A while back, when I was serving bean soup for lunch, I realized that there was absolutely no bread to be had. That’s a big no no in our house. If you have soup, you eat bread in some shape or form.
I looked at the clock – nearly 11:30. Dad would be home in half an hour. I decided to make lunch wait a while, and whipped up a batch of muffins.
Isn’t it funny how the recipes you don’t expect much from often times turn out the best? That’s what happened with these muffins. I knew that since they would be 100% whole wheat, they would most likely turn out tough and dry. Not so! To my surprise and delight, they were tender and full of flavor.
Okay, I admit it. This recipe comes from Betty Crocker. That old, tattered, well used book with a broken spine and the pages falling out. When pressed for time, I do refer to this seasoned cook.
The surprise in these muffins lies in the center: a dab of jam nestled in the muffin batter. Use whatever jam is your favorite. Raspberry works very well.
The original recipe makes 12 muffins. I like my muffins a little larger, so I made just eight. Enough for everyone to have one and fight over the last.
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:: Surprise Muffins ::
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Adapted from Betty Crocker
Ingredients:
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups (6 ounces) whole wheat pastry flour (aka soft white wheat)
- 1/2 cup sucanat, rapadura or demerara sugar.
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Jam of choice
Directions:
1) Heat oven to 400° F. Grease or line with paper muffin cups 12 medium muffin cups.
2) In a large bowl, combine the egg, milk, butter, and vanilla. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the dry ingredient to the egg mixture and stir just until the flour is moistened. Batter should be lumpy.
3) Fill muffin cups 1/2 full with batter. Drop 1 teaspoon of jelly into the center of each muffin and top with remaining batter to fill 2/3 full.
4) Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from pan onto a wire rack to cool slightly. Serve warm with butter.
Makes 8-12 muffins
P.S. It’s Kitchen Tip Tuesday…
You can’t go wrong with Betty Crocker – or Fannie Farmer for that matter – I have my grandmas old cookbooks and you can tell the favorite recipes by all the splattered food!
Thanks for sharing!
I love the idea of putting jam in the middle of muffins. Yours look very very good!
These look so yummy! I love that you used whole wheat flour………..we use wheat flour all the time, and its nice to see other people to do that as well!
Hannah
These look delicious!! I love anything that has a suprise center like that! I tried this same thing with cupcakes.
http://lieslsconfectiondissection.blogspot.com/2008/12/strawberry-stuffed-cupcakes-with.html
I would love to try out muffins! And this recipe seems fairly healthy too!!