In order to prove once and for all that I can cook, I decided to sacrifice the remaining blueberries that I had left to make muffins. The recipe was stolen from the family that sent them. Here’s what it was originally:
3 cups flour 1 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 10 tbsp butter soft 1 cup sugar 2 large eggs 1 1/2 cup plain yogurt 1 1/2 cups blueberries 1 tbsp flour (if using defrosted frozen blueberries)
Defrost and rinse berries. Dust lightly with flour. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in one bowl. In other bowl mix butter, sugar, and eggs. Beat in one half of dry material into the bowl of wet mixture. Beat in one third of yogurt. Add half of rest of dry stuff. Add second third of yogurt. Put in rest of dry and then remaining yogurt. Only beat ’til just mixed. Fold berries.
Bake at 375* for 20-25 minutes. Makes 30 muffins.
Well. Here’s what I actually made:
- 3 cups flour
- 3/4 cup wheat bran
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 stick butter, still refrigerated
- 1/8 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 cups plain yogurt
- 3/4 cup frozen blueberries
Mix all ingredients, except the blueberries, by hand (is there another way? Incidentally, this is when I discovered my water had been turned off. It might be a good idea to pay that bill). This can be used to avoid dirtying another dish for softening/melting the butter. Dump the blueberries on top and fold them in. Divvy them up whatever way you like.
Cook at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes or until lightly browned on top.
All mixed, here’s what the mess looked like:
It was left out of the original recipe but I believe that the ratios are supposed to be around 1/3rd cup of the mix for each muffin. I blatantly ignored that rule, proving that I know nothing of kitchen etiquette:
OK, so I do have one muffin form. Just not everything fit in it. Here are the muffins:
The verdict? I might have browned them a little too much as the outside is a bit stiffer than the middle. And they aren’t quite as good as the cranberry/bran bread that I made a couple days ago (didn’t follow that recipe either). But they are pretty good.
Does the inability to follow directions mean I can’t cook?