Healthy Blueberry Muffins A Nigella Lawson Makeover Recipes

HEALTHY BLUEBERRY MUFFINS - A NIGELLA LAWSON MAKEOVER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• Whisk wet ingredients in a separate smaller bowl.
• Pour wet into dry and combine - but do not over work.
• Add the orange zest.
• Fold in blueberries.
• Spoon into greased 12-muffin pan.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE-CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, sugar, and 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips into a large bowl. Pour all the liquid ingredients into a measuring jug. Mix the dry and wet ingredients together, remembering that a lumpy batter makes the best muffins. Spoon into the prepared muffin cases. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips on top and then bake for 20 minutes or until the muffins are dark, risen and springy.

HEALTHIER TO DIE FOR BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
• Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, cinnamon in a small bowl with a fork until mixture resembles a coarse crumb.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, and baking powder in a bowl. Place applesauce into a 1 cup measuring cup; add egg and enough milk to fill cup; mix into flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes.

THE RITZ-CARLTON'S BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees.
• Mix all dry ingredients together. Stir in eggs, milk and butter; do not overmix. Carefully stir in berries.
• Grease the top of large muffin tins. Insert paper cups and spoon batter to the top of the paper cups. Sprinkle generously with sugar.
• Reduce heat to 400 degrees, place muffin tins on middle shelf of oven. Bake about 25 minutes, until muffins are golden brown. Remove from muffin tins and cool.

NIGELLA LAWSON ORANGE BREAKFAST MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200?C/gas mark 6.
• Melt the butter and set aside.
• Combine the flour, ground almonds, bicarb, baking powder, sugar and orange zest in a large bowl.
• Measure the orange juice and milk into a jug and whisk in the egg and then the cooled, melted butter.
• Now pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients, mixing with a fork as you go. The batter will be lumpy but that's as it should be: you want everything to be no more than barely combined. The whole point of muffin mixture is that it must never be overworked.
• Spoon out the mixture equally into the muffin cases and cook for 20 minutes.
• Remove, in their paper cases, to a wire rack and let cool slightly (but not completely) before devouring.

THE ULTIMATE MAKEOVER: BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Use 1 tsp oil to lightly oil a 12-hole muffin tin (or use paper cases). Mix both flours with the baking powder and lemon zest. Reserve 1 tbsp caster sugar, then stir the rest into the flour with the muscovado.
• Mash the banana well. In another bowl beat the egg, then stir in the banana, buttermilk and oil. Using a large metal spoon, very lightly stir into the flour mix, just to combine. Over-mixing will make the muffins tough. Toss in the blueberries and give just a few turns of the spoon to carefully stir them in without crushing.
• Spoon the mixture into the tin - each hole should be very full. Bake for 20-25 mins until risen and golden.
• Mix the reserved caster sugar with the lemon juice. When the muffins are done, remove from the oven, then brush with the sugar and lemon mixture while they are still hot. Gently loosen the edges of each muffin with a knife, then leave in the tin for 15 mins to cool a little as they're very delicate while hot. Remove to a wire rack. Best eaten the day of making, but will keep for up to 2 days.