Vegan Milo Muffin (butterless, eggless)

今天是觀音菩薩出道修練記念日，我們吃齋，也弄了些muffin給"修成林"做義賣。但在准備材料時才發現不夠糖，只能弄出12粒，因為通常我會弄30-40粒左右，所以這次就不拿去給"修成林", 自己家人吃囉。。 Today is GuanYin-day (chinese calendar), a vegetarian day for us as a buddist, therefore i have made these Vegan Milo Muffin for SSL charity sales. Halfway preparing ingredients only realized i have not enough sugar, end result? only 12 muffin can be made, but usually i will make around 30-40, so this time i have decided not to bring to SSL.

Ingredients:
~ 220g all purpose flour 面粉
~ 150g sugar 糖
~ 25g milo powder 
~ 1 cup water 水
~ 1/2 cup corn oil 玉蜀黍油
~ 1/2 cup fresh milk 鮮奶
~ pinch of salt 少許鹽
~ 1tbsp baking powder 發粉
~ 1tsp vanilla essence 香草精

Method:
1) preheat oven at 165° 預熱烘爐

2) sift all powder, milo, sugar, salt together into a mixing bowl 把粉類，糖，鹽，milo 全篩進鋼碗

3) add in oil, water, milk, and lastly vanilla essence. 加入油，水，奶，最后是香草精

4) bake for 20-25minutes till the skewer comes out clean 烘20-25分鐘直到牙籤插入沒有沾粘物

Milo Muffin

Milo, a healthy malt drink i have been drinking over 30yrs, and my hubby drinks milo every night before sleep (same goes to my father years ago, but now he is trying to lose weight, heheh).

After falling in love with baking, i started to think what type of cake i can add in milo. So i have found a few recipes, and basically, milo can be added into most of the cakes/muffin/cookies/cheesecake and etc.

For first trial of using milo, i have chosen this: Milo Muffin (i changed the name from milo cake to milo muffin, ermm, just because i used a muffin tray for this, haha)

The baked muffins: if you like milo, trust me, you will eat one after another, and another, and another ^_^

Ingredients: 

- 125g butter
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1/3 cup Milo powder
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 small packet of Milo 125ml
- 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence

Method:

1) preheat oven at 180°

2) Melt the butter, beat the two eggs and mix the dry ingredients (flour and milo powder) together.

3) Add the sugar and the beaten eggs, packet milo 125ml, vanilla essence and melted butter to the bowl of dry mixture

4) Stir to combine well. The batter is supposed to come out watery.

5) Grease the muffin tray holes and pour the mixture in till full to get a nice muffin top.

6) bake for 40 minute 

❤

Butterless Chocolate Chip Muffin

Baked these butterless chocolate chip muffins, for SSL 修成林 charity sale (they having this 七月節 one whole month charity sale).

This is the second time i baked for charity, first time was banana and chocolate rice muffin. If to compare both recipe, i would say this butterless chocolate chip muffin is not as good as banana and chocolate rice muffin. The texture is more densed, which i have been told by the fb friend who shared the recipe. 

For this round i was able to contribute only 16 muffins, due to shortage of sugar and flour, arrgghh, i thought i have enough for at least 45 muffins, so i learnt a lesson, always check ingredients stock one day before baking, and always stock up :)

Ingredients: 

• 3 cups all-purpose flour 

• 4 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 2 eggs, room temperature 

• 1 cup granulated sugar

• 1 cup fresh milk

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil

• 1 tsp vanilla essense

• 1 cup chocolate chips(i used double color chocolate chip)

Method: 

1) Preheat oven to 170°. 

2) In a mixing bowl, sift in together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon. 

3) In a bigger bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar until combined. Mix in milk, oil, and vanilla. 

4) Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix everything together. 

5) The batter will be quite thick and abit lumpy too. Fold in the chocolate chips.

6) Divide batter among prepared muffin cups.

7) Bake at 170° for 5 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 160°.and continue to bake for 20 minutes until tops are lightly golden.

Banana and Chocolate Rice Muffin

Got this recipe from a very good friend of mine who stay in US, a very good cook and baker too.

My hubby and daughter loves it so much ;)
And i already baked about 3times until now, also baked for SSL 修成林 charity sale, which i have contributed around 35-37 muffins. Not much, but i took me hours of that as im having a small oven only, and i can only bake very late night after babies sleep :) 

Ingredients 

125g butter, room temperature
80g caster sugar
2 large eggs
1/2tsp vanilla extract
100g self-rising flour
80g mashed banana
30g chocolate rice


Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
2. Put the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, and beat together until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg one at a time, combine well.
4. Add in the flour and mashed banana, fold till well combine.
5. Add in chocolate rice, mix well.
6. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases.Sprinkle chocolate rice on top.
7. Bake the cupcakes in the oven for 20-25minutes, or until risen and firm to the touch.
8. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool.

^_^