Homemade Muffins Recipe

Ingredients

• 200 g all-purpose flour or white bread flour
• 100 g whole wheat / Nutty wheat flour
• 10 g instant dry yeast 1 sachet
• 1 tsp salt
• 15 g butter room temperature and cut into small pieces
• 15 g castor sugar
• 1 large free-range egg
• 160 ml milk at room temperature
• 2 Tbsp fine polenta or semolina

Instructions

1. Place the flour, salt, sugar, butter, and yeast into the bowl of the Breville 800 Class Mixer with the paddle attachment.
2. Lightly beat the egg and milk together and add it to the flour and mix slowly until it forms a soft dough.
3. Replace the paddle attachment with the dough hook and knead the dough for 10 minutes.
4. Place the dough ball into a lightly greased clean bowl and cover it with cling film. Set in a warm place to prove for about 1 hour to 1 ½ hours and until the dough has doubled in size.
5. Roll the dough out onto a lightly floured surface to about 1.5cm thick. And allow it to stand for 15 minutes to relax. Using an 8.5cm – 9cm straight-sided cookie cutter, cut out 8 muffins. You may need to re-knead the last bits to make the 8^th muffin.
6. Line a baking sheet with non-stick baking paper and sprinkle lightly with 1 tablespoon of the polenta. Place the muffins on this allowing space in between. Sprinkle the other tablespoon of polenta over the top. Return to a warm spot for another 30 – 40 minutes to rise a little more.
7. Heat the Breville nonstick frying pan to 8 (medium-low), and then cook 6 of the muffins at a time with the lid on for about 10 minutes a side. They are ready when they are brown on both sides and cooked through.
8. Serve them toasted with butter and jam.