Bourbonorrumraisins Recipes

RUM-RAISIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Soak raisins and currants in rum to cover overnight, stirring occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Generously grease 2 1/2-inch muffin cups or line with paper baking cups.
• Drain fruit, reserving rum.
• Mix flour, sugar,baking powder, baking soda,salt and nutmeg in large bowl.
• Cut in butter until coarse meal forms; mix in fruit.
• Whisk sour cream,egg,vanilla and 2 tablespoons reserved rum in medium bowl until smooth.
• Make well in center of dry ingredients, add sour cream mixture to well and stir into dry ingredients until just blended (batter will be lumpy).
• Spoon batter into prepared cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake until muffins are golden brown and tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Cool 5 minutes in pan.
• Meanwhile prepare glaze:.
• In small bowl, combine sugar, lemon juice and enough reserved rum (about 1 tablespoon) to make medium-thin glaze.
• Remove muffins from pan;spread glaze over top.
• Serve warm or room temperature.

BOURBON (OR RUM) RAISINS

Steps:

• Find a mason jar or other glass container with a tight-fitting lid.
• Place the raisins in the jar.
• Pour the bourbon (I use Maker's Mark)over the raisins--enough to cover them.
• Give them a shake and close up the jar.
• Let it sit in your cupboard for a few days (although after just a few hours the raisins will begin to plump), inverting the jar occasionally to make sure all the raisins are getting coated.
• Voila!
• For bourbon or dark rum, I suggest dark raisins.
• For white rum, I suggest golden raisins.

RUM AND RAISIN OATMEAL

Steps:

• Place oats and raisins in a large bowl.
• Cover with water and stir
• Microwave for 3 minutes.
• Add rum extract and sugar substitute
• Stir and allow to cool for few minutes.
• variations:.
• use oat bran instead.
• add walnuts.
• add milk.
• serve as muesli by adding milk to uncooked oats
• add pineapple in stead of or in addition to raisins.