Blueberry And Pecan Muffins Delia Smith Food

BLUEBERRY BANANA MUFFINS WITH A PECAN CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 and spray 12 muffin cups with non-stick spray.
• Place the banana in a small mixing bowl and mash with a fork. You should have 1/2 cup mashed banana. Stir in the yogurt, egg and vanilla just until combined. Set aside.
• Place the muffin mix in a large mixing bowl and make a well in the center. Pour the yogurt mixture into the well and stir just until combined.
• Pour the blueberries that come with the muffin mix into a strainer, rinse under cold water and drain well. Fold them into the batter until just combined. The batter will still be a little bit lumpy.
• Spoon 1/3 cup batter into each prepared muffin cup, filling it 3/4 full. Set aside.
• To make the topping, place the pecans, brown sugar and flour in a small bowl and stir together. Add the butter, mashing it with a fork until the mixture is crumbly.
• With your hands, sprinkle a heaping teaspoon of the topping on each muffin. Place the pan in the oven.
• Bake the muffins until the pecan topping is deep golden and the muffins just spring back when lightly pressed with your finger, about 20 to 23 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes before removing from pans. Cool 15 minutes more before serving.

BLUEBERRY AND PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix together by hand the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in large mixing bowl.
• Combine the milk, vanilla, egg together and then add all at once to dry ingredient until moistened.
• Do not over mix.
• Gently mix the 4 tablespoons sugar, drained.
• berries, lemon peel and pecans together.
• Fold the berry mixture lightly into the batter.
• Fill greased and dusted muffin pans half full.
• Bake for 20 minutes at 400 F or until done.
• While muffins are still warm, dip the tops in melted butter, then in the sugar.

BLUEBERRY AND PECAN MUFFINS (DELIA SMITH)

Steps:

• MUFFIN MIXTURE: Start off by sifting the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
• In a separate bowl mix together the egg, sugar, milk, melted butter and vanilla extract.
• Return the dry ingredients to the sieve and sift them straight on to the egg mixture. According to Delia Smith, this double sifting is essential because there won't be much mixing going on.
• Take a large spoon and fold the dry ingredients into the wet ones - quickly, in about 15 seconds. Don't overmix.
• Fold in the blueberries and half of the chopped pecan nuts (50g), again with a minimum of stirring.
• Grease your muffin tins or use paper cups.
• Spoon in just enough mixture to fill each muffin cup.
• TOPPING: Mix the remaining pecan nuts (50g) with the crushed sugar and top your muffins.
• Bake on a high shelf of the oven for 20 minutes for mini's or 30 minutes for regular ones. Oven temperature: 400°F / 200°C.
• Remove the muffins from the oven and cool in the tins for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. If they are in paper cases remove them from the tins straight away.