Carrot Apricot Muffins Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine apricots and water. Let stand 5 minutes. Drain well and set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add sour cream and mix well. Combine dry ingredients and add to butter mixture. Mix on low only until combined. Fold in orange peel, nuts and apricots. Batter will be very stiff. Spoon into well-greased muffin tins, filling each cup almost to the top. Bake at 400° for 18-20 minutes or until done. Combine sugar and orange juice; dip tops of warm muffins in mixture.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease or line a 12 cup muffin pan (sometimes I have a little more than this so I use a glass custard cup for the extra).
• Mix both flours, sugar blend, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Add the chopped apricots and toss lightly to coat.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs.
• Beat in the softened butter, buttermilk, and orange juice.
• Slowly add the flour mixture until just combined.
• Stir in the carrots and nuts.
• Fill each muffin cup about 3/4 full.
• Bake 20-25 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin pan, or line with paper muffin cups. Place apricots into a small bowl, and pour the boiling water over them. Let stand for 5 minutes.
• In a medium bowl stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter, oil, buttermilk and egg. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir until just blended. It is okay for the batter to have some lumps. Drain water from apricots, and mix them into the batter. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top springs back when lightly pressed. Cool in the pan over a wire rack.

Steps:

• Combine apricot pieces and lemon juice. Cream shortening and sugar, beat in egg and stir in apricots.
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg; add to first mixture alternately with milk.
• Add chopped nuts with last portion of flour.
• Fill greased muffin tins two thirds full.
• Sprinkle a little granulated sugar on top of each muffin.
• Bake about 20 minutes at 350 degrees F.
• Makes 12 muffins.