Prepare the necessary ingredients. Sour cream used in this recipe was 15%, but you can use any other kind. Room temperature butter is required, so take it out of the fridge at least 30 minutes before starting. Choose high-quality raisins, without seeds and hard stalks
To use in baking, the raisins need to be prepared in advance. To do this, pour boiling water over them and leave for 5 minutes. Then drain the water, rinse the raisins with clean water, and then dry them with a towel to remove excess moisture
60 g raisins
In a deep dish, thoroughly mash the butter with sugar to a uniform consistency with a fork.
90 g butter, 90 g sugar
Wash the eggs and add them to the butter.
2 pcs egg
Add sour cream and beat with a mixer.
90 g sour cream
In a separate plate, mix the flour with the baking powder. Add the flour to the egg mixture and beat until smooth without lumps. The dough will be quite thick.
170 g flour, 1 tsp baking powder
Add the raisins to the dough and mix, distributing them evenly.
Put silicone cups on a baking sheet and fill them with dough to 3/4. The molds do not need to be greased with oil. Send to a preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes at 175℃. Do not open the oven during baking. Check readiness with a match or toothpick, it should come out of the muffin dry.
Remove the baking sheet from the oven, let the muffins cool slightly and remove them from the molds. Raisin muffins are ready. If desired, decorate with melted chocolate on top.