Pomegranate Ginger Muffins Recipes

POMEGRANATE-GINGER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425F.
• Grease 12 muffin tins.
• Mix dry ingredients (sugar, flour, baking powder, salt) in a large bowl.
• Mix wet ingredients (milk, egg, oil/butter, lemon zest) in a medium bowl.
• Make a"well" in your dry ingredients and pour in your wet ingredients until just mixed.
• Overmixing will make your muffins tough.
• You may want to undermix it a bit and finish your mixing with the next step when you add the pomegranate/ginger.
• Fold in pomegranate seeds and ginger.
• Spoon into greased muffin tins.
• Sprinkle tops with sugar, which will caramelize in the oven and make a lovely sugary top.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes until puffed and golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• Let cool for 5-10 minutes in the tin, then remove and cool on a cookie rack, or serve.
• You may use mini-muffin tins or jumbo muffin tins, but the cook time will vary.
• Muffins tend to need to be watched carefully, regardless.
• Another possibility might be to mix some powdered ginger (a small amount, it is strong) with your sugar topping.

GINGER MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Grease a 12 cup muffin pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine all of the dry ingredients in a medium size mixing bowl and set aside.
• Beat eggs, oil, molasses and milk in a large mixing bowl with an electric hand mixer on slow speed.
• Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and combine well until glossy and smooth.
• Add the ginger and just stir until incorporated into the batter.
• Pour batter evenly into greased muffin cups and fill 2/3 full.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until nicely browned.
• Remove from oven and set aside for 10 minutes before removing from container. Let cool on wire rack.
• Enjoy with a spot of butter on the side.

TRIPLE-GINGER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees and line a standard muffin tin with paper liners.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, butter, eggs, milk, molasses and grated ginger, and whisk until smooth.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, ground ginger and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. (Be careful not to overmix! The batter will be slightly lumpy.) Stir in 3/4 cup crystallized ginger, reserving the remaining 3 tablespoons for the topping.
• Using an ice cream scoop or a large spoon, divide the batter between the 12 muffin cups. Sprinkle the reserved crystallized ginger onto the tops of the muffins, and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean and the muffins spring back when lightly pressed. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then carefully transfer muffins to a cooling rack and cool completely.

HIGH-FIBER POMEGRANATE-OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 1 1/2 12-cup muffin tins or line 18 cups with paper liners.
• Combine white whole wheat flour, oats, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and ground ginger together in a bowl. Set aside.
• Beat eggs in a large bowl and add oil and agave nectar. Add pomegranate seeds, flaxseed meal, and vanilla extract. Slowly add flour mixture to the egg mixture until mixed well. Spoon batter into 18 cups of a muffin tin.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 22 minutes.