Berry Muffins in Paper Cases
An older child can run this one almost alone: measure, mix, fill the cases. The adult only opens and closes the oven.
What you need
- Flour, about two cups
- Sugar, about half a cup
- Baking powder, two teaspoons
- One egg
- Kefir or yoghurt, about one cup
- Oil, about a third of a cup
- Berries, fresh or frozen, a good handful
- Paper cases and a muffin tin for twelve
How to play
- Let your child measure the flour, sugar and baking powder into a bowl and whisk them together.
- Beat the egg with the kefir and oil in a second bowl and pour it over the dry mix.
- Stir only ten or twelve times — lumps are fine, too much stirring makes muffins rubbery.
- Fold in a handful of berries and count the paper cases you have set into the tin.
- Share the batter out with two spoons until each case is two thirds full.
- Put the tin into the oven and take it out yourself — 190 °C for about twenty minutes.
- Let the muffins cool in the tin for ten minutes before anyone picks one up.
