Choco Apricot Muffins Recipes

CHOCO-APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Grease and flour 12 cup muffin tin.
• In a large bowl whisk the first 6 ingredients. In a small bowl mix the sour cream, melted butter, eggs and extracts until smooth. Add the wet ingredients to the dry until combined, fold in chocolate chips, nuts, and dried apricots.
• For the Filling:.
• Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Spoon half the batter in prepared muffin tin. Place a dollop of preserves in center of the batter and top with remaining batter. Sprinkle with sugar mixture and bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in tim for 5 minutes and transfer to cooling rack to cool off completely.

APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin pan, or line with paper muffin cups. Place apricots into a small bowl, and pour the boiling water over them. Let stand for 5 minutes.
• In a medium bowl stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter, oil, buttermilk and egg. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir until just blended. It is okay for the batter to have some lumps. Drain water from apricots, and mix them into the batter. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top springs back when lightly pressed. Cool in the pan over a wire rack.

APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine apricot pieces and lemon juice. Cream shortening and sugar, beat in egg and stir in apricots.
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg; add to first mixture alternately with milk.
• Add chopped nuts with last portion of flour.
• Fill greased muffin tins two thirds full.
• Sprinkle a little granulated sugar on top of each muffin.
• Bake about 20 minutes at 350 degrees F.
• Makes 12 muffins.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease or put paper liners in 12-cup muffin pan.
• In a small bowl, mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
• In a large bowl, mix together sugar, eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients just until combined. Fold in chocolate and apricots. Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Topping: sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake in preheated oven for 22 minutes or until a tester inserted into center comes out clean. Let muffins cool in pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Transfer to rack and let cool completely.

WHITE CHOCOLATE APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and chocolate in a mixing bowl.
• Make a depression in the middle of the flour mixture.
• In a separate bowl combine milk, butter and egg and stir with a wire whisk.
• Add to flour mixture and stir until blended.
• Apricot preserves are not added to the mixture.
• Fill muffin pan with cupcake liners or spray with cooking spray.
• Fill with 1 Tbl.
• of batter and then add 2 tsp.
• of apricot preserves to the middle of batter.
• Then top with remaining batter.
• Sprinkle sugar on top.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 20-22 minutes until lightly browned.

APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Soak apricots in water for 5 minutes. In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter until fluffy. Add sour cream; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. Drain apricots, discarding liquid. Fold apricots, orange zest and nuts into batter. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 400° for 18-20 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE CHIP APRICOT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• Mix the flour and baking soda in a bowl. In a separate bowl, beat together the butter, turbinado sugar, and brown sugar until fluffy, then beat in the egg, vanilla, and salt. Stir the flour and baking soda into the butter mixture. Fold in the chocolate chips and apricots. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

WHITE CHOCOLATE APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2. Combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, ginger, baking powder, salt and chocolate in bowl; stir well. Make a well in center. In another bowl, whisk together milk, butter and egg. Add to flour mixture, don't over-stir. Stir just until moist. Coat 12 muffin cups with cooking spray. Spoon 1 Tbsp batter into each cup. Spoon 2 tsp preserves into center of each cup; top with remaining batter. Sprinkle evenly with 1 Tbsp sugar. Bake for 22 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center.