Raspberry Muffins

It's raspberry time.

Time to enjoy all the sweet tastes 

that Summer has to offer.

A delicious Muffin

 perfect any time of day

 for breakfast or snack.
I took this recipe from
an old Five Roses Cookbook.

Preheat oven to 400deg. F

In a bowl, whisk together

2 cups flour

3 tsp. baking powder

pinch of salt.

1/2 cup sugar

Zest of one lemon.

In another bowl mix together:

2 eggs beaten

1 cup milk

1/4 cup melted butter 

Pour the egg mixture into the 

flour mixture and stir quickly until 

ingredients are just mixed and

batter is lumpy in appearance.

Fold in  1 cup lightly floured Raspberries. 

(Blueberries or Cranberries may be used also.)

Fill muffin tins 2/3 fill.

An ice cream scoop works well for filling

 Bake in 400 deg. ~ 15-20 mins.

Makes 1 doz. large muffins.

tip:

The secret of good muffins is to stir the batter until the flour is just dampened.

The batter should be lumpy. Over mixing causes tunnels and a tough texture.

Perfect muffins are light and tender with rough shiny golden crusts.

Thanks for your visit 

💗💗💗

Maple Syrup ~ Currant Tarts

Savour the flavour 

of Quebec Maple Syrup

in these sweet butter tarts.

Ingredients:

2 Eggs

1 cup Maple Syrup

2/3 cup Brown Sugar

1/3 cup Butter, melted

1 pinch Salt
1 cup Currants
(Currants may be substitued for walnuts, raisins etc.)

 Sprinkle bottom of unbaked tart shells with some of the currants. 

Whisk eggs in a large bowl, add Maple Syrup, Brown Sugar, Melted Butter and Salt.

In a saucepan cook this mixture on medium heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly to thicken. (Do not overcook).   Add remaining currants.

Spoon filling into tart shells.

I divide equally into 20 store bought shells.

At my local store in the pastry division, they sell the unbaked shells, frozen,  (20 in a pack). (IGA Store) 

Bake 350 for 20-30 mins.

Sorry...2 eggs not 3

Enjoy!!

Thanks for your visit xo

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