of writing a book.

I trained to be Holistic Health Coach, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher and Certified Gluten Free Practitioner in order to heal myself, my family and others who find themselves on the same journey as myself.

Websites include:

www.emmaalexandercook.com

www.savemoneyfreezefood.com

www.livefreelovelife.com

www.cooksprojects.com

Photography

Our love for photography started on our travels. We wanted to capture images of the areas we travelled to both for our own records and for our family back at home. Some of these images were reproduced as watercolours. Our favourite images we display at home and friends often asked where we had purchased the pictures! Now you can purchase them online directly from us.

Coaching and Consultancy

Previously an IT Manager my skill set has come in very handy as I am both a Health Coach and also offer consultancy for small business starts up and fellow Health Coaches. This has included building websites and online profiles.

Our Family

Family is everything to me! We have a family of four boys where the age difference between the youngest and the eldest is 18 years. Two of our sons are also Gluten Free and Dairy Free. Emma is a Health Coach who specialises in helping individuals and families achieve their health and wellness goals. Ian runs his own business which began developing a Race Timer for diecast model cars.

http://www.glutenfreedairyfreefamily.com
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