Spice Islands Muffins Food

DELIGHTFUL APPLE SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree F (175 degrees C). Line a mini muffin pan with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter or margarine and sugar. Add eggs, and beat until smooth. Blend in cinnamon, allspice, baking powder, and baking soda. Alternately add in a half cup of applesauce, one cup of flour, remaining applesauce, and remaining flour. Stir until just blended together. Pour batter into muffin cups 2/3's of the way full.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven for 17 minutes.

SUGAR AND SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, beat together oil, 3/4 cup sugar, egg and milk. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture, just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
• While muffins are baking, mix together 3/4 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. While muffins are still hot, dip tops in melted butter and then in cinnamon sugar mixture.

SUGAR AND CINNAMON SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients. Stir in milk, egg, and butter, beating only enough to blend. Stir in raisins and nuts, of desired.
• Fill greased muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake at 400º for 20 minutes or until muffins test done.

PUMPKIN SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together pumpkin, carrots, buttermilk, honey, butter or margarine, egg, vanilla, and orange zest.
• Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened.
• This is a thick batter.
• Fold walnuts (if using) into batter, gently.
• Spoon batter into 12-cup muffin pan (lightly greased or sprayed with nonstick spray).
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.

SPICE ISLANDS MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line muffin tins with papers or grease liberally.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, espresso or instant coffee, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg, set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix milk, butter, egg, and vanilla until combined.
• Stir milk mixture into flour mixture only until combined (Do not over mix). Fold in chocolate chips.
• Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes for standard muffins, 10 to 12 minutes for mini-muffins. These muffins freeze well.
• Will yield: 12 muffins or about 48 mini-muffins.