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How to make bilberry muffins
Ingredients
- 100g Butter
- 150g White caster sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Lemon, zested
- 1tsp Vanilla essence
- 100ml Milk
- 280g Plain flour
- 2tsp Baking powder
- Salt
- 100g Bilberries, washed
Method
- STEP 1
Preheat the oven to 160˚C/320˚F/gas mark 3 and line a muffin tin with paper cases.
- STEP 2
Put the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Then add the egg, lemon zest and vanilla essence, and beat again until combined.
- STEP 3
Add the milk to the mixture and beat until it is fully incorporated.
- STEP 4
In a separate bowl, sieve the flour, baking powder and salt, and stir together. Then add it into the wet ingredients and fold it in with a metal spoon until combined. Then stir in the bilberries.
- STEP 5
Divide the mixture between the muffin cases and bake for 25-35 minutes, or until the tops are golden and a skewer comes out clean.
- STEP 6
Remove the tin and allow the muffins to cool on a rack. Keep in an airtight container for up to a week.
Muffins. © Peter Dazeley/Getty
