Raisin Muffins

I am in the mood of baking~I choose muffins today because it is easy, fastest and less messy. It only takes around 1 hour from preparation to baking these muffins. I have all the ingredients required and most important of all, I really feel like baking for everyone. :) I am in a very happy mood today and getting very excited as tomorrow I will be going back to my hometown in Malaysia. I just got to bake to release some of my excitement!

Hmm...I think I baked Raisin muffins before but the other version did not yield me a very very satisfying results. May be it is because I do not really like cinnamon and nutmeg which is in the recipe.

This time around, the ingredients are very simple and the steps are even more simpler. Nutmeg and Cinamon is not used too:

Ingredients:

(yields 12 muffins)

1 3/4 Cup Self Raising Flour

1/4 Cup Sugar

1/2 tsp Salt

3/4 Cup Raisins

1 Cup Milk

1 Large Egg

1/4 Cup Butter (melted)

1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence

Method:

1. Preheat the oven at 200 degree Celsius.

2. Grease the muffin moulds or use paper cups to line the muffin tins. This way, you will not get the crust on the sides but cleaning will be easier.

3. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.

4. Lightly beat the egg in a bowl. Mix with other wet ingredients.

5. Pour the wet ingredients (beaten egg, vanilla essence, milk & butter) into the dry ingredients.

6. Stir lightly a few times until combined. Do not overmix. Lumps are ok in the batter. If the batter is too dry, add a few tablespoons of milk.

7. Scoop the batter into the cups.

8. Bake for 18 - 20 minutes.

9. Leave on the rack to cool down for 2-3 minutes before unmould if tin is not lined with paper cups.

Results:

The smell of the muffins are really good. Vanilla Essence is very important too add some fragrance to these muffins! Well, it is great and I had it in the morning as breakfast!