Spice Muffins Bad As You Wanna Be Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter together with an electric mixer.
• When they are thoroughly mixed, add the eggs and beat for 1 more minute.
• Sift the flour into a separate bowl, together with the baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• Add the flour and buttermilk to the first mixture, and mix at low speed until smooth.
• To avoid lumps in the batter, add the wet and dry ingredients alternately, in small amounts.
• Make the nut topping by combining all the Nut Topping ingredients together in a small bowl.
• Grease muffin tins with additional butter or margarine, or use paper or foil baking cups.
• Fill each cup ¾ full of batter.
• Add a full rounded tablespoon of the nut topping on top of the batter in each cup.
• Bake immediately, or the topping will sink to the bottom of the muffins, and then you will be mad at yourself - and we don't want that to happen, do we?.
• Bake at 375°F for 20 to 25 minutes until the muffins are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out dry.
• (Home ovens' heat differently from Mimi's commercial ovens, and so you may need to adjust the temperature and/or the baking time accordingly).
• This recipe yields 12 standard-size muffins, or 6 Jumbo-size muffins.
• If you are using jumbo muffin tins, reduce the oven temperature by 25° and increase the baking time by 5 to 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, beat together oil, 3/4 cup sugar, egg and milk. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture, just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
• While muffins are baking, mix together 3/4 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. While muffins are still hot, dip tops in melted butter and then in cinnamon sugar mixture.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Combine all bran, molasses, and milk.
• Beat egg and add to bran mixture.
• Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and ginger.
• Sit into wet mixture.
• Stir in raisins.
• Grease muffin tins and fill 2/3 full.
• Bake about 20 minutes at 400F.
• Remove from pan and cool on racks.

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients. Stir in milk, egg, and butter, beating only enough to blend. Stir in raisins and nuts, of desired.
• Fill greased muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake at 400º for 20 minutes or until muffins test done.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 12 muffin cups.
• Combine water and raisins in a saucepan; simmer 10 minutes. Set aside; do not drain.
• Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg and raisins and reserved liquid. Combine dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture; mix well.
• Stir in walnuts, using.
• Divide batter among prepared muffin cups.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done by inserting a toothpick that comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes, remove from pan and cool completely on a rack.
• To make frosting:
• Combine brown sugar, half and half and salt in a sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil over low heat and stir until smooth,.
• Stir in butter and vanilla.
• Remove from heat, cool slightly.
• Stir in confectioners' sugar.
• Frost muffins; top with nuts, if desired.