Showing posts with label jam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jam. Show all posts
Monday, February 6, 2017
Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam Muffins
Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam Muffins
Can you believe that its Spring already? It felt like a long, cold winter so Im really looking forward to the lighter days and warmer weather. Ive decided to have a little spring clean of my blog and give it a makeover - do let me know what you think. Its not quite what I want but its a start for now particularly as Im not very tech savvy!
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will know how much I love peanut butter. I wanted to bake something for breakfast and decided on my favourite combination of peanut butter and jam but in a muffin form. I added peanut butter chips for extra flavour which worked really well. You can clearly taste the peanut butter and the jam added a lovely sweetness to the saltiness of the peanut butter. These are quite filling and make for a good breakfast.
adding the crunchy peanut butter
adding the peanut butter chips 
a generous teaspoon of strawberry jam in the middle of each muffin
ready to go in the oven I love how you can see the jam peeking through 
You can still see the peanut butter chipsMakes 12 muffins
315g plain flour
100g caster sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
200g crunchy peanut butter
1 egg
250mls milk
100g peanut butter chips (optional - you can add chocolate chips if you prefer or omit completely)
strawberry jam
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar and baking powder.
- In a jug, whisk the egg lightly and add the milk.
- Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the milk-egg mixture.
- Stir briefly then stir in the crunchy peanut butter until just combined - dont over mix or your muffins will be tough!
- Finally stir through the peanut butter chips.
- Half fill each muffin case with the batter.
- Add a generous teaspoon or two of strawberry jam then top with the remaining batter.
- Bake for approximately 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
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Sunday, January 29, 2017
Peanut Butter Nutella and Jam Popsicles
Peanut Butter Nutella and Jam Popsicles
We all know that novelty wears off...
But there are a few exceptions, such as watching the sunset (surely Ive seen a number of sunsets in my lifetime, but I still oooh-and-aaah everytime without fail), rainbows after the rain, playing with a giggling baby, listening to your favourite song on iPod and for me personally...
All day breakfast.
When I do find myself in a cafe that serves all day breakfast, my heart skips a beat. Ok, maybe not quite...but there is definitely something about having breakfast at 3pm that makes me feel giddy inside. Oh, you too? Good.
When I do find myself in a cafe that serves all day breakfast, my heart skips a beat. Ok, maybe not quite...but there is definitely something about having breakfast at 3pm that makes me feel giddy inside. Oh, you too? Good.
Because these popsicles may have that effect on you as well. They are made with your breakfast spreads and once you start making them, you might find yourself needing to restock your spreads more often than youd like. You may also find yourself heading straight to the freezer after work. Nibbling on one while you cook. And another one after dinner. And so yes, they are addictive and would definitely classify as all day breakfast.
In keeping with the breakfast theme, I added greek yoghurt as the base. I dont think I can pour cream into these and call them breakfast. Its not my kind of thing. And the best part is, they taste great with the yoghurt!
I used crunchy peanut butter for this, but you can use the smooth version if you prefer. I love the crunchiness so much that I bought some raw hazelnuts, crushed them, and added them to the tip of the nutella popsicles!
These mini popsicle makers are from IKEA for a couple of bucks (and I finally bought 1kg of frozen meatballs too!). Theyre to me, the next best thing after an ice-cream maker (especially if you dont have one like myself!)
I hope you do give this a go! The peanut butter one is seriously good (if youre a PB fan like myself).
Makes 3 mini popsicles
- 2 generous tbsp crunchy peanut butter
- 1 tbsp condense milk (adjust to your preference)
- ~1/2 cup greek yoghurt (I used Black Swan)
- ~ 3 tbsp milk
1. Mix the peanut butter in a bowl with condense milk until combined.
2. Pour in the yoghurt and continue mixing with a spoon until smooth.
3. Add the milk (decrease or increase the amount of milk depending on the size of your popsicle makers) and once again mix until smooth before pouring them into the popsicle molds. The mix should not be too runny.
4. Freeze overnight.
Crunchy Nutella Popsicle
Makes 3 mini popsicles
- 2 generous tbsp Nutella
- handful of hazelnuts, crushed
- ~1/2 cup greek yoghurt
- ~ 3 tbsp milk
1. Mix the nutella spread in a bowl and with the yoghurt and mix with a spoon until smooth.
2. Add the milk (decrease or increase the amount of milk depending on the size of your popsicle makers) and once again mix until smooth.
3. Take out a small portion of the mix (a few tbsp) and combine with the crushed hazelnut. Pour a small amount into each of the molds for the tip of the popsicles.
4. Pour the rest of the mix into the popsicle molds.
5. Freeze overnight.
Blueberry Yoghurt Popsicle
Makes 3 mini popsicles
- 2 generous tbsp jam of choice (I prefer the ones with chunky fruit pieces)
- 1 tbsp honey
- ~1/2 cup greek yoghurt
- ~ 3 tbsp milk
1. Mix the jam in a bowl with the honey and until combined.
2. Pour in the yoghurt and continue mixing with a spoon until smooth.
3. Add the milk (decrease or increase the amount of milk depending on the size of your popsicle makers) and once again mix until smooth before pouring them into the popsicle molds.
4. Freeze overnight.
Blueberry yoghurt popsicle (and scuse the terrible photo!)
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