Pinehurst Muffins Recipes

PINEHURST MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350; line muffin tins w/ paper liners or grease lightly.
• Sift dry ingredients together in lg mixing bowl.
• In separate bowl, beat together eggs, oil, and butter; stir into dry ingredients til well blended.
• Stir in remaining ingredients til thoroughly combined.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups and bake for 20 minutes or til tester comes out clean.
• Notes: Can be made in larger muffin cups but will require longer baking time; use the "toothpick comes out clean" method for testing doneness.

DELICIOUS PINEAPPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour muffin pans, or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, stir together 2 cups flour, white sugar, baking powder and salt. Drain pineapple, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and pour in the reserved juice, egg, milk, and 1/4 cup melted butter. Mix just until blended.
• In a separate bowl, stir together the cinnamon, brown sugar, 1/2 cup flour, and 1/4 cup melted butter to make the topping.
• Spoon batter into muffin cups, then spoon crushed pineapple over the batter and sprinkle with the cinnamon topping.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted in the crown of the muffin comes out clean.

DELICIOUSLY MOIST PINEAPPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Mix flour, sugar, wheat germ, oat bran, baking soda, and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs and pineapple; stir until just combined. Fold in coconut.
• Pour batter into lined muffin cups to about 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

PEANUT BUTTER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Place rack in center of oven and preheat to 400 degrees F.
• Lightly spray the 12 indentations of a standard muffin tin with nonstick spray, or line each indentation with a paper muffin cup; set aside.
• Whisk the flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, and salt, if using, in a medium bowl; set aside as well.
• Beat the peanut butter, sugar, and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Beat in the egg, then the egg white, and finally the vanilla until smooth.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula and beat in the milk until creamy and light, about 1 minute.
• Remove the beaters and stir in the prepared flour mixture with a wooden spoon or a rubber spatula, just until moistened. The batter may still be grainy but no white pockets of flour should be visible.
• Fill the muffin-tin indentations three-quarters full. Reserve any leftover batter for a second baking.
• Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted into one of the muffins comes out dry, about 20 minutes.
• Cool the muffins in the tin on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then pop the muffins out of the tin and cool completely on the rack.
• They can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Or place them in a zip-closed plastic bag and freeze for up to 4 months.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Drain pineapple, reserving 1 tablespoon juice. Set pineapple aside., In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk eggs, yogurt, oil and reserved pineapple juice. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in reserved pineapple., Fill greased mini-muffin cups two-thirds full. Sprinkle tops with brown sugar; top with halved cherries., Bake 9-12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.