Muffin Monday: Rum and Raisin Muffins
Author: Mymuffinrecipes.com
Recipe type: Dessert, Muffin
- 1 3/4 cups self raising flour
- 2 tablespoon caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup brown rum
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup of butter, melted
- Soak the raisins in rum 4 to 5 hours before you're baking
- Preheat the oven to 200°C / 400F
- Prepare 12 regular muffin tins by brushing the bases with oil.
- Sift the flour and baking powder in a bowl. Mix in the sugar, then make a well in the middle.
- In another bowl mix the egg, milk, and butter. Stir in the raisins with any rum that is left from soaking them
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ones and gently fold it in. Do not over mix.
- Spoon into muffin tins, filling each one about two-thirds.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
I brushed my muffins with maple syrup while they were still hot.
Recipe by Baker Street at https://bakerstreet.tv/2011/08/muffin-monday-rum-and-raisin-muffins/
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