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Muffin dough

This dough can be used to make this delicious and classic of the English cooking: muffins. It can be sweet, in different flavours, with fruit, but also savoury in other recipes.

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Last modified on: February 6^th 2013

Keywords for this recipe:Dough Small cakes Pastry English

For 450 g, you will need:

1 150 g flour
2 1 egg
3 100 ml milk
4 5 g baking powder
5 63 g butter
6 60 g caster sugar (optional)
Total weight: 428 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
16 min.	5 min.	21 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Melt 63 g butter over low heat.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Mix 150 g flour and 5 g baking powder in a bowl with a whisk, with 60 g caster sugar if you plan to make sweet muffins.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Add 1 egg and mix a little.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Add 100 ml milk.

Stage 5

Beat until you get a smooth mixture.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Finally add the melted butter, still warm.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Beat again to get a smooth dough.

Your muffin dough is ready.

Keeping

A few hours in the fridge, protected by a plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,385 Kcal or 5,799 Kj	25 gr	176 gr	65 gr
69 %	10 %	17 %	10 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
324 Kcal or 1,357 Kj	6 gr	41 gr	15 gr
16 %	2 %	4 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 450 g : 0.94 €

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