Raspberry Muffins

Meet the most delicious raspberry muffins you’ll ever make! They are incredibly moist, perfectly sweet and bursting with juicy raspberries.

You only need 2 bowls to mix the ingredients, no mixer required.

I’m very much into muffins at the moment. After sharing my yogurt muffins and blueberry cream cheese muffins, I was determinate to add delicious raspberry muffins to my repertoire.

In the last few days I’ve tested the recipe three times until I was so excited at how incredible these muffins turned out.

They taste divine like they’re fresh out of a bakery, with plenty of flavor thanks to fresh juicy berries, yogurt and a touch of vanilla to infuse them with an irresistible aroma.

The creamy yogurt and the vegetable oil make them ultra moist, slightly rounded, with a texture similar to mini cakes. And they keep their lovely soft texture for days.

The recipe uses a short ingredient list and only a few key steps. The dry ingredients are whisked together in mixing bowl, while the wet ingredients are mixed together in another bowl before the two are added to each other. Easy, right?

I love using fresh raspberries in this recipe, they are packed with flavor, but convenient and less expensive frozen raspberries work, too.

Feel free to double the recipe because they also freeze beautifully, great to keep some on hand in the freezer for a breakfast on the go.

Surprise your family and friends with this wonderful summer treat and watch them devour!

List of the ingredients

• Raspberries
• Yogurt
• All-purpose
• Sugar & salt
• Eggs
• Vegetable oil
• Milk
• Vanilla extract
• leavening agents 

How to make raspberry muffins

(Note: this is a quick description, the full recipe is at the bottom of the page)

• You can use either fresh or frozen raspberries for this recipe.  
• If you use frozen, do not thaw the raspberries otherwise their juice will stain the batter.

• The recipe uses the basic muffin mixing method.
• Whisk all the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
• Mix all the wet ingredients in a second mixing bowl.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients (not the other way around) and mix until just combined. DO NOT OVERMIX – a few little lumps of flour are ok .

• Either fold the berries into the finished batter using a spatula, or fill only half the muffin cups with batter, distribute the raspberries evenly, then add the rest of the batter to fill it about 3/4th of the cups.
• Finish with a sprinkle of sugar – I love with this pearl sugar, it looks pretty and makes crispy tops.
• Bake until the tops are no longer wet (16 to 18 minutes).
• Enjoy your raspberry muffins! They taste divine with a dollop of sweet cream cheese, just saying! : )

Recipe notes

Ingredients for raspberry muffins

All-purpose flour: either cake flour or all-purpose flour are fine.

Yogurt & milk: yogurt will make the muffin crumb tender and moist. It’s also used for flavor and to activate the baking soda for an extra lift power. Plain yogurt, low-fat, Greek style yogurt or vanilla yogurt work just fine.

Raspberries: either fresh or frozen raspberries work for this muffin recipe – if you use frozen, do not thaw them. If you love these lovely berries, next time check out this delicious raspberry cake!

Eggs: we use 2 eggs at room temperature, not fridge-cold.

Sugar: regular white sugar, granulated, brown, or caster sugar, work just fine.

Oil: it keeps the crumb really moist, it’s flavourless and easy to stir into the batter. Vegetable oil, light olive oil, rice bran oil or canola oil work just fine.

Vanilla + salt: to enhance the flavor, but you can also use half lemon zest or almond extract instead of vanilla.

Baking powder + baking soda: I recommend using both leavening agents to create a significant rise against all of the wet ingredients.

Baking tips for the best muffins!

• Measure the ingredients accurately. Kitchen scale, anyone? : )
• Use ingredients at room temperature – apart from the berries.
• Do not overmix the batter, you need only 10 turns with a mixing spoon.
• The batter should be “scoopable” — not runny and not smooth.
• Fill your muffin cups about 3/4 full, no more than that.
• For maximum rise, bake them at hight temperature for the first 5 minutes.
• Bake until tops are no longer wet and a toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out without any wet batter. 
• The baking time should be no more than 20 minutes.

Storage instructions

• To store: they’re best on the day, but keep well for 3-4 days in an airtight container on the countertop.
• To freeze: allow them to cool completely, put them in airtight containers and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw the muffins in the refrigerator (overnight) or at room temperature on the counter. To warm up, microwave on high for about 20 seconds.

Can we make the muffin batter in advance?

Please don’t, or your muffins might not rise as expected. Letting the batter sit on the counter or in the fridge for hours or overnight will affect the rising of your muffins. This happens because the baking soda and/or baking powder become activated as soon as they are mixed with wet ingredients, and quickly lose their rising powers! 

Muffin recipes you’ll love!

• Yogurt muffins
• Blueberry muffins
• Cream cheese muffins
• Pumpkin muffins
• Ricotta muffins
• Cream cheese blueberry muffins
• Orange muffins

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