Dougherty Family Recipe Box

Category: Muffins

  • Gingerbread Apple Muffins

    Ingredients

    • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
    • 3/4 cup 0% greek yogurt
    • 1/2 cup 0% milk
    • 1/2 cup brown sugar
    • 1/2 cup molasses
    • 1 egg
    • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
    • 1 1/2 cups finely diced sweet apples, skin on

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
    2. Line a muffin pan.
    3. In stand mixer with whisk attachment, mix together oil, yogurt, milk, sugar, molasses, and egg.
    4. In a separate bowl, stir together flour and spices.
    5. Add apples to dry ingredients and stir until apple pieces are coated.
    6. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir gently until just combined.
    7. Drop batter into muffin pans.
    8. Bake until the tops are dry to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the centre of a muffin comes out clean (about 16 to 18 minutes).

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  • Pumpkin Muffins

    Ingredients

    • 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
    • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
    • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/3 cup unsalted butter
    • 1 1/3 cups brown sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 1/3 cups pumpkin puree
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
    2. Put liners in muffin pan.
    3. Mix the dry ingredients together.
    4. Cream the butter and sugar together using stand mixer with paddle attachment.
    5. Beat eggs into butter mixture.
    6. Beat pumpkin puree and vanilla into butter mixture.
    7. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, stirring until just mixed.
    8. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups.
    9. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre of a muffin comes out clean (about 18-22 minutes).

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  • English Muffins

    Ingredients

    • 3 cups all purpose flour
    • 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
    • 1 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast
    • 3/4 cup 0% greek yogurt
    • 3/4 cup water
    • 1/4 cup honey
    • 1 egg
    • 1 cup cornmeal (for dusting)

    Method

    1. Mix together all ingredients except cornmeal using stand mixer with paddle attachment on low speed until dough is smooth (about 5 minutes).
    2. Cover and let rise until more than doubled (about 4 hours).
    3. Dust a baking sheet with half of the cornmeal.
    4. Spoon dough out into twelve equal portions on the baking sheet.
    5. Sprinkle top of dough with remaining cornmeal.
    6. Cover with plastic and put baking sheet in fridge for 12 to 24 hours.
    7. Preheat oven with pizza stone on lowest rack to 325°F.
    8. Lightly dust the pizza stone with cornmeal once hot.
    9. Bake muffins until bottoms are golden brown (about 25 minutes), flip and bake as before (about 25-30 minutes).
    10. Cool muffins on wire rack.
    11. Split and toast before serving.

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  • Banana Bread

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup butter
    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 4 bananas
    • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
    2. Grease a loaf pan.
    3. Cream together butter and sugar using stand mixer with paddle attachment.
    4. Add eggs and crushed bananas and continue mixing until a smooth batter forms.
    5. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and salt.
    6. Add dry ingredients and vanilla to banana mixture and continue mixing until just combined.
    7. Pour batter into greased loaf pan.
    8. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean (about 60 minutes).
    9. Cool on a wire rack.

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  • Sourdough Corn Muffins

    Mix batter immediately before baking, takes about 45 minutes start to finish.

    Ingredients

    • 1 1/2 cups cornmeal
    • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    • 1 cup wet sourdough starter
    • 3/4 cup 0% greek yogurt
    • 3/4 cup water
    • 2 eggs
    • 1/4 cup butter melted
    • 3/4 cup parmesan cheese coarsely grated

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
    2. Put muffin liners in muffin pan.
    3. Mix all ingredients together in stand mixer using whisk attachment until a wet batter forms.
    4. Drop batter into muffin liners.
    5. Bake until toothpick inserted in centre of a muffin comes out clean (25-30 minutes).

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