February 22, 2009 | Author admin
Ingredients
1-3/4 cups Flour 1/3 cup Sugar 2 Tsp Baking Powder 1 Tsp Apple or Pumpkin pie spice 1/4 tsp Salt 1 Egg, beaten 3/4 cup Milk 1/4 cup Oil 1/3 cup Apple Butter 1/3 cup chopped Pecans 2 Tbsp Sugar
Method
Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, spice and salt. Add egg, milk, and oil. Spoon 1 Tbsp mix into muffin tins. Top with apple butter (1 tsp in each). Then finish filling cups with batter. Mix pecans and sugar and sprinkle over batter. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes.
February 5, 2009 | Author admin
Here is a great chocolate lava muffin recipe you can make to treat your kids for lunch time at school.
Ingredients
8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips 1 stick butter 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup sugar 3 tablespoons flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 eggs Butter to coat muffin tin 1 tablespoon cocoa powder 1 cup vanilla ice cream 1 teaspoon espresso powder
Method
1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2) Place a small metal bowl over a saucepan with simmering water.
3) Melt the chocolate and butter in the bowl. Stir in vanilla.
4) In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour and salt.
5) Sift these into the chocolate and mix well with electric hand mixer.
6) Add eggs one at time, fully incorporating each egg before adding the next.
7) Beat at high until batter is creamy and lightens in color, approximately 4 minutes.
Chill mixture.
9) Coat the top and each cup of the muffin tin with butter.
10) Dust with the cocoa powder and shake out excess.
11) Spoon mixture into pan using a 4?ounce scoop or ladle.
12) Bake for 10 to 11 minutes. Outsides should be cake?like and centers should be gooey.
13) While muffins are in oven, melt the ice cream in a small saucepan.
14) Stir in the espresso powder.
15) Serve over warm muffins.
Yield: 1 dozen
November 3, 2008 | Author admin
Ingredients
2 c Kelloggs All Bran cereal 1 c Nabisco 100 1 c boiling water 1/2 c shortening 1 1/2 c sugar 2 eggs 2 1/2 c our 2 1/2 t baking soda 1/2 t salt 2 c buttermilk
Method
1. Combine cereals and boiling water; set aside. 2. Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs and cooled bran mixture; set aside. 3. Combine our, baking soda, and salt. Add our mixture to bran mixture alternately with buttermilk. 4. Line cupcake pan with paper liners. Fill each 2/3 full. 5. Put pans in cold oven set for 400 degrees and the timer set for 20 minutes. When the oven reaches 400, reduce to 350 and finish baking.
