Nutty Pistachio Chip Muffins Food

PISTACHIO CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Place cupcake cups in cupcake pan.
• In a medium bowl, beat the butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add the eggs, vanilla, pudding mix and salt.
• Beat until mixed.
• Add half the flour and baking powder.
• Beat until just mixed.
• Add milk, and beat until mixed.
• Add the rest of the flour, and beat until just mixed.
• Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Spoon into cupcake cups about 3/4 of the way up.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

GREEN PISTACHIO MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Prepare the muffin tins by greasing them well.
• Combine the dry ingredients including the zest and finely chopped pistachios in a large bowl.
• Cream the butter and sugar together in a mixer with the paddle attachment. Beat the eggs, one at a time, into the creamed mixture until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and rum extracts.
• Starting with about 1/4 of the dry mixture, alternately add part of the dry ingredients and the milk, briefly mixing after each addition. Do not over-mix the batter.
• Scoop the batter into the prepared tins. Sprinkle the tops with the coarsely chopped pistachios.
• Place the muffins in the oven and immediately turn the temperature down to 375 degrees. Bake for 15 minutes or until the muffins test done.
• After the muffins have cooled for five minutes, remove them from the tins to cool on a wire rack.
• Baker's Note: It's the finely chopped pistachios that give the muffin a green hue. We used a nut chopper to chop ours finely. You can also chop them in a food processor.