Berry Muffins

Name: Berry Muffins
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; Good pinch of salt; 1 large egg; 1/2 cup milk or cream, or part milk and cream; 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons melted butter, plus soft butter for greasing the muffin tins; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3/4 cup blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, or gooseberries; Topping: 4 or 5 crushed sugar cubes, preferably cubes that have been stored with a vanilla bean (see page 224)

December 9, 2011

I usually make these in the summer, when berries are plentiful and bursting with flavor. I gather the berries and put all the ingredients out the night before, and it takes but a few minutes to whip up the batter. Then there’s time to go for a swim and work up an appetite while the muffins bake. If you have family and guests around, just double the recipe. This more modest amount will give you a dozen mini-muffins, which I prefer, plus two regular-sized ones that I bake in small Pyrex cups. If you don’t eat them all, they freeze well.

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