I have always had the impression that muffins in general are practical breakfast items. Unlike their petite counterpart, Miss Cupcake with her fancy dress-ups, muffins are effortless, and they are also ready in no time at all.
But sometimes, practicality can be boring. Yet, with the time constraints imposed on the everyday morning rush, practicality is indispensable.
So u can pretty much imagine my delight when i saw these muffins from daily delicious. I think these muffins make good compromises between practicality and boring.
Muffins with coffee glaze.
I love how glazes dry up. They are fuss free and they are no-smudge. You dont have to worry about getting them all over your hands, or your face. or your hair.
You can also pretty much muck around with them anyway you want, like stack them up.
LOL.
I also love how easy glazes come together. With this, some instant coffee gets dissolved in some hot water, to which icing sugar is added into the mixture to get them into that drizzling consistency. No heavy whipping required here, in fact, i managed to get everything incorporated just by a whisk of my fork (not even a balloon whisk).
Glazes aside, these muffins are also wonderfully moist and soft. And i think it has got to do with the the brown sugar, which is known to attract more moisture than the regular white.
I am also fancying the petite sizes these nuggets come in. They appear innocous and are warm in inviting the strictest of the dieters.
But of course that doesnt guarantee that you will be able to stop at one!
Brown sugar mini muffin with coffee glaze Taken from Daily Delicious 110g …………………………. Cake flour 1½tsp ………………………. Baking powder 60g …………………………… Unsalted butter 50g …………………………… Brown sugar 1 ……………………………….. Egg 45g ……………………………. Crème Fraîche ½tbsp ……………………….. Honey …………………………………… A pinch of salt Coffee glaze 30g ……………………………. Icing sugar ⅓ tsp …………………………. Instant coffee granule 1tbsp ………………………… Hot water Preheat the oven to 170°C Put paper case in 14 mini muffin pans. Sift cake flour and baking powder together, set aside.Beat butter salt and sugar together until light in color, add the egg, beat to combine.
Pour the honey into the butter and beat to combine.
Add the flour to the butter in 3 parts, alternating with the Crème Fraîche.
Divide the batter into prepared pans.
Bake for 15-17 minutes or golden and spring when touch lightly.
Let the muffin cool on a wire rack.
Mix the hot water and instant coffee granule together, add the icing sugar and stir to combine.
Drizzle over the muffin and serve with a smile^^.