Butterscotch Muffins

 



Bluffing with my muffin.

What exactly is butterscotch? And what exactly is a muffin? Like, I know what a muffin is...it's cake that's acceptable to eat for breakfast! I don't need a reason to eat cake for breakfast, I'll eat a slice of Devils Food Cake at 7am in the morning, I'm like the honey badger, I don't care. But for the rest of the population, muffins are the answer.


Whenever this little angel is over and I'm in the kitchen, she is sure to be at my feet in case anything needs eating.

A muffin differs itself from cake by having more flour, slightly less sugar and the way you mix them is different. The batter for a muffin mix isn't smooth, its lumpy and less wet. And also, muffins don't have icing or frosting but sometimes when they're extra awesome muffins, they have a glaze. These ones don't have a glaze so now I feel like I should have made a glaze but now there's somewhere to aim for.

This is all the equipment you need! Minimal washing up!

Now, butterscotch. What's it's story? It's basically caramel but instead of being made with caster sugar, it's made with brown sugar exclusively. From what I can find, it's pretty much caramel. Caramels will often have cream added but butterscotch does not. Butterscotch also should have a higher proportion of butter Other than that, they're brothers from the same mother.


And this is all the ingredients you'll need! 8 things.

This is another super easy recipe. As always, flour is important and even though muffins are more of a bread texture than a cupcake, I still used cake flour as I think the softer texture is more desirable. The ratio of wet to dry will lend itself to the bready quality of a muffin.


This is the well in the centre, adding the wet ingredients to the dry.



Mix the wet ingredients in the centre like shown above, then pull the dry ingredients in.



And then you're almost done!

I add white chocolate chips to the muffins cos why the hell not. The butterscotch batter would match well with blueberries or raspberries too and then you might feel more legitimate if you eat them for breakfast.


Fill the cases all the way to top so the muffin can break free and do its own thang...

The last thing I will say before we get down to the recipe is that like Elaine from Seinfeld, I like when the muffin breaks free from the pan and does it's own thing. So if you're awesome and like that too, ensure that you fill the muffin cases right to the top. Cases can be made out of a square of baking paper which I fold into triangles to make them sit better in the muffin pan cavity. Push them in and fill them up to the top.

So there you go, give them a go! Did I mention they're one bowl muffins? I didn't, I can see I didn't cos I can read what I wrote. These are one bowl muffins! Hardly any washing up! What are you waiting for?!
 

Morning sunshine and a muffin!

 

Dense goodness of a muffin. So good.

 


Top of the muffin TO YOU!

Muffins are awesome.

Butterscotch Muffins

Prep time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 20 mins

Total time:  30 mins

 

Servings: 8 muffins

 

2 1/2 (375g) cups self-raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
1 cup tightly packed brown sugar
1 1/4 cups (310ml) buttermilk
100g butter, melted
1 egg, free range
150g white chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 180°C
2. Line a 6 hole muffin pan with baking paper.
3. Sift flour, baking powder and bicarbonate soda into a large bowl.
4. Stir in sugar until fully combined.
5. Make a well in the centre of the sugar and flour mixture.
6. Pour the buttermilk and melted butter into the well and break the egg in.
7. Lightly beat the wet ingredients in the centre of the dry ingredients before pulling the dry ingredients in and mixing well.
8. Add the white chocolate chips and combine. Do not overmix.
9. Fill each cavity of the muffin tin with batter to the top.
10. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool slightly and enjoy!