Molasses Muffins With Flax And Dates Recipes

MOLASSES MUFFINS WITH FLAX AND DATES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C), and prepare 12 muffin cups with papers or cooking spray.
• 2. In a large bowl, mix together the egg, molasses, buttermilk, flax, and salt, and add the dates to the batter.
• 3. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour and baking soda (and cinnamon).
• 4. Gently stir the flour mixture (and orange rind and vanilla) into the egg mixture.
• 5. Fill the muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

ORANGE MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Grease bottoms only of medium size muffin cups.
• Wash and quarter orange. Remove seeds if required.
• Chop entire orange (including peel) in food processor. (Easier said than done! - would probably work better if you pre-chopped your orange into eighths or sixteenths instead of quarters).
• Add remaining wet ingredients and mix.
• Add premixed dry ingredients.
• Blend together until dry ingredients are just moistened.
• Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at once in a preheated 375F oven until golden brown, 15-20 minutes.

MOLASSES BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In a separate medium bowl, mix skim milk, molasses, egg, and vegetable oil. Mix in the bran cereal. Thoroughly stir in the flour mixture. Transfer to the prepared muffin pan.
• Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.

MOLASSES SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners, or generously grease with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one. Stir in the molasses. Combine the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda, and powdered buttermilk; stir into the molasses mixture alternately with the water. Mix just until blended. Fold in raisins. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top of the muffins spring back when lightly pressed. Cool for about 10 minutes in the pan before removing to cooling racks.

OLD-FASHIONED MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. In another bowl, beat egg, water, oil and molasses. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. , Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 325° for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

CANDIED WALNUT DATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups; spray paper cups with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat buttermilk, oil, molasses and egg with fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Stir in flour, brown sugar, baking soda, orange peel and salt just until moistened (batter will be lumpy). Stir in walnuts and dates. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling full.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately remove from pan to cooling rack. Serve warm or cool.

MOLASSES AND ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Grease the bottoms of medium size muffin cups.
• Wash and quarter orange. Chop in food processor.
• Add remaining ingredients to food processor. Mix until just moistened.
• Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes.