Raisin Oatmeal Muffins

I am baking again out of boredom. I have been avoiding packing the house's stuffs and know well that the clock is ticking and we will be moving house in less than 2 weeks! I am not sure where to start from and it seems there is nothing much to bring over to the new place so I am still relaxing.

On the other hand, I have to do as much baking as I can before I leave as there will not be much opportunity for me to do it when I am at the new place. I am going to miss this house :(

I decided to bake Raisin Oatmeal Muffins as I would like to finish off the leftover raisins from my previous bakes. This recipe is adapted from "Simply Daily Recipes" and I have modified it to my very own version.

Ingredients:

(yields 7-8 muffins)

Wet Ingredients:
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients:

3/4 cup golden raisins

1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup quick-cooking oats
5 tbsp brown sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 200 deg Celsius.

2) Lightly grease the muffin pans with oil.

3) Mix wet and dry ingredients in separate bowls.

4) Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir a few times for the batter to incorporate. Do not overstir. It is normal that the batter is lumpy.

5) Scoop into the muffin pan until 3/4 full of each cup if you do not like the dome effect.

6) Bake for 12-15 minutes or until toothpick poked into the centre of the muffin comes out clean.

7) Immediately remove from pan to cooling rack after baking.

Outcome:

I am not sure if it will turn out better when oil is substituted with butter. Somehow, I think the effect & taste will be better as I did not smell the strong aroma from these muffins while baking. May be next time I should try it out with butter. Furthermore, from the cracks on the muffins, i guess it is a bit dry on the top but the moisture still contains within the muffin. I am happy that the nutmeg and cinnamon made the muffins more flavourful. Overall, it is quite nice but there is still room for improvements for this recipe. :)