Spiced Up Muffins Recipes

SUGAR AND SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, beat together oil, 3/4 cup sugar, egg and milk. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture, just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
• While muffins are baking, mix together 3/4 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. While muffins are still hot, dip tops in melted butter and then in cinnamon sugar mixture.

DELIGHTFUL APPLE SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree F (175 degrees C). Line a mini muffin pan with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter or margarine and sugar. Add eggs, and beat until smooth. Blend in cinnamon, allspice, baking powder, and baking soda. Alternately add in a half cup of applesauce, one cup of flour, remaining applesauce, and remaining flour. Stir until just blended together. Pour batter into muffin cups 2/3's of the way full.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven for 17 minutes.

SUGAR AND CINNAMON SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients. Stir in milk, egg, and butter, beating only enough to blend. Stir in raisins and nuts, of desired.
• Fill greased muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake at 400º for 20 minutes or until muffins test done.

PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin cases. Mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and both sugars together in a large bowl. Break up any lumps of brown sugar by rubbing them between your fingers.
• Whisk the purée and eggs together in a jug, then add to the dry ingredients with the melted butter. Whisk for 1-2 mins with an electric hand whisk until just combined.
• Bake for 15 mins until golden and risen and a skewer inserted comes out clean. Lift onto a wire rack to cool completely. Will keep for three days in an airtight container.

SPICED-UP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F (200C) and prepare muffin tins by greasing or lining them with paper.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and allspice - then set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, cream, milk, melted butter (and currants if you are using them).
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir JUST UNTIL BLENDED (do not overmix).
• Spoon into the muffin tins, filling 2/3rds full.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Cool in tins for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.