Tutti Frutti Muffins Food

TUTTI-FRUTTI MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Grease 12 muffin tins or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, whisk together oat bran, white flour, whole-wheat flour, salt, baking soda, ground cinnamon, Splenda and sugar.
• In a medium bowl, stir together bananas, pineapple, strawberries, eggs, vanilla, applesauce and oil.
• Stir fruit mixture into flour mixture.
• Streusel: In a small bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut butter into flour mixture. Stir in pecans.
• Put a mounded tablespoon of batter into each muffin tin.
• Put 1 teaspoon of raspberry preserves over the center of the batter in each muffin tin.
• Use remaining batter to nearly fill muffin tins.
• Sprinkle streusel over the top of batter.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes until toothpick tests clean.
• Let sit for 5 minutes and turn out of tins.
• Optional Glaze: Stir together powdered sugar, blood orange juice and zest. Once muffins are room temperature, drizzle glaze over them.
• *Good with whipped cream too!

TUTTI-FRUTTI

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the butter, milk, almond extract and salt. Gradually stir in confectioners' sugar until a stiff dough is formed. , Turn onto a surface lightly dusted with confectioners' sugar. Knead 15-20 times or until mixture forms a smooth ball. Knead in candied fruit. Shape into 1-in. balls, then roll in almonds. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. , Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.