Merry Muffins Food

MIXED BERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Line a 12-count muffin tin with cupcake liners and preheat oven to 400˚F. In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat 2 eggs with 1 cup granulated sugar on high speed 5 minutes, or until thick and light in color.
• Add 1 cup Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup oil, 1 tsp vanilla. Set mixer to low speed and mix just until combined.
• In a small bowl, add 2 cups flour, 2 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt and whisk to combine. Using a hand held whisk, add flour mixture into the batter 1/3 at a time, stirring to incorporate with each addition. DO NOT OVERMIX or muffins will be dense.
• Use a spatula to fold in 1 1/2 cups mixed berries, folding just until combined.
• Divide batter into prepared muffin tip, filling to the top or until all of the batter is used up. Bake in the center of the oven at 400˚F for 20-22 minutes or until tops are golden and a toothpick inserted into the center come out clean. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift the dry ingredients together.
• Mix in the eggs, oil, butter, milk and vanilla.
• Fold in your choice of berries.
• (I get a blend of frozen berries at my grocery store--raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and blueberries. These make a great mixed berry muffin,and they're much more economical than fresh. But use what you have) Pour into lightly greased, standard 12 muffin pan, or large 6 muffin pan.
• (Tip-an ice cream scoop makes easy work of this task, and muffins are the same size.) Bake for 30-40 minutes, start checking at 30 minutes or so.
• Cool in pan on rack for about 5 minutes, then turn on out on rack to cool.

MERRY MORNING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Mix milk, oil, orange peel, and egg. Stir in flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix lightly and add cranberries and nuts.
• Fill paper muffin cups half full and bake 20-25 minutes.
• Note: These are also good with 1/2 cup chopped dates instead of cranberries.

SAVORY MORNING MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter 8 cups of a muffin tin.
• Whisk together the almond flour, baking powder, salt, cayenne and sage in a medium bowl. In a large bowl, combine the sausage, Cheddar and scallions. In a small bowl, whisk together the cream and eggs, then add them to the large bowl with the sausage mixture. Add the 6 tablespoons melted butter and the almond flour mixture to the large bowl and mix.
• Spoon the batter into the buttered 8 cups of the muffin tin. Bake until puffed, golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 15 minutes.

MERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Resift flour with sugar, baking powder and salt added. Combine egg, milk and oil; stir into dry mixture only until moistened. Fold in nuts.
• Divide batter into two portions. Stir in cherries into one portion of batter and place one regular teaspoonful into well greased muffin pan. Stir cocoa into other portion of batter and spoon onto tops of cherry batter.
• Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.