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Odlums Blueberry Muffins

blueberry muffins

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Ingredients

275g/10oz Odlums Cream Flour

2 teaspoons Baking Powder

Pinch of Salt

125g/4oz Caster Sugar

75g/3oz Butter (melted)

2 Eggs (beaten)

300ml/½ pint Milk

125g/4oz Blueberries

2 tablespoons Shamrock Brown Sugar (optional)

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Grease or line muffin tins with paper cases.
  2. Sieve flour, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl. Stir in the caster sugar.
  3. In a separate bowl beat the melted butter, eggs and milk together until frothy,   add to the dry ingredients.
  4. Gently mix all together with a fork until evenly combined, then, stir in the blueberries.
  5. Divide the mixture between the muffin tins. Sprinkle the brown sugar on top of each muffin, if used and bake for about 20 minutes.
  6. Allow muffins to cool in the tins then transfer to a wire tray to cool completely before serving.

Blueberry Muffins

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Mary Flahavan’s Apple & Cranberry Crumble

blackberry crumble
Deep Filled Apple and Cranberry Crumble
Makes 8-10 servings.
Ingredients
Sweet Pastry
160g (6oz) plain flour
55g (2oz) caster sugar
75g (3oz) butter
1 egg
Compote
4 large cooking apples, peeled and sliced
150g (6oz) cranberries (fresh or dried)
100g (4oz) caster sugar
2 tbsp. water
Crumble
75g (3oz) flour
75g (3oz) butter
75g (3oz) brown sugar
75g (3oz) Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets
Method
  1.  Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
  2. To make pastry, sift the flour, add the caster sugar and rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  3. Add enough beaten egg to bind the pastry. The pastry can also be made using a food processor.
  4. Cut a circle of parchment to fit a large pastry dish, sprinkle with flour, roll out the pastry on the floured parchment and then slide it into the dish and bake blind for about 15 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile boil the ingredients for compote for 3 – 4 minutes.
  6. When pastry is baked, fill with the apple and cranberry compote.
  7. To make the crumble topping, combine the flour, sugar, butter and oats in a food processor until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs. (Add the oats last if you would like them to stay coarse and be visible in the crumble).
  8. Sprinkle the crumble over the fruit and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes.
  9. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
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Darina Allen’s Cullohill Apple Pie

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup (1 brick) Kerrygold Butter, at room temperature
  • 1/4 cup sugar, plus 2/3 cup for the filling and a little extra for sprinkling
  • 2 large eggs, plus an extra for egg wash
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 pounds (4 to 5) tart crisp apples, such as Granny Smith, peeled, quartered, cored, and sliced
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions:

Cream butter and 1/4 cup of the sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer; add 2 of the eggs and beat until smooth. Reduce mixer speed and add flour a heaping half cup at a time to form stiff but sticky dough. Turn onto a floured surface and form into a ball. Divide dough into 2/3 and 1/3 portions; wrap each in plastic and press to flatten into a round. Refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 3 days. When ready to bake, adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Toss apples with remaining 2/3 cup of sugar and the cloves. Roll the larger dough round on a floured surface to a 13-inch circle; fit into a 10-inch tart pan or a 9 1/2-inch deep-dish pie plate. Turn apples into pie plate. Roll remaining portion of dough on a floured surface into a 10-inch circle. Lay pastry over apples and pinch with bottom piece of dough to seal; flute edges. Brush with an egg wash, and decoratively slit the dough top with a paring knife. Bake until pie is golden brown, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool. Cut into slices and serve.

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