Cranberry Marmalade Holiday Muffins Food

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Grease 12 standard sized muffin cups, or line with papers.
• Mix together flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
• Mix together buttermilk, marmalade and melted butter, and add egg.
• Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add buttermilk mixture and mix gently just to moisten all ingredients. Fold in cranberries.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan. Fill 3/4 full.
• Bake at 400° for 25 minutes or till tops are golden. Cool and serve, or serve warm.

ORANGE-MARMALADE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Grease muffin cups or line with paper bake cups.
• Stir together flour, sugar, and baking powder.
• Make a well in the center.
• Combine eggs, sour cream, marmalade, butter, and vanilla.
• Add sour cream mixture all at once to flour mixture.
• Stir till moistened.
• Fill the muffin cups 2/3 full.
• Bake in a 400°F oven 20 to 25 minutes.

MINI HOLIDAY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar together.
• Mix in beaten egg yolks, cherry juice, flour and baking powder.
• Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into mixture.
• Grease mini muffins tins and sprinkle bottom with chopped pecans.
• Place 1 teaspoon dough in each and place cherry on top.
• Add another teaspoon full of dough and sprinkle top with pecans.
• Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
• Remove from muffin tins and roll in powdered sugar while still warm.
• Makes 24 mini muffins.

CRANBERRY MARMALADE

Steps:

• Cut oranges and lemon into quarters, and remove seeds.
• Grind the fruit, chop fine, or cut crosswise into wafer-thin slices.
• Add water and soda.
• Bring to boil and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add cranberries and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Measure 5 cups fruit into very large saucepan.
• Add sugar and mix well.
• Put over high heat, bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and at once stir in pectin.
• Skim off foam with metal spoon.
• Then stir and skim for 7 minutes to cool slightly and to prevent floating fruit.
• Ladle into hot sterlized jars, and seal.
• Makes about eight 1/2- pint jars.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MARMALADE MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Make a well in the center.
• 3. In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk, marmalade, melted (cooled) butter, and egg. Pour into well in the center of the dry ingredients. Mix with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in chopped cranberries (I chop mine in the food processor)and walnuts.
• 4. Use an ice cream scoop and spoon batter into muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. Bake in a pre heated oven at 400 degrees F. until tops are firm and lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
• 5. Cool muffins in pan on a rack for 5 minutes; turn out of pan to completely cool.

CRANBERRY-MARMALADE HOLIDAY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Grease 12 muffin cups.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
• Make a well in the center.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk, marmalade, melted cooled butter and egg.
• Pour into well in the center of the dry ingredients. Mix with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in chopped nuts and cranberries.
• Spoon batter into muffin tins, filling cups about 2/3 full.
• Bake until tops are firm and lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
• Cool muffins in pan on a rack for about 5 minutes; turn out of pan to cool completely.