Blackberry & Apple Muffins with Gingerbread Crumble Topping

Ingredients

  • Gingerbread Crumble
  • 30g (1oz) Demerara sugar
  • 50g (1.76oz) Chaucer Gingerbread Crumb
  • 2g (0.035oz) Chaucer Lemon Powder
  • Muffin Mix (Makes 12 Muffins)
  • 300g (10.6oz) Plain Flour
  • 14g (0.49oz) Baking Powder
  • 115g (4oz) Castor Sugar
  • 60g (2.11oz) Free Range Egg
  • 60l (2floz) Sunflower Oil
  • 150g (5.3oz) Greek Yoghurt
  • 150g (5.3oz) Milk
  • 20g (0.8oz) Chaucer Wild Blackberries Whole
  • 20g (0.8oz) Chaucer Blackberry Powder
  • 20g (0.8oz) Chaucer Red Skin Apple Pieces 6x22x25
  • 4g (0.07oz) Chaucer Lemon Powder
Other ingredients suggestions

Why not try replacing the Blackberry & Apple with Raspberry & Rhubarb for an inspiring flavour twist, or swapping out the Gingerbread crumb with a Waffle crumb to add a delicious luxurious texture.

Fruit:

Strawberry

Raspberry

Blackcurrant

Rhubarb

Mango

Peach

Banana

Lemon

Lime

Passion fruit

 

Baked:

Chocolate Sprinkle

Method

  • 1
    Heat the oven to 190oC (374F)
  • 2
    Place 12 muffin cases into a muffin tin.
  • 3
    Combine the gingerbread crumb, demerara and lemon powder in a bowl, mix well and set aside.
  • 4
    In another bowl sieve the flour and baking powder together and stir in the sugar.
  • 5
    In a jug whisk up the yoghurt, milk, sunflower oil and egg until well combined.
  • 6
    Stir into the dry ingredients and then split the mixture into two halves.
  • 7
    In one half stir in the red skin apple slices and lemon powder.
  • 8
    In the remaining mix fold in the blackberry powder and blackberries.
  • 9
    Using 2 teaspoons place alternate apple/lemon batter and then blackberry batter into the case until the mixture is fully used up.
  • 10
    Sprinkle generously with the gingerbread crumble and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until well risen and golden.
  • 11
    Allow to cool and enjoy or serve warm. These are particularly good served with custard.

Benefits of using Chaucer products

  • No artificial colours or additives
  • No fuss no mess
  • Easy blending
  • A totally authentic flavour
  • Less waste
  • No knives required
  • Small quantities – big impact – low density therefore low inclusion %
  • Long shelf life at ambient temperature