Italian Orange Almond Oat Crunch Muffins Food

ITALIAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix margarine, Italian seasoning, and pepper together.
• Brush 12 medium muffin cups (2 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches) with about 3 tablespoons of the margarine mixture.
• Mix baking mix, milk, and cheese until soft dough forms; beat 30 seconds.
• (If dough is too sticky, gradually mix in enough baking mix- up to 1/4 cup- to make dough easy to handle).
• Turn dough onto surface dusted with baking mix; roll in baking mix to coat.
• Shape into ball; knead gently 6 to 8 times.
• Cut dough into 12 pieces; shape each piece into a ball.
• Place balls in muffin cups; brush with remaining margarine mixture.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

EASY ALMOND ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180° C (355° F) and line a muffin pan with 8 muffin liners.
• Grind the almonds in a mixer with a teaspoon of sugar taken from the total (I like to keep a fairly coarse ground for texture, you can choose to grind them finer).
• In a small bowl beat the egg with the sugar until foamy.
• Add the vegetable oil, slowly, and stir to combine.
• Grate the orange zest in, then add the orange juice. Mix to combine.
• In a large bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder and pinch of salt. Add the ground almonds and stir.
• Pour the wet ingredients in the bowl with the dry ingredients. Stir with a wooden spoon just until combine. Do not overmix.
• Add a couple of tablespoons of batter in each muffin liner.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes or until nice and golden and a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Let cool slightly in the muffin pan, then finish cooling on a rack.
• Dust with powdered (icing) sugar and enjoy one right away ???? .

APPLE CRUNCH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon into mixing bowl.
• Cut in shortening with pastry blender until fine crumbs form.
• Combine egg and milk.
• Add to dry ingredients all at once, stirring just enough to moisten.
• Stir in apples.
• Spoon batter into paper-lined 2 1/2-inch muffin-pan cups, filling 2/3rds full.
• Sprinkle with nut crunch topping.
• Bake in 375 degree oven 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve hot with butter and homemade jelly or jam.
• NUT CRUNCH TOPPING: Mix together 1/4 c brown sugar (packed), 1/4 c chopped pecans and 1/2 t ground cinnamon in small bowl.

BLUEBERRY CRUNCH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 (or to 350 if using dark or nonstick muffin tin).
• Combine topping ingredients in small bowl until crumbly and set aside.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl.
• Combine eggs, milk, butter and vanilla in medium bowl; stir into flour mixture just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Stir in blueberries.
• Spoon 1/3 cup batter into each baking cup.
• Sprinkle topping evenly over batter.
• Bake 20-25 minutes until lightly browned and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

MARSHALL FIELD'S CINNAMON CRUNCH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and margarine.
• Add the sugar and cream until fluffy; blend in the eggs.
• In a bowl combine the sour cream and baking soda; set aside.
• Sift the flour, salt, baking powder, and nutmeg together.
• Add the flour mixture and sour cream mixture alternately to the sugar mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
• Do not overmix.
• Fold in 2 3/4 cups of the Cinnamon Crunch.
• Spoon the batter into paper-lined muffin tins, filling the a little over half full.
• Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with the remaining Cinnamon Crunch.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until the muffins are golden brown.
• Cinnamon Crunch-----------------.
• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, work the ingredients with a pastry blender (or in a food processor) until it resembles a coarse streusel mix.
• Spread it on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 5 to 8 minutes or until golden brown.
• Let stand for several hours or overnight to dry.
• Break it into chunks and store in an airtight container.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE CRUNCH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Batter: In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, then toss the cranberries in the mix and stir to coat.
• In a separate bowl, or in a large measuring cup, whisk together the egg, oil, milk, orange juice, and orange oil or peel. Gently and thoroughly mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
• Using a muffin or cookie scoop, or a 1/4-cup measure, pour the batter into 12 lightly greased muffin cups, filling them about 3/4 full.
• Topping: Combine all of the topping ingredients. Sprinkle a scant 1 tablespoon of topping over the batter in each muffin cup.
• Baking: Bake the muffins in a preheated 400°F oven for 20 minutes, or until they're nicely domed and a cake tester inserted into the center of one comes out clean.
• Remove the muffins from the oven, and run a knife around the edge of each one to separate it from the pan. Carefully tilt each muffin in its cup so steam doesn't collect underneath as they cool. After about 5 minutes, transfer them to a rack to cool completely.