MORNING GLORY MUFFINS
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These MORNING GLORY MUFFINS are glorious!
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0:00 Introduction
1:11 About this muffin recipe
2:00 Essential ingredients
2:17 Dry Ingredients
2:45 Fruit and nuts
3:27 Wet ingredients
3:53 Stir and portion
4:44 Bake then enjoy!
Trust me on this, one bite is all it takes to fall head over heels in love with our super tasty MORNING GLORY MUFFINS. They’re so good in fact, we expect you’ll be making them again and again just to meet the demand; family and friends will keep asking for more.
Before we walk through a few key points to consider when making them, three things make these muffins make-worthy. Number one, as mentioned, they’re crazy delicious. Number two, these muffins are a great idea for breakfast, brunch or just a light snack. Finally, these muffins get extra points for being so versatile. They freeze well, travel well and can be made as majors or minis - yay!
Here are a few little tips on making our (soon-to-be) famous MORNING GLORY MUFFINS:
MUFFIN MANIA
Muffins are wonderful, individually portioned baked goods that can take two forms; flat bread (think English muffins) and a sweet or savoury quick bread baked in small cups. To learn more about muffins head HERE.
Our photo of the ingredients needed to create these muffins should make things pretty clear. This recipe yields sweet quick bread-style muffins filled with an assortment of nuts, dried fruit, seeds, spice plus carrots and orange. All things considered, this recipe for homemade muffins has just the right amount of everything.
FRUIT & VEG
Using both carrot and apple in our MORNING GLORY MUFFINS is pretty standard, but during testing we kept coming back to the same conclusion: more! Please remember this when making the recipe. We’re calling for a cup of grated apple and two cups of grated carrot, but if you happen to have even more after grating, just add it in, you won’t be sorry.
NUTS & DRIED FRUIT
In the VIDEO attached to this story, I mention how you’ll need 3/4 of a cup of chopped nuts and/or seeds. We created this recipe using my favourite combination of walnuts, pecans and pumpkin seeds. That said, feel free to substitute your favourites into the mix.
Same goes for the raisins. I tossed in ½ a cup of Thomson raisins, but yellow raisins, dried currants, cranberries and even dried cherries work too. We suggest making this recipe your own.
MIXING BOWL
This is one of those recipes where the purpose of a specific culinary tool gets put to good use. Ah yes, the proverbial mixing bowl. Yet, in this case, using it to properly mix the dry ingredients with the carrots, apple, nuts and dried fruit is key. It’s so important to coat, almost dredge those ingredients before adding the eggs and oil mixture. Doing so ensures they stay suspended evenly throughout the muffins as they bake.
WHAT’S YOUR LINE
We really worked to give you options with this recipe. Two things to consider; first are you going to make large or mini muffins? Although we’ve listed the different bake times in the instructions below, you should note that either option yields the same great results. We found the large muffins are a great portion when serving them let’s say for breakfast or brunch, while the mini-muffin size is perfect for grab-and-go single-bite snacks or to enjoy in the car when travelling.
Regardless of which size you choose, please note that you can make this recipe with or without muffin liners. A quick grease of the wells of a muffin pan is all you need to do before adding the batter, while a liner can also be used for a more fancy, elevated presentation.
FILL ’ER UP
We suggest adding the muffin batter right to the top of the muffin tin. Yes, the muffins will blossom in the pan and yes, the tops may even touch or join together as they bake. Don’t worry, these muffins are meant to be big and plentiful. That’s why they’re so glorious!
SERVE
Here’s a suggestion on how best to enjoy these muffins - just eat ‘em! It won’t be hard, in fact this recipe should come with a warning; pace yourself. If you plan to serve them as part of a larger breakfast of brunch menu, you might want to consider having our HEALTHY FRESH FRUIT SALAD or ever-popular APPLE BANANA CARROT SMOOTHIES at the ready too. These three items work really well together.
Need to get your next morning off to a great start? Make these MORNING GLORY MUFFINS!
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Make-Ahead Bran Muffins
A wonderful homemade bran muffin batter that you make ahead and store in the refrigerator. Scoop and bake anytime you want a quick, healthy and delicious breakfast, snack or dessert. Enjoy plain or make it your own with chocolate chips, dried fruit, candy or nuts. Enjoy!
MOIST Bran Muffins w/Raisins. THE BEST!!
I’ve tried to perfect muffins MANY TIMES to make them moist and not dry. Especially the next day, different recipes seem to dry out overnight. However! :-) These ones are a sure winner. I like that they don’t have white sugar in them also. I used raisin bran cereal this time, but you can use any brand cereal you like. Please follow along as I explain a little tips and tricks along the way. One of them is using cupcake papers and the difference between using theirs and not using those. Thank you so much, I really hope you will make these wonderful and very very delicious muffins! I do have a very nice Facebook group by the same name #CookingWithAuntShirley Never any pop-up ads, and more interactive whereby you can ask questions and learn a lot, and add a lot to our little group! God bless you!
Joanie's Bran Muffins
Joanie’s Bran Muffins
(For a 12” Camp Oven)
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups flour
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup whole milk
1 egg
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 tbsp. oil
½ tsp. vanilla
1 ½ cups raisin bran cereal
¾ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Directions:
1. In a cool 12” Camp Oven, place canning jar lid bands, (9) into the bottom of the oven. Place paper baking cups inside jar bands.
2. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon in a large bowl; set aside. Beat egg, milk, oil, applesauce, vanilla and salt in a medium bowl until well mixed. Add raisin bran cereal into the medium bowl and let stand for 5 minutes.
3. Add wet mixture to dry flour mixture; stir just until moistened (Batter will be lumpy). Add nuts and/or fruits**, if desired, into the batter. Spoon batter into paper baking cups and place lid on oven.
4. Place 10 briquettes under the oven and 19 briquettes on the lid (29 briquettes total). Bake at 400°F 20-25 minutes (Allow time for oven to come up to temperature). A toothpick inserted into muffin will come out clean when the muffins are done. Transfer baked muffins to a cooling rack. Enjoy!!!
Variations: Prepare batter as directed; Add 3/4 cups flaked coconut, add 1/2 cup more raisins, add 1/2 cup chopped dates, add 3/4 cup blueberries or add 3/4 cup finely chopped apple.
0:00 Intro
0:30 Opening
0:43 Making Muffins
6:05 Closing
6:26 Outro