Maple Walnut Muffins Recipes

MAPLE WALNUT MUFFINS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F and lightly coat a muffin tin with baking spray, or line with paper liners. In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In another bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Beat in egg, buttermilk, maple syrup, and maple extract. Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and stir until mixed, but do not overmix. It should be slightly lumpy and somewhat thick. Fold in walnuts. To make the topping, cut together butter, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon using a pastry blender or two knives, until the mixture forms crumbs. Divide the batter among the muffin cups and sprinkle on topping. Bake for 18 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center is clean and muffins are golden brown. Let cool slightly and serve.

MAPLE WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line muffin pan with paper baking cups.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in the maple syrup and the eggs and beat until well blended. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk and beat until well blended. Stir in the walnuts. Spoon the batter into the muffin tins filling each about 3/4 full.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.

JUMBO FLUFFY WALNUT APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat top and insides of jumbo muffin pan with cooking spray, or line with muffin papers.
• In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter, 1 1/4 cups sugar, vanilla, and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at time. Mix together the 1 3/4 cups of flour, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Stir in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Fold in apples and walnuts. Scoop into muffin cups to fill 3/4 full. Lightly sprinkle the tops with cinnamon crumble.
• To make Cinnamon Crumble: In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, and 2 tablespoons cubed butter. Mix together using a pastry blender, or two butter knives. The crumble topping should resemble small peas.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until tops are golden brown, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If they are browning too quickly, cover with tin foil. Remove from pans, and cool on wire rack.

MAPLE-WALNUT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two standard 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners. Into a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla, and beat until combined. With the mixer still on medium speed, add the flour mixture in two parts, alternating with the milk and beginning and ending with the flour. Stir in walnuts with a wooden spoon.
• Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups, filling each three-quarters full. Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until cupcakes are golden and a cake tester inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer the pans to a wire rack to cool slightly. Invert cupcakes onto the rack; then reinvert and let them cool completely, top sides up. Frost tops with Maple Buttercream and garnish with candied walnuts, if using. Cupcakes can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

MORNING MAPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine milk, butter, syrup, sour cream, egg and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. For topping, combine flour, sugar, nuts and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. , Bake 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm. Freeze option: Freeze cooled muffins in freezer containers. To use, thaw at room temperature or, if desired, microwave each muffin on high for 20-30 seconds or until heated through.

MAPLE WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease or paper line 20 muffin cups.
• Spread walnuts on a baking sheet, toast in the oven 5 minutes, cool and coarsely chop.
• In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a larger bowl, combine sugars, syrup and butter, beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating to mix thoroughly after each addition.
• Pour half of the buttermilk and half of the flour mixture into the butter mixture and stir until blended, repeat with the remaining ingredients.
• Fold in the walnuts and fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes, remove and let stand 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

MAPLE WALNUT SOUR CREAM MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Spray medium-size muffin cups with non-stick cooking spray or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar and oats.
• In a medium bowl, combine sour cream, butter, eggs and maple syrup; add to flour mixture and stir to combine.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour batter into muffin cups.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking time, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before removing muffins from cups.