Mississippi Spice Mini Muffins Recipes

Steps:

• Cream butter flavored crisco& sugar; add eggs one at a time and mix.
• Mix in applesauce& spices.
• Stir in dry ingredients, mix well.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes in a greased mini muffin pan.
• Let cool for 5 minutes, then remove from the pan.
• Sprinkle with powder sugar.

Steps:

• Cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add 2 cups sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in applesauce and spices, mixing well.
• Sift together flour, soda, and salt; add to applesauce mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in pecans.
• Spoon batter into greased miniature muffin pans, filling two-thirds full.
• Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Remove muffins from pans while still warm; sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve warm.
• Note: Batter will keep in refrigerator 1 week.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut whole, unpeeled orange into 8 sections and chop in a food processor. Add the chopped oranges to the dates, nuts, melted butter, orange juice, sugar, and egg.
• Sift the dry ingredients together and then stir into the wet ingredients until just blended. Pour into paper-cup lined mini-muffin tins, filling them 3/4 full. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until puffed and firm in the center. Cool before serving.