French Morning Muffins Food

FRENCH BREAKFAST MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir together flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Make a well in the center of the mixture. Stir together egg, milk and 1/3 cup melted butter. Add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir until just moistened (batter may be lumpy). Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Meanwhile, combine 1/4 cup sugar, cinnamon When muffins are finished baking, dip tops of muffins in the melted butter, and then in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Serve warm.

GOOD MORNING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• For the muffin batter: Sift together the flour, granulated sugar and baking powder. Place the flour mixture in a mixing bowl. Use a pastry cutter to mix in the butter and shortening.
• Mix the marmalade, orange juice and vanilla in a small bowl. Pour the marmalade mixture into the flour mixture. Pour the eggs into the bowl. Mix all ingredients together gently, using fewer than 10 large strokes.
• For the topping: Mix the granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a small bowl.
• Fill muffin pans with batter. Sprinkle 1 heaping teaspoon of topping ingredients over each muffin. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon wheat germ over the top for extra crunch if desired.
• Bake until done, 20 to 22 minutes. Remove the muffins from the pan and cool on a wire rack. Eat warm or at room temperature.

FRENCH MORNING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. (See Note*).
• With cooking spray or liquid vegetable oil, lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan, or a 24 cup mini muffin pan.
• In a mixing bowl combine flour, the 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients.
• In another bowl beat egg slightly; stir in milk and 1/3 cup melted butter or margarine. Add egg mixture to flour mixture.
• Stir just until moistened (the batter may be lumpy).
• Fill prepared muffin cups about halfway full with batter.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until muffins are golden.
• For the topping, melt the 1/2 cup butter.
• In a shallow bowl combine the 1/2 cup sugar and the 1 teaspoons cinnamon.
• Immediately dip tops of hot muffins into the 1/2 cup melted butter or margarine, then into the cinnamon-sugar mixture until coated.
• Muffins are best served warm.
• Store muffins at room temperature, covered.
• *Note: If using a dark colored or non-stick muffin tin, bake muffins at 325 degrees, instead of 350 degrees.

MORNING GLORY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and arrange two racks evenly spaced in the oven. Line two muffin pans with paper muffin cups.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil, and vanilla. Add the carrots, apple, pineapple, pecans, coconut, and raisins and stir together. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir just until combined. Scoop the batter with a standard (2 1/4-inch) ice cream scoop (I use rounded scoops of batter) into the prepared muffin cups. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Place the pans on a baking rack to cool and serve the muffins warm or at room temperature.

GLORIOUS MORNING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Line 12 medium muffin cups withe paper baking cups or lightly grease bottom only of pan.
• Combine dry ingredients and raisins; mix well.
• Add combined pineapple, including the juice, carrots, milk, oil and egg; mix just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Fill muffin cups almost full.
• Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until golden brown.
• Let muffins stand a few minutes, remove from pan.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• For glaze: combine sugar and milk and mix until smooth.
• Drizzle evenly over muffins.