Cocoa Puff Muffins Recipes

COCOA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Position an oven rack in the center of the oven. Spray the muffin tin or line them with paper muffin cups.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until lightly beaten, then whisk in the milk, oil, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in the flour mixture with a wooden spoon until moistened.
• Fill the prepared tins about 3/4 full. Reserve any leftover batter for a second batch. Bake for 20 to 23 minutes, or until the muffins have firm, rounded tops, and a toothpick inserted into the center of one muffin comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.
• Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
• Gently rock each muffin back and forth to release it. Remove the muffins from the pan and let them cool on the rack for 5 minutes.
• Make them disappear. You can keep them in an airtight container or in resealable plastic bags for up to 24 hours at room temperature or stash them in the freezer for up to 2 months.

FRIENDSHIP COCOA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 teaspoon of cocoa and 1/4 cup of sugar. Grease 10 cups of a muffin tin, and sprinkle each cup with some of the sugar mixture to coat the bottom and sides.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, 1/2 cup of sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Pour in the friendship starter, egg, oil, and vanilla; mix until well blended. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each one about 1/2 full.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the crown of a muffin comes out clean. Cool in the pans for about 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

EASY DOUGHNUT PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray or line with paper cups.
• Place flour, sugar, milk, vegetable oil, egg, baking powder, salt, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, and 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon in a bowl. Mix dough by hand until well combined but some lumps remain. Fill muffin tin with dough.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, but color is not yet golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Pour melted butter into a bowl. Mix 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon nutmeg together in a separate bowl. Dip muffins in the butter coating; immediately roll in the cinnamon dusting.

COCOA APPLESAUCE-RAISIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Set oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease the bottoms, or line 2-1/2-inch muffin cups with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, stir together, the flours, brown sugar, baking cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• In a small bowl, stir together, melted butter, applesauce, half and half cream or milk (if using), and the egg until well blended.
• Add to dry ingredients; stir with a wooden spoon JUST until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Stir in raisins.
• Fill muffin cups about 3/4 full with the batter.
• Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until the muffins test done.
• Remove from pans to wire racks.
• Cool slightly.
• Serve muffins warm with cinnamon butter.
• To make cinnamon butter: In a small mixing bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar and cinnamon until well blended.

COCOA MACAROON MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Combine the milk, egg and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. , Spoon 2 tablespoonfuls into 12 greased or paper-lined muffin cups. Combine 1 cup coconut, condensed milk and extract; place 2 teaspoonfuls in the center of each cup (do not spread). Top with remaining batter; sprinkle with remaining coconut. , Bake at 400° for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

COCOA PUFFS® BANANA CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• In food processor or blender, place the 2 1/2 cups cereal. Cover; process until cereal is finely crushed. With processor running, pour melted butter into bowl through feed tube; process until just combined. Lightly press crumb mixture in bottom and up side of ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate. Bake 8 minutes; cool completely on cooling rack, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat dry pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 minutes. Fold in whipped topping.
• Arrange banana slices evenly in bottom of crust; top with pudding mixture. Cover; refrigerate at least 4 hours. Serve with toppings. Cover and refrigerate any remaining pie.

COCOA PUFF MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180°C.
• Grease 12 x 1/2 cup muffin tin.
• Sift flour and cocoa into large bowl.
• Add sugar and 1 3/4 cups cocos puffs; stir well.
• Add butter,egg and buttermilk to dry ingredients. Stir till just combined.
• Spoon mixture evenly into muffin pan.
• Sprinkle with remaining cocoa puffs.
• Bake 20 minutes, then stand 5 minutes.
• Then turn onto wire rack.
• Serve warm.