This is one of Justin’s favourite song lately. We listen to the song almost everyday, and it’s one of the song in his Kindermusik class. Isabelle likes it too, and enjoys “dancing” to it. Since we are back to Penang, and we couldn’t go out this afternoon, I decided to let them bake some muffins.

I told my mum our of a sudden, and she didn’t have the correct flour for it. But never mind, we were doing it just for fun, so let it be. Even if it tasted bad, at least the kids got a chance of experiencing the baking process. So here’s what we did….

Sweet Raisin Muffin

The Ingredients

The recipe is very simple. You just have to prepare:

2 eggs

100g sugar

120g flour

4g baking powder

60ml salad oil

55g butter

80g raisins

sufficient vanilla essense

Method:

1. Beat eggs and sugar until thick and fluffy. Add in sifted flour and vanilla essence. Mix well. Add in melted butter and salad oil. Beat until bleaded. Add in raisin and stir well.

2. Spoon the muffin mixture into a piping bag (we didn’t have this) and pipe into small piping cases. Arrange on a baking tray. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 deg C / 350 deg F for 20 ~ 25 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Ok, back to the process of preparing. We modified the recipe. I did the mixing part while my kids were watching. But Isabelle was afraid of the sound the mixer, so she was being carried by my dad, standing further away.

They enjoyed pouring and mixing the raisins into the mixture. Then, Justin helped to scoop the mixture out and place it into the cups. No doubt, it was really messy!!!

Before baking in the oven, my mum did some touching up and while Isabelle looked on excitedly. She couldn’t wait to eat them!

Faster popo!!! I wanna eat…

Everything had almost done….

20 minutes later, my mum took out the muffins and let them cool down. My kids got their hands on them ASAP!!!

One for me, one for you; one for me, one for you….

So, how is it?

Do you “see” the muffin man? No woh, got muffins only….

They may not be the best muffins, but my kids like them. LOL! As long as they were having fun, the taste didn’t matter much.

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