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WAKE ME UP MUFFINS
When I make these muffins, “The Big Guy” can be found in the kitchen with his face mashed into the hot muffin eating it right out of the cupcake papers. They are packed with nutritious ingredients and you can add nuts or seeds to bulk up their volume. I have also added dried cranberries, chopped dried apricots or dried cherries. This recipe can be halved if you want just 12 muffins but why would you do that when you can make 24 and freeze some for later.
This recipe is a combination of muffin recipes from my mother’s recipe book. She had the basic parts memorized and just created interesting muffins with nuts, seeds, dried fruits or fresh berries. They were always good. She was a diabetic so she was always cutting back the sugar which can be done but the brown sugar gives that glossy look and caramel flavour to these amazing muffins. Give them a try!WAKE ME UP MUFFINS Dry Ingredients: 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour 1 ½ tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt ½ tsp cinnamon Wet Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups brown sugar 1 cup canola oil 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1 ½ cups grated carrot 1 cup crushed pineapple (not drained) 1 cup raisins 1 cup unsweetened coconut 1 cup plain yoghurt
| Method: Heat Oven to 375 F Bake for 24 minutes 1. Grease muffin tins or arrange cupcake papers. 2. In a side bowl, cover raisins with hot water then drain before adding later to the batter. 3. Combine all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. 4. In a separate bowl combine all wet ingredients, mixing as you build. Start with brown sugar, add oil then beat in eggs, vanilla, grated carrot, undrained pineapple, drained raisins, coconut and plain yoghurt. 5. Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix until just combined. The batter will be very loose. 6. Spoon batter into the cupcake papers or greased muffin tins. 7. Bake for 24 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack. P.S. These muffins tend to stick to the papers when they are hot but release nicely after they have cooled.
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