Caramel Muffins Food

DOUBLE-CHOCOLATE SALTED CARAMEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick liners. Whisk the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl; stir in the chopped chocolate. Whisk the milk, vegetable oil and eggs in a small bowl until smooth; stir into the flour mixture until just combined.
• Divide the batter among the muffin cups, filling them two-thirds of the way. Bake until the edges are just set but the centers are still loose, 8 to 10 minutes. Working quickly, drop 1 heaping teaspoon dulce de leche into the center of each muffin. Return to the oven and bake until the batter rises over the dulce de leche and a toothpick inserted into a muffin (but not into the dulce de leche) comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Finely grate chocolate over the tops of the hot muffins and sprinkle with flaky salt. Let the muffins cool 5 minutes in the pan, then remove to a rack to cool completely.

CARAMEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line muffin pan with liners and set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt, and make a well.
• In a medium bowl, beat egg lightly, add creamer and vegetable oil and beat until combined.
• Pour wet ingredients into the well of the dry ingredients and mix gently just until combined, do not overmix, it's okay if the batter is slightly lumpy.
• Add 2 tablespoons of batter to each liner, place an unwrapped caramel in the center, top with another tablespoon of batter. Repeat for the remaining liners.
• Mix topping ingredients together with a fork in a small bowl until crumbly, sprinkle over the top of the muffins and bake for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown.
• Drizzle with caramel sauce before serving if desired and use caution as caramel center will be molten after removed from the oven. Bake off remaining batter the same way.

JUMBO CARAMEL BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Beat in bananas and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture just until moistened. , Fill paper-lined jumbo muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 23-28 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , For icing, in a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and milk; bring to a boil. Cool slightly. Beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Transfer to a small resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag and drizzle over muffins.

CARAMEL APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk, butter and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apple and caramels. , Fill 12 paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. , Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the cake portion comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

CARAMEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Grease, line or spray muffin pan.
• Sift flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl.
• Stir in brown sugar and pecans.
• In a separate bowl, stir together eggs, milk, vanilla, butter and melted chocolate.
• Stir dry mixture into wet mixture, mixing ONLY until combined.
• Don't overmix the batter.
• Gently stir in vanilla chips.
• Divide evenly among 14-18 muffin cups.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, or until done.
• Glaze directions: Place butter, brown sugar, sugar and cream in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly.
• Let boil for 1 minute longer, stirring constantly.
• Remove pan from heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
• Spoon, spread or drizzle warm glaze over cooled muffins.

CARAMEL CINNAMON MUFFINS

Steps:

• Grease muffin pans and place 1/2 teaspoon of butter and 1 teaspoon brown sugar in each cup.
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together.
• Beat egg; add milk, shortening and remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar. Add to sifted dry ingredients, stirring only enough to dampen all the flour.
• Fill prepared muffin pans 3/4 full and bake in hot oven (425 degrees) for 20 minutes.
• If desired, chopped nuts or raisins may be added to the butter and brown sugar of the cup.

UPSIDE-DOWN CARAMEL APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Stir apples, brown sugar, butter, and salt in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and syrupy, about 30 minutes. Stir in walnuts.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a muffin tin; divide apple mixture among muffin cups.
• Whisk flour, brown sugar, baking powder, apple pie spice, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Make a small well in the center and set aside.
• Combine butter, applesauce, buttermilk, egg, and vanilla extract. Pour into the well in the flour mixture. Mix until just combined; batter should be lumpy. Pour batter over apple mixture in the muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of each muffin. Carefully flip pan onto a serving platter; serve hot.

CARAMEL BANANA POKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
• Combine boiling water and oats in a small bowl; let stand for 20 minutes.
• Combine 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, and white sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy, about 3 minutes. Add bananas, eggs, and vanilla extract; stir well to combine. Mix in oatmeal.
• Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl. Fold into the oatmeal mixture. Divide batter evenly among the muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in the tin, about 5 minutes.
• Poke 3 deep holes into each muffin using the round handle of a small wooden spoon. Drizzle 1 tablespoon caramel-flavored condensed milk over each muffin. Let cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Mix 1 cup brown sugar, walnuts, coconut, 1/2 cup melted butter, and heavy cream together in a bowl to make topping. Sprinkle topping over muffins.

SALTED CARAMEL CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 12-hole cake tin with paper cases.
• Beat the butter and sugar together with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla extract. Briefly mix in the flour until just combined, and stir in the milk until the batter just falls off the beaters.
• Divide the mixture between the cases, leaving about 2 tbsp batter in the bowl. Add a pinch of salt to the caramel sauce if it's not salted caramel, then add ½ tsp to the tops of each cupcake. Use a teaspoon to cover the caramel sauce with the remaining batter. Bake for 15-20 mins until springy and golden. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Meanwhile, make the icing. Beat the butter and half of the icing sugar together, then tip in the remaining icing sugar and whisk vigorously until pale and fluffy. Stir in half of the caramel sauce, then spoon the mixture into a piping bag with a round or star nozzle.
• Pipe swirls of icing on top of the cooled cupcakes. Stir the remaining caramel sauce with a pinch of salt, if unsalted, then use to drizzle over the icing. Sprinkle over a small pinch of sea salt over each, if you like.