Maple Muffins Recipes

MORNING MAPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine milk, butter, syrup, sour cream, egg and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. For topping, combine flour, sugar, nuts and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. , Bake 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm. Freeze option: Freeze cooled muffins in freezer containers. To use, thaw at room temperature or, if desired, microwave each muffin on high for 20-30 seconds or until heated through.

MAPLE MUFFINS WITH OAT STREUSEL

Steps:

• Make the streusel: In a medium bowl, combine oats, butter, sugar, salt and flour and work with hands until mixture is no longer dry and large clumps form. Add maple syrup and mix to combine. Cover and refrigerate.
• Make the muffins: Preheat oven to 400 degrees with racks in upper and lower thirds. Line 2 standard 12-cup muffin tins with baking cups. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter, maple syrup, and sugar until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition; mix in vanilla.
• Reduce mixer to low. Add flour in 3 additions, alternating with 2 batches of yogurt; beat until combined. Transfer batter evenly amongst 24 muffin tins (a scant 1/4 cup per tin). Remove streusel from refrigerator and break up into small pieces. Scatter evenly over the top of the muffins. Bake, rotating once, until tops spring back and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 16 to 18 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes in tin, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Brush muffins with more maple syrup while warm, if desired.

MAPLE WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line muffin pan with paper baking cups.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in the maple syrup and the eggs and beat until well blended. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk and beat until well blended. Stir in the walnuts. Spoon the batter into the muffin tins filling each about 3/4 full.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.

MAPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Stir together the dry ingredients.
• Add butter and blend well.
• Add egg, maple syrup and milk.
• Stir until well blended (do not over beat).
• Fill greased muffin tins about ½ full.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.

MAPLE SYRUP MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix butter, sugar and salt. In another bowl, mix both flours and baking powder, then add them to the mixture of butter. Add 3/4 cup of oatmeal and stir. In a third bowl, stir milk and maple syrup. Pour the mixture of maple syrup on the dough and stir until the mixture is wet, taking care not to stir too much.
• Spread the dough in 8 greased muffins tins. Sprinkle with remaining oatmeal (1 tablespoon). Bake in a preheated oven of 350 F for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean. Let cool on a rack for about 5 minutes. Remove the muffins from the pan and let cool completely. (They will be good up to 3 days in the refrigerator and up to 1 month in the freezer).