Maida Heatters Apple Cranberry Muffins Food

MAIDA HEATTER'S APPLE CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Adjust rack to middle of oven and preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a shallow ovenproof baking dish with about a two-quart capacity (11 by 8 by 1 3/4 or 2 inches). Set aside.
• Place cranberries in bowl of cold water to wash, pick over them, and drain on a towel. Let stand.
• Peel, quarter and core apples. Cut each piece into one-half-inch chunks. In bowl mix cranberries with apples, pecans and sugar. Turn into baking dish and smooth top.
• In small bowl of an electric mixer beat eggs to mix. Beat in sugar then add flour and melted butter at the same time and beat until smooth. Pour batter evenly over bottom layer.
• Bake for about 50 minutes until top is golden and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Serve hot, warm or at room temperature, preferably with vanilla ice cream.

MAIDA HEATTER'S BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Place rack in center of oven and preheat oven to 400°F Use a muffin pan with liners or a buttered, nonstick pan (for a better crust).
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a very large bowl.
• Add blueberries; stir gently to mix.
• In another bowl, beat egg lightly just to mix.
• Add butter, milk and rind. DO NOT OVERMIX.
• Add liquid ingredients all at once to dry ingredients.
• Fold with rubber spatula only a few seconds until dry ingredients are barely moistened. Batter should be lumpy.
• Fill muffin forms 2/3 full.
• Bake 20-25 minutes until golden. Cool in pan 2-3 minutes.
• Then cover with a rack, turn over pan and rack, and remove pan. Turn muffins right side up.

APPLE CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together.
• In a medium size bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, oil, sour cream and vanilla until smooth.
• Stir apple, cranberries, and walnuts into wet mixture.
• Fold wet mixture into dry ingredients.
• I use an ice cream scoop to measure batter into greased muffin cups .
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.

CRANBERRY, ORANGE, & WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. arranging a rack in the center of the oven. Generously grease 12 muffin cups. Remove zest from the oranges. Mince the zest and measure out 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon. Squeeze the juice from the oranges and reserve 2/3 cup.
• In a medium bowl, toss together the cranberries, nuts and reserved orange zest. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and the 2/3 cup sugar and whisk together.
• In a medium bowl, combine the reserved orange juice, melted butter and egg. Whisk until blended. Pour the liquid over the flour mixture and stir lightly 3 or 4 times with a rubber spatula, to combine. Add the cranberry-nut mixture and distribute evenly, using as few strokes as possible (the batter will not be perfectly smooth).
• Quickly divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle a pinch of the 1 teaspoon sugar over the top of each muffin. Bake 25 minutes in preheated oven or until golden. Let muffins rest in pan for about 2 minutes. Using a blunt knife, ease the muffins out onto a wire rack and let cool 15-20 minutes.

MAIDA HEATTER'S FREE-FORM APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl.
• Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add water and toss with a fork until pastry holds together.
• Shape pastry into a ball and flatten into a disk.
• Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
• Melt butter in a 12" skillet over medium heat.
• Increase heat to high and add sugar and brandy.
• Stir in apples and cover and cook 3 minutes, stirring apples twice.
• Uncover and add raisins and cook apples, stirring until tender and liquid evaporates, about 6 minutes more.
• Cool apples completely.
• Stir in nuts.
• Heat oven to 425.
• Meanwhile, on a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry into a 14 inch circle.
• Transfer pastry to a large cookie sheet.
• Arrange apples on pastry, leaving a 2 to 2 1/2 inch border around the edge.
• Fold edge of pastry over apples.
• The pie shell should be about 9 inches in diameter.
• Bake 15 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 400 and bake 30 minutes, until crust is golden brown.
• Melt preserves through a sieve into a cup.
• Drizzle over filling.
• Cool on cookie sheet.
• Transfer to serving platter when cool.