Monday, June 6, 2011

The baker crows at midnight


These will go nicely with my birthday breakfast tomorrow morning.

Blueberry Rhubarb Muffins
Makes 12 muffins

1-1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
2-1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
3/4 cup plain yogurt or milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup diced rhubarb
1 cup berries [the original recipe calls for strawberries, I used blueberries]

Preheat oven to 400 F. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, combine egg, yogurt, oil, and vanilla. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture just until all ingredients are moistened. Fold rhubarb and berries into batter.

Divide batter between 12 greased muffin cups. [With blueberries, it might be better to use paper cups.] Sprinkle tops generously with sugar. Bake in preheated oven at 400 F. for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Adapted from Joan Halquist's recipe, in "The Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook."

4 comments:

Erin said...

Yum, I can't wait for blueberry muffins! I'm still trying to use up last year's strawberries. Happy Birthday, Jo!

uh oh... word verification was "whiold".... whi old, indeed!!! I say "why be young?" we're smarter now!

Mama Pea said...

Happy Brithday, Jo! My birthday wish to you is that one of your boys turns into a baker (at home, at least) and will bake you a cake or pie or muffins or whatever you wish for you birthdays in the future. Have a wonderful day!

P.S. Ha, these Word Verifications must be in honor of your B-D: Mine is "uplentsh." Wishing uplentsh fun on your birthday!

Lucky Lizard Ranch said...

Happy Birthday! The muffins look delish!

Word Verification "slite", by slite of hand I would love to grab a muffin!

Bob said...

I got to eat a couple. They were WAY yummy!