Paula Deen Pistachio Muffins Recipes

PISTACHIO MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Sift flour with cake mix.
• 2. Add instant pudding and mix.
• 3. Then add the wet ingredients and stir well.
• 4. Fold in the chopped pistachios.
• 5. Pour into muffin tins lined with muffin paper cups.
• 6. Sprinkle sugar on top
• 7. bake at 425 degrees for 15 mins.

GREEN PISTACHIO MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Prepare the muffin tins by greasing them well.
• Combine the dry ingredients including the zest and finely chopped pistachios in a large bowl.
• Cream the butter and sugar together in a mixer with the paddle attachment. Beat the eggs, one at a time, into the creamed mixture until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and rum extracts.
• Starting with about 1/4 of the dry mixture, alternately add part of the dry ingredients and the milk, briefly mixing after each addition. Do not over-mix the batter.
• Scoop the batter into the prepared tins. Sprinkle the tops with the coarsely chopped pistachios.
• Place the muffins in the oven and immediately turn the temperature down to 375 degrees. Bake for 15 minutes or until the muffins test done.
• After the muffins have cooled for five minutes, remove them from the tins to cool on a wire rack.
• Baker's Note: It's the finely chopped pistachios that give the muffin a green hue. We used a nut chopper to chop ours finely. You can also chop them in a food processor.

PAULA DEEN'S PISTACHIO LINZERTORTE WITH CHERRY JAM

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in egg yolks until combined.
• In a small bowl, combine flour, nutmeg and cardamom. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating until combined. Beat in ground pistachios. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• On lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
• Cut with a 2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter.
• Cut out centers of half the cookies with a 1/2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter.
• Place cookies 2 inches apart on baking sheets, and bake for 12 to 14 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned.
• Let cool on pan for 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• Spread cherry jam evenly over flat sides of uncut cookies.
• Top with flat sides of cutout cookies.
• Return to baking sheets, and bake for 2 minutes.
• Let cool completely on wire racks.

PISTACHIO MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. Lightly spray liners and pan with cooking spray.
• Stir flour, sugar, brown sugar, ground pistachio nuts, 1/2 cup chopped pistachio nuts, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Make a well in the center.
• Whisk together milk, melted butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and almond extract together in a bowl. Pour milk mixture into the well of the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula just until batter is combined but a few lumps remain; do not overmix.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full. Sprinkle remaining chopped pistachios on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 15 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

MOIST PISTACHIO MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease muffin tin. Beat egg with a fork. Stir in milk and oil. Stir in flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and pudding mix, just until moist. Batter will be lumpy.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.