½

cup

butter

2

eggs

1 1/8

cups

sugar

3

cups

flour; divided

3

tsp

baking powder

½

tsp

salt

1

pinch

baking soda

1

cup

milk

1

tsp

vanilla

2

cups

blackberries

1

Preheat oven to 200°C. Grease 2 x 12 cup muffin pans, or use liners.

2

In a large bowl cream butter with sugar and add eggs. Reserve 3 tablespoons of the flour and combine the remaining flour with baking powder, salt and baking soda.

3

Combine milk and vanilla.

4

Alternately add the milk and flour mixture to the creamed butter and egg mixture.

5

Sprinkle reserved flour over blackberries and gently fold into the mixture.

6

Fill each muffin cup ¾ full and sprinkle tops with sugar if desired. Bake 20 minutes; or until done.