Pine Nut Muffins Food

MAPLE WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line muffin pan with paper baking cups.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in the maple syrup and the eggs and beat until well blended. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk and beat until well blended. Stir in the walnuts. Spoon the batter into the muffin tins filling each about 3/4 full.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.

FRUIT AND NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine apples, sugar, raisins and nuts; set aside. In another bowl, beat eggs, oil and vanilla; stir into apple mixture. Combine dry ingredients; carefully fold into apple mixture. Do not overmix. Fill 18 greased muffin cups almost to the top. Bake at 375° for 18-20 minutes or until muffins test done.

TOFU CHOCOLATE CHIP PINE NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Place tofu in a bowl and make smooth using an electric mixer. Add applesauce, vanilla, almond extract, vegetable oil and brown sugar. Mix for 3 minutes. Scrape sides and mix for 2 minutes more.
• Add flour, baking soda and cocoa, mix well. Scrape sides and mix 1 minutes more. Add chocolate chips and pine nuts, blend in on low.
• Place cupcake papers into muffin tin. Spray papers with nonstick spray. Spoon evenly into the 12 cups.
• Bake 24 minutes on middle rack or until a toothpick comes out clean.

BANANA-NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Mash 2 bananas with a fork in a small bowl so they still have a bit of texture; mix in 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
• Mash remaining 2 bananas in a separate large bowl. Add brown sugar and white sugar and beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes. Add melted butter, eggs, and vanilla; mix for 1 more minute. Mix the banana-sugar mixture into the flour mixture until combined. Stir in banana-pecan mixture.
• Spoon about 1/4 cup of batter into each prepared muffin cup and top with remaining pecans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 16 to 17 minutes; do not overbake. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

PINE NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Position the oven rack in the center position and preheat the oven to 400°F Prepare the muffin pans by spraying the cups and their rims with nonstick spray, or by placing the paper cups inside. If using silicon muffin pans, spray as directed and place on a cookie sheet.
• Place the pine nuts on a baking sheet and bake for 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly brown and fragrant. Transfer the nuts to a large plate and cool for 10 minutes. Leave the oven on and at the same temperature.
• Pour 1/3 cup of the toasted nuts into a food processor, a mini food processor, or a blender; pulse 5 or 6 times until the nuts are finely ground. *Be careful not to grind them to a paste.* Transfer the ground nuts to a medium bowl. Stir in the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and the remaining pine nuts until well combined.
• Whisk the eggs and ricotta in a large bowl, then whisk in the milk, oil and vanilla until smooth. Use a wooden spoon to stir in the prepared flour mixture until moistened. Make sure the pine nuts are evenly distributed in the batter, but do not over mix.
• Fill the prepared tins three-quarters full. Save the leftover batter for a second baking. Bake for 22 minutes, or until the muffins are pale brown with rounded, cracked tops. A toothpick inserted into one of the muffins should come out with a few moist crumbs attached.
• Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Gently rock each muffin back and forth to release and remove it from the pan. Cool them for 5 minnutes more before serving. If storing or freezing the muffins, cool completely before putting into air tight containers or freezer bags. These muffins will stay fresh for up to 24 hours at room temperature or up to 1 month in the freezer.

DELICIOUS PINEAPPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour muffin pans, or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, stir together 2 cups flour, white sugar, baking powder and salt. Drain pineapple, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and pour in the reserved juice, egg, milk, and 1/4 cup melted butter. Mix just until blended.
• In a separate bowl, stir together the cinnamon, brown sugar, 1/2 cup flour, and 1/4 cup melted butter to make the topping.
• Spoon batter into muffin cups, then spoon crushed pineapple over the batter and sprinkle with the cinnamon topping.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted in the crown of the muffin comes out clean.

FRUIT & NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees fahrenheit.
• Sift together dry ingredients: flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg.
• In a separate bowl mix wet ingredients: eggs, coconut oil, honey or maple syrup, sugar (if desired), yogurt, nut paste, bananas/applesauce, extract.
• Combine wet and dry ingredients until just moist and fold in your addition(s) of choice: raisins, chocolate chips, coconut, or blueberries.
• Line 2 regular muffin pans (1 dozen each) with muffin papers. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
• Bake muffins for 30-40 minutes.