Berry Sourdough Muffins

I made apple craisin sourdough muffins last week, but Doug forgot to bring them to our friends. I made a berry version today.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup (120g) All-Purpose Flour
• 1 cup (120g) whole wheat flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup (227g) sourdough starter, ripe (fed) or discard
• 1/4 cup (57g) milk
• 2 large eggs
• 4 tablespoons (57g) melted butter or 1/4 cup (50g) vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup brown sugar + 1 tablespoon water
• 2 cups (340g) berries, fresh or frozen (I used 1 cup strawberries, and 1 cup mixed berries)
• 1 small apple, cut into 1/4" chunks (microwave in a soup bowl for 1 minute to soften)
• 1 tablespoon white sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions:

1. If baking today, preheat your oven to 425°F.
2. Mix the dry ingredients (flour through 1.5 teaspoons cinnamon) in a mixing bowl.
3. In another bowl, beat together the starter, milk, egg, melted butter, and brown sugar.
4. Stir the wet and dry ingredients together - be gentle, and try to finish in 30 seconds.
5. Option - cover bowl, and store overnight. If using frozen berries, place in a bowl in the refrigerator overnight.
6. If baking the next morning, preheat your oven to 425°F and bring the batter out to warm up for 10 minutes or so.
7. Lightly spray the wells of a 12-cup silicon muffin pan (or line with cupcake papers) and grease the inside of the papers + prepare another 4 wells in a 6-cup pan.
8. If using large berries like strawberries, dice into blueberry sized pieces.
9. Just before baking, gently stir in the berries and apples into the batter until mixed in.
10. Fill the cups of the prepared pan mostly full (I use a 1/4 cup measuring cup per well, and made 16.)
11. Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with the cinnamon sugar.
12. Bake the muffins for 22 - 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
13. Remove from the oven, and allow the muffins to cool in pan for about 5 minutes.  Remove them to cool on a wire rack so the sides don't get tough.  (As needed, loosen with a knife.)

Carole's Notes:

We liked these! I liked them a bit less than the Chocolate Sourdough Muffins I also made this morning, but Doug likes these berry ones better.

The recipe is lightly adapted from https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/blueberry-sourdough-muffins-recipe