Given the name of this blog it's surprising there haven't been any recipes for muffins before! I'm on a bit of a muffin madness spree at the moment though and have been experimenting with different flavours. Yesterday's were Cheddar and Rocket, very yummy they were too.
Preheat the oven to 375 F, 190 C
200g plain flour
1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
75 ml oil (I used olive oil because it was all I had but vegetable oil or melted butter work well and if you're likely to be cooking for my ex may I suggest groundnut oil...*)
1 small packet of Rocket
100g of Mature Cheddar Cheese
Sift the flour and bicarb and baking powder into a large bowl, add the oil and mix. I used my Kitchenaid which has decided to work again but you could use a handmixer or a strong forearm.
This is your basic batter and you can now have fun adding the flavours of your choice. Mine were a small bag of rocket which I snipped into the mixture with scissors and the cheese which I chopped into "chips" rather than grated. Mix these in by hand and then fill muffin cases or a silicon muffin tray 2/3 full. This will make about 9 generously sized muffins. Cook for 20-25 mins and eat whilst warm. They're also nice cool and I think they keep for a few days but I've never had reason to find out.
I'm thinking the addition of some dry mustard powder at the dry ingredients stage may make these even better but I'll leave it out of the recipe until I've had a chance to play with the quantities.
*Obviously you shouldn't use groundnut oil if there is any possibility of your muffins being eaten by someone with a nut allergy.
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