Eggless Jam Swirled Muffins

For this month's Baking Eggless Challenge,Priya of 'Priya's versatile recipes'  suggested this wonderful Jam swirled Muffins from Technicolor Kitchen.The original recipe had 2 eggs and I used yogurt as egg replacer.I didn't had store bought jam on hand,so made some strawberry jam and used it in the recipe.Since I didn't add any colour in my jam the muffins were not too colourful as I expected but they were very soft and tasty.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour	¾ cup
Baking powder	½ tsp
Baking soda	½ tsp
Salt	a pinch
Powdered sugar(see note below)	¼ cup+ 2 tblsp
Butter melted	¼ cup
Vanilla essence	1 tsp
Yogurt	¼ cup
Milk	¼ cup
Jam	¼ cup

Method:

• Preheat oven to 180 º C.
• Whisk the flour,baking powder,baking soda and salt in a bowl.Mix the sugar and keep aside.
• Mix the melted butter,vanilla essence,curd ,milk in another bowl
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix it lightly till the wet and dry ingredients are combined.No need to beat.
• Now add the jam(dilute with little lemon juice if you find it very thick) to the batter and make swirls with a fork.
• Divide the batter evenly on the muffin pan lined with paper liners.If needed,add some more jam on the top and make swirls.
• Bake in preheated oven at 180 ºC for 15-20 mins till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Note:

• Adjust the sugar quantity based on the sweetness of the jam used.