JAM DOUGHNUT MUFFINS

JAM DOUGHNUT MUFFINS
adapted from  :  anncoojournal.com ; thanks...
tried & tested :  zaralovebaking; (delicious)....




Ingredients :

   1/2  cup  fresh milk  (100  ml)
      5  tbsp   corn/vegetable oil
      1  large  egg
   1/2  tsp   vanilla essence
1 1/3  cup   self-raising flour - sifted  (160  gm)
   1/3  cup   caster sugar  (65  gm)

Filling  :  strawberry jam or any filling of your choice

1/2  cup   butter  -  melted  (used only  50  gm)
1/2  cup   caster sugar


Method :

1.  Preheat oven to 375'F/190'C.  Grease mini muffin pan with oil or butter.  Set aside.

2.  In a bowl, beat together milk, oil, egg and vanilla essence with a hand whisk till combined.  Then, dump in the flour and 1/3 cup sugar and roughly fold the mixture to just combined.  The lumps doesn't matter as this will make the muffin soft.

3.  Spoon the mixture into each pan hole to half full.  Then add a heapful 1/8 teaspoon of strawberry jam, then top with more muffin mix just about full.

4.  Put them in the preheated oven and bake for about 18-20 minutes or until the tops have puffed up and golden brown.

5.  Meanwhile, melt the butter and lay the 1/2 cup caster sugar in a wide shallow plate or bowl.

6.  As soon as the muffins are ready, let cool slightly, remove them from the pan.  Dip them in the melted butter and then in the caster sugar.  Serve warm.
(Yields :  9 pieces)