As an effort to diversify my offerings of muffins for my mom, I learned how to make these delicious muffins containing strawberry jam, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mom likes them so much that she declared that she likes them a lot better than both the bran muffins and the yoghurt muffins I make for her!
Note that while this recipe can be easily multiplied several times to make more muffins at once, this recipe is intentionally tailored to a half dozen muffins instead of the usual custom of a dozen muffins, since the original recipe on which it was based allows it to be halved and therefore be baked in a countertop convection oven.
In addition to this recipe, the following recipes can (usually, depending on oven size and specific dimensions) be made directly without adjustment in a countertop convection oven:
- bran muffins (photo post)
- chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake squares (photo post)
- my mom’s roast potatoes (photo post)
- three (or five) ingredient cheese biscuits (photo post)
- lemon squares (photo post)
- plain cake (photo post)
- stuffed potato skins (photo post)
- blondies (photo post)
- bacon wrapped chicken pieces (photo post)
As well, here are a number of my other recipes which allow for adjusting by half to be made, or can otherwise easily be made (sometimes in shifts), in a countertop convection oven:
- my mom’s raisin bran muffins (photo post)
- plain yoghurt muffins (photo post)
- barbecups (photo post)
- chicken cups (photo post)
- mini meat loaves (photo post)
Making the muffins:
First, my countertop convection oven was turned on and set to 350F (yes, the photo says 86F, it’s preheating!):
A muffin baking tin and some paper muffin liners were taken out:
Paper muffin liners were placed in each of the wells of the muffin baking tin:
A mixing bowl, a fork, and a spoon were taken out:
Flour and a measuring cup were taken out, and some flour was measured out:
The flour was transferred to the mixing bowl:
Sugar and a measuring cup were taken out, and some sugar was measured out:
The sugar was transferred to the mixing bowl with the flour:
Baking soda and a measuring spoon were taken out, and some baking soda was measured out:
The baking soda was transferred to the mixing bowl with the flour and the sugar:
Cinnamon and a measuring spoon were taken out, and some cinnamon was measured out:
The cinnamon was transferred to the bowl with the flour, sugar, and baking soda:
Nutmeg and a measuring spoon were taken out, and some nutmeg was measured out:
The nutmeg was transferred to the mixing bowl with the flour, sugar, baking soda, and cinnamon:
Salt and a measuring spoon were taken out, and some salt was measured out:
The salt was transferred to the mixing bowl with the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg:
A fork was taken out and used to mix the dry ingredients:
A box of eggs was taken out:
An egg was taken out of the box of eggs:
The egg was cracked on the edge of the mixing bowl with the dry ingredients:
Milk and a measuring cup were taken out, and some milk was measured out, but the milk was not yet transferred to the mixing bowl:
Vegetable oil was taken out, and some oil was measured out in the measuring cup while the milk was still in it, but the milk and oil were not yet transferred to the mixing bowl:
Strawberry jam was taken out, and some strawberry jam was measured out into the measuring cup with the milk and vegetable oil:
The milk, vegetable oil, and the strawberry jam were transferred to the mixing bowl with the dry ingredients and the egg:
The ingredients were mixed together with the fork:
The batter was transferred to the paper liners in the muffin baking tin, using a spoon:
The filled muffin baking tin was transferred to the pre-heated countertop convection oven:
A timer was set to 23 minutes:
While the muffins were baking, a cooling rack was taken out:
Here’s a picture of the muffins rising while baking:
At the end of the 23 minutes when the muffins were baked, the muffin baking tin with the muffins were taken out of the countertop convection oven:
The muffins were taken out of the muffin baking tin and placed on the cooling rack:
A muffin (in the case of this photo, from a subsequent batch) was taken out to serve to mom:
Mom loves these delicious muffins a lot these days!
… and I froze the rest of muffins in a freezer bag, as I did with muffins from a subsequent batch:
Mom now says that these are her favourites!