My return and Blueberry Muffin
Monday, 19. October 2009, 01:30:10
Whoa! 20 more days without posting! Shame on me...
Well, I’m sorry if anyone missed me.. I wasn’t really inspired to cook and post, besides I had a trip to Northeast Brazil, and spent one week without my camera cable AND with the kitchen all messed up.
But now I’m back, and with some plans for this last third of October! A series of recipes that I wanted for quite a long time to make!
And for tonight’s show: Blueberry Muffins! I had already baked blueberry muffins once, for a picnic with some friends! They weren’t awesome, but fed us well, after a three-hour hike! Hahaha
But anyways, this time, I decided to bake it again, and using a recipe from a very special book I bought a couple of weeks ago. While I was strolling around an antique’s open air market, here in São Paulo, I followed a suggestion from a friend, to search for nice ol’ cook books. And the very one she told me that was interesting was about baking: Pillsbury: The Complete Book of Baking, from 1993! It’s an amazing publication, almost like a bible for baking! 500 pages with various baking recipes and versions of the most traditional North American and European dishes.
Well, I’m sorry if anyone missed me.. I wasn’t really inspired to cook and post, besides I had a trip to Northeast Brazil, and spent one week without my camera cable AND with the kitchen all messed up.
But now I’m back, and with some plans for this last third of October! A series of recipes that I wanted for quite a long time to make!
And for tonight’s show: Blueberry Muffins! I had already baked blueberry muffins once, for a picnic with some friends! They weren’t awesome, but fed us well, after a three-hour hike! Hahaha
But anyways, this time, I decided to bake it again, and using a recipe from a very special book I bought a couple of weeks ago. While I was strolling around an antique’s open air market, here in São Paulo, I followed a suggestion from a friend, to search for nice ol’ cook books. And the very one she told me that was interesting was about baking: Pillsbury: The Complete Book of Baking, from 1993! It’s an amazing publication, almost like a bible for baking! 500 pages with various baking recipes and versions of the most traditional North American and European dishes.
This blueberry muffin was one of the easiest recipes I’ve ever made. I mean, it was extremely straight forward. Combine dry ingredients, mix wet ingredients, incorporate one another, and you’re done!
And the final result is one of the best muffins I’ve ever had. Extremely moist in the center, with a beautifully colored cap, and a subtle sweetness, intensifying the blueberry and lemon flavors! Enjoy it plain, or with a good butter or jam, and there you are: The perfect grab-and-go snack made of blueberry!
Pillsbury Blueberry Muffins
From Pillsbury: The Complete Book of Baking
2 cups plain flour
½ cup white sugar
3 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 cup blueberries (Fresh or frozen)
rind of one lemon (preferably unsprayed)
¾ cup milk
1/3 cup oil (used soy oil)
1 egg, beaten
Pre-heat oven at 210ºC. Grease or line paper cups in a muffin pan for 12.
In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients. Add the lemon zest and toss in the blueberries. In another smaller bowl, pour all the wet ingredients and, using a fork or whisk, beat quickly just to incorporate the oil into the liquid.
Pour all the liquid at once into the large bowl with dry ingredients, and, using a wooden spoon, combine everything together. About 15 strokes should be enough. There will be some lumps, but don’t worry. Just make sure there aren’t large flour lumps in the batter. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups, about 2/3 up. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry (not considering, of course, the blueberry juices).
WIDGETIZE
Anonymous # 20. October 2009, 21:00
Já que ficou tão bom e fui eu quem achou o livro pra você, exijo uma fornada pra mim e pra minha mãe! XD
Anonymous # 20. October 2009, 21:02
P.S.: aquela mesa de chá da tarde ficou tão boa...
P.P.S.: quase não li o que está escrito. Fiz isso nos dois ultimos posts tb. Sorry.. LOL
Renato Moraes # 21. October 2009, 01:53
E que bom que tenha gostado da mesa de chá! Faremos mais vezes!