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Cranberry Orange Muffins

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Cranberry Orange MuffinA long time ago in a land far away my husband and I discovered the most delicious morsel of food one ever did eat. It was Costco Cranberry Orange Loaf, forget the fact that I had zero self-control around it, and they only sold it in three loaf packs, that was some seriously tasty stuff. We returned to buy more, never to find it again. How disappointing! I have been on the search all these years to find a replica recipe. This isn’t it. However it still had that delicious cranberry orange flavor that always remind of christmas it didn’t quite have the amazing moistness (kind of a weird word, but I couldn’t think of anything better) of the Costco loaf. I will keep on my bread hunt and until then I will eat these muffins.

Recipe found in Southern Living Slow-Cooker Cookbook (even though these puppies don’t actually use a slow cooker)

  • 2 cups self-rising flour
  • 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 Tbsp grated orange rind
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs

1. Line 10 muffin tins with paper liners.

2. Mix together flour, cranberries, sugar and orange rind.

3.Mix together milk, oil and eggs in separate bowl, add to dry ingredients and stir until just combined.

4. Scoop into prepared muffin tins and bake for 18 minutes at 400 degrees.

5. Eat and enjoy, Great with tea!

Tips- If you don’t have self rising flour add 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp to your 1 cup measuring cup and fill with flour. Repeat for every cup of flour called for in recipe.

 

 

Coconut Topped Blueberry Muffins

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Breakfast of ChampionsTime for The Crazy Cooking Challenge ! And it is none other than my very favorite food, Blueberry muffins. What a fun challenge, to find somebody else’s great version and make it! I found this Coconut Topped blueberry Muffin recipe over the very adorable blog Yammie’s Noshery. I can honestly say I have never thought of just scooping coconut on top but as soon as I saw the pictures I knew this was the muffin I would be making. It is the perfect blueberry muffin recipe. Go ahead and give it a try!

  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  •  1/4 cup softened butter
  •  2 cups flour
  •  1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  •  1/2 teaspoon salt
  •  1 egg
  •  1/2 cup milk
  •  1/4 cup olive oil
  •  1 cup sugar
  •  1 cup blueberries
  • 12 Tbsp coconut

1. Beat together the sour cream and butter. Beat in flour, baking powder, and salt.

2. In separate bowl mix together the egg, milk, oil and sugar. mix into flour mixture. Fold in blueberries.

3. Scoop into a greased muffin tin, and top each muffin with 1 Tbsp of coconut.

4. Bake for 25 minutes and 375 degrees.

5. Eat and enjoy!
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Chocolate Crumb Muffins

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Christmas morning goodnessWelcome back, I took a couple of days off to celebrate a fabulous Christmas season with my family. I hope you all had an amazing holiday as well! I was planning to post delicious side dish recipes all week but I sat down to enjoy Christmas dinner with the family and not  picture did I take! Ah well, it happens. I did remember to take pictures of our Christmas morning muffins though. I was originally going to make blueberry muffins this year but then I saw this recipe over at the amazing food blog Gingerbread Bagels, I had to make a switch in the menu plan because they looked that good. And really you can never go wrong with a recipe from Gingerbread Bagels, every recipe on that site is ah-mazing! This recipe made 15 muffins.

 

  • 3/4 cup sugar
  •  1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  •  1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  •  1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  •  1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  •  1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  •  1 cup sour cream
  •  1 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips mixed with 1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • Topping:
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  •  3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
  •  3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  •  1 1/2 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter, diced
  •  1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips, chopped

1. Beat together the sugars, oil,eggs and vanilla for about 3 minutes in your kitchen mixer. (Or use an electric beater.)

2. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Using a large spatula fold in sour cream until just combined, then fold in chocolate chips. Be careful not to over mix as it will lead to tough muffins.

3. Pour into prepared muffin tin (either grease or use paper liners).

4. Mix together first three topping ingredients and cut in butter until small crumbs form, stir in chopped chocolate and scoop on top of muffins.

5. Bake at 375 for 23 minutes.

6. Eat and Enjoy!

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Jumbo Poppy Seed Muffins

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muffinsI love muffins and quick breads. And I love when the smell starts waifting through my kitchen and I here three excited little kids say “I smell muffins”, or “mom’s making muffins”. Yup, it’s true I am turning my kids into little baking addicts, just like me. These big muffins are a perfect lunch served with some fruit and a cup of tea. Ah, fruit, muffins and tea, my absolute favorite lunch.

Adapted from Mini Poppy Seed Loaves by Mrs. Richard Bridges

Jumbo Poppy Seed Muffins

dry

  •                     1 cup sugar
  •                     2 cups all purpose flour
  •                     1 tablespoon poppy seeds
  •                     1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
  •                     1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  •                     1 cup plain yogurt
  •                     1/2 cup butter or margarine
  •                     2 eggs, beaten
  •                     1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  •                     1/2 teaspoon almond extract

1. Mix first 5 ingredients together in medium mixing bowl.

2. Melt butter or margarine in medium sized microwave bowl. Add yogurt, eggs, and extracts.

3. Mix liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and mix until just moistened.

4. Pour into 8 greased jumbo muffin tins.

5. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes.

muffinsTips- Lemon peel can be bought in the spice isle at specialty grocery shops. It is nice to have in the house so you are not always having to grate lemons.