Blueberry Mini Muffins (No Butter)

My hubby has been asking for me to make him blueberry muffins for a few months now.

I’ve had a few recipes up my sleeves, but all of them call for butter being at room temperature. Honestly, room temp butter is such a baking mood killer. When I want to bake, I want to bake NOW! I can’t waste time waiting for butter to be at room temp!

….then I found this recipe, which calls for no butter! It also looks very easy to make, and turned out amazing!

Original recipe: http://www.inspiredtaste.net/18982/our-favorite-easy-blueberry-muffin-recipe/

Makes: 24 mini muffins

What you need

195 g plain flour
100 g caster sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/3 c vegetable oil
1 large egg
1/3 c (approx) milk – see details below
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 c fresh blueberries
Brown sugar to sprinkle

How to put this together

Line muffin tray with parchment paper (or use muffin paper cups if you want)
Preheat oven 200 C
Sift together flour + caster sugar + salt + baking powder. Stir with a fork to mix. Make a well in the middle.
In a jug with 1 cup mark, add oil + egg. Top up with milk until it reaches the 1 cup mark. Add vanilla extract. Mix well with fork.
Add wet ingredient to dry ingredient. Combine with fork. IMPORTANT: Do NOT over mix! The batter should be quite thick
Add blueberries. Gently fold in with spatula
Divide the mixture into muffin tray
Sprinkle a little bit of brown sugar on top
Bake for 10-12 mins, or until a clean skewer inserted comes out with crumbs (not wet batter).
Leave muffins to cool in the tray for 10 mins.
Transfer to cool on wiring rack.