Merry Muffins Recipes

MERRY CHRISTMAS MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In a small bowl, beat eggs, oil and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in carrots, apple, coconut, fruit and raisins. Fill 16 paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. For frosting, combine butter, cream cheese, sugar, juice and vanilla in a bowl; beat until smooth and creamy. Spread over muffins. Sprinkle with cherries.

MERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Resift flour with next 3 ingredients. Combine egg, milk and oil; stir into dry mixture only until moistened. Fold in walnuts.
• Divide into 2 portions; stir cherries into one and spoon into one side of 14 greased muffin pans (2 1/2-inches diameter). Stir cocoa mix into remaining batter and fill other side of pans.
• Bake at 400 for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve warm.

BERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift the dry ingredients together.
• Mix in the eggs, oil, butter, milk and vanilla.
• Fold in your choice of berries.
• (I get a blend of frozen berries at my grocery store--raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and blueberries. These make a great mixed berry muffin,and they're much more economical than fresh. But use what you have) Pour into lightly greased, standard 12 muffin pan, or large 6 muffin pan.
• (Tip-an ice cream scoop makes easy work of this task, and muffins are the same size.) Bake for 30-40 minutes, start checking at 30 minutes or so.
• Cool in pan on rack for about 5 minutes, then turn on out on rack to cool.