Irish Soda Bread Muffins

King Arthur sent me an email about  Irish Soda Bread Muffins so I decided to try them.

 

Ingredients:

• 227 gr sourdough starter
• 157 gr all-purpose flour
• 127 gr whole wheat flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.375 teaspoon baking soda (1/4 + 1/8 teaspoon)
• 0.75 teaspoon salt
• 125 gr granulated sugar
• 255 gr craisins (~ 2 cups) chopped
• 1.5 teaspoons caraway seeds
• 2 large eggs
• 227 gr buttermilk (or 1 tablespoon vinegar + 1 cup of milk)
• 8 tablespoons (113.5 gr) butter, melted
• coarse sparkling sugar, for topping

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2. Put 18 liners into standard muffin pan wells, spray well with cooking spray.
3. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, craisins, and caraway seeds.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sourdough starter, eggs, buttermilk (or equivalent) and melted butter.
5. With a few stirs, gently combine the dry and wet ingredients just until evenly moistened.
6. Spoon the batter into the prepared wells, filling the cups about 3/4 full,
7. The batter will be stiff and may mound in the cups.
8. Top with sparkling white sugar.
9. Bake the muffins for 20 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
10. Remove the pans from the oven.
    (You my want to tip the muffins in the pans a bit so they don't get soggy)
11. Wait 5 minutes, then move the muffins to a rack to cool.

 

Carole's Notes:

We liked these!  I  especially like the caraway in them, and the slightly crunchy top, and the craisins.

The recipe is lightly adapted from https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/irish-soda-bread-muffins-recipe