Monday, May 12, 2014

Star-Spangled Muffins #MuffinMonday

When you want to show your love of the Stars and Stripes, bake these Star-spangled muffins. Blueberries for blue, strawberries for red and cream cheese for white. And, of course, just a little colored sugar to finish them off. Pretty and delicious!

Food Lust People Love: These star-spangled muffins are baked up with strawberries, blueberries and oatmeal. Cubes of cream cheese are folded in the batter for extra richness. Top them with some colored sugar sprinkles for a festive treat.

Monday isn't any old day on Food Lust People Love: It is always Muffin Monday. So, without further fanfare, here are my Star-Spangled Muffins.

Hands over our hungry bellies, repeat after me:

I pledge alliance to the muffin
of the United Straw- and Blue Berries
And to the breakfast for which it stands,
one muffin, under sugar, 
with oatmeal and cream cheese for all. 

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups or 190g flour
1/2 cup or 50g quick cook oats
1/2 cup or 100g sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup or 180ml milk
1/2 cup or 120ml canola or other light oil
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/2 oz or 100g cream cheese
1/2 cup or 100g blueberries (fresh or frozen)
1/2 cup, chopped, or 90g fresh strawberries

Optional to decorate: A couple of tablespoons each of colored sugar sprinkles and/or pearl sugar

Method
Preheat your oven to 350°F or 180°C. Prepare your 12-cup muffin pan by greasing it with butter or nonstick cooking spray or lining it with paper muffin cups.

 In a large bowl, combine your flour, oats, sugar, baking powder and salt.


Cut your cream cheese into small chunks and toss them in the flour mixture to coat so they won’t stick together.



In another smaller bowl, whisk together your milk, oil, egg and vanilla.


Pour your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients. Add in the chopped strawberries and blueberries.  (If using frozen blueberries, they can be added without thawing.)


Fold all the ingredients together until they are just combined. Do not overmix.



Divide the batter between your 12 muffin cups.



Sprinkle the tops with colored sugar and/or pearl sugar to decorate.

Food Lust People Love: These star-spangled muffins are baked up with strawberries, blueberries and oatmeal. Cubes of cream cheese are folded in the batter for extra richness. Top them with some colored sugar sprinkles for a festive treat.


Bake in your preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Allow to cool for several minutes before removing the muffins from the pan and cooling further on a wire rack.

Food Lust People Love: These star-spangled muffins are baked up with strawberries, blueberries and oatmeal. Cubes of cream cheese are folded in the batter for extra richness. Top them with some colored sugar sprinkles for a festive treat.

Enjoy!

Food Lust People Love: These star-spangled muffins are baked up with strawberries, blueberries and oatmeal. Cubes of cream cheese are folded in the batter for extra richness. Top them with some colored sugar sprinkles for a festive treat.




Needing more more Memorial Day ideas and recipes? Check out what my fellow Kick Off to Summer Week 2014 participants are sharing today!  

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Food Lust People Love: These star-spangled muffins are baked up with strawberries, blueberries and oatmeal. Cubes of cream cheese are folded in the batter for extra richness. Top them with some colored sugar sprinkles for a festive treat.

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