Twitter contest time: 1000th tweet muffin giveaway, with recipe!
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Karen Hamilton
February 7, 2009
Dear readers,
Did you know that the Tiny Bites sidebar displays micro blog posts using Twitter?
If you haven’t noticed it before, pay attention now, because I’m nearing my 1000th Twitter message (or “tweet”) and I’ve baked some goodies to mark the occasion. They’ve *just* come out of the oven:
Would you like a dozen of these muffins this weekend? Do you live / work / play in downtown Vancouver, or will you be in the vicinity in the next few days? If you’re nodding, drooling, or both, here’s what to do:
Tiny Bites’ 1000th Tweet Contest Details
- The publication of this blog post will auto-generate my 999th tweet. That’s when the fun begins.
- Send me a message through Twitter between now (8pm) and midnight. Tell me why you’d like muffins this weekend. Don’t forget to include @tinybites in your message or I won’t see it!
- Out of the responses I get between the contest period, I’ll randomly draw the winner of the muffin giveaway and announce it as my 1000th tweet.
Contest Conditions
- You’ll probably need a Twitter account. =)
- Your message must include @tinybites and have a timestamp between 8pm and 11:59pm on Saturday, February, 7, 2009 to be eligible for the draw.
- You need to be available between now and Monday evening to have your muffins delivered to you. No one likes stale muffins.
- Your meeting place to receive said muffins needs to be within Vancouver proper (downtown Vancouver, ideally). Sorry suburbia, but my feet can only take me so far from my Yaletown abode.
Prize Details
The winner of the 1000th Tweet Muffin Giveaway will receive 6 blueberry and 6 Buddhaberry* muffins topped with streusel, baked by yours truly and stuffed to the brim with TLC.
Contest Update – midnight
7 Twitterers responded and the winner was announced.
Click to read each candidate’s qualifying entry: @nolwennp, @carolbrowne, @eagranieyuh, @christinachoung, @jedmarc, @cecilialu, @fuzzydave.
The Base Muffin Recipe
- Recipe source: adapted from Betty Crocker Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Baking time: 20-25 minutes
- Yield: 12 muffins
For the streusel topping
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter, firm
For the muffin batter
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For blueberry muffins
- 1 cup fresh, canned (drained), or frozen blueberries
For cranberry & citrus muffins
- 1 tablespoon grated citrus peel
- 1 cup cranberry halves or 1/2 cup dried cranberries
Baking directions
- Grease bottoms only of 12 medium muffin cups or line your muffin tray with baking cups.
- Pulse all streusel topping ingredients in a food processor until crumbly. No processor? Use a pastry blender or criss-cross with 2 knives until you achieve the same effect. Set streusel aside.
- Beat egg in a large bowl with a fork or wire whisk. Whisk in the milk and the oil. [If you're adding citrus peel, whisk it in here.]
- Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Dump the mixture all at once into the bowl of wet ingredients and fold until the batter is just moistened. It’ll still be lumpy. That’s a good sign.
- Fold in your blueberries, cranberries, or preferred fruit into the batter.
- Heat your oven to 400F.
- Using an ice cream scoop or large spoon, divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Sprinkle each with about 1 tablespoon of streusel.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
- If baked in greased pan, let stand about 5 mins in pan, then transfer muffins to wire rack to cool. If baked in baking cups, immediately remove from pan to wire rack.
Good luck, everyone!
*What the heck is Buddhaberry?
It’s a term I made up to describe the ingredients I chose for this muffin variation. Rather than do the typical cranberry and orange peel combo, I used the peel of a Buddha’s Hand, which is an unusual citrus I came across today at Choices and Urban Fare. I wanted to taste test it – if you win, you’ll get to as well!
Categories: Breakfast, Dessert, Food, Recipes
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