Snickerdoodle Muffins

I'm going to make this in a little bit. Chef Byron is making dinner tonight, so I'll post later what he makes (and the recipe).

These muffins come from the Eat At Home blog my SL forum friend Tiffany. The link to her blog is on the right under "other cooking blogs I follow"

So, without further ado, I give you the recipe for:

Snickerdoodle Muffins

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 Tbs. sugar + 1 tsp. cinnamon for topping

In a bowl, stir together the flour, salt, cream of tartar and baking soda.
In a mixer bowl, cream the butter and sugar.  Add the eggs.  Add the milk and vanilla and mix until well combined. 

Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, just until moistened.  Fill muffin cups 2/3 of the way full of batter.  Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. 

Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Nutella Muffins

These are from my friend Tiffany's Eat At Home Blog (listed on the right). I'm making these tonight after dinner.  YUM!

A muffin that looks unassuming and plain ends up having a surprise treat of Nutella inside! 

2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbs. baking powder
1 stick butter
 3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla
1/3-1/2 cup Nutella

Stir the flour, salt and baking powder in a large bowl.

With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar.

Add the eggs, vanilla and milk and mix until well blended.  Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients with a spoon.  Stir gently, just until combined.

Spoon some batter into the bottom of 12 greased muffin cups.   You’ll use about half of the batter for this step.  Dollop Nutella in the middle of each muffin.  Top with more batter to seal the Nutella inside.

Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes.  Makes 1 dozen muffins.
6 WW Points Plus per muffin (using 6 T of Nutella in the recipe 1/2T Nutella per muffin)

Marry Me Matilda Muffins

Many of my best recipes came from the Sonlight forums and this is no exception.  My friend Angi (a woman of many talents) posted this recipe a couple of years ago. This version is one I made about a year ago.  I was reminded of it today (thanks Susan of the Boonies). I'm going to try it with applesauce instead of oil and see if I can get the WW points down/calories/fat down. Will post on that after I try it in the next few days.

Marry Me Matilda Muffins

I don't know who Matilda is or if she ever got married, but I'm sure glad my friend Angi on the Songlight forums posted the recipe!

Marry Me, Matilda Muffins

1 - 20 oz box Raisin Bran
3 - cups sugar
5 - cups flour
5 - tsp baking soda
2 - tsp salt

**optional spices**
4 - tsp cinnamon
3 - tsp nutmeg
1 - tsp ground cloves
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Mix all of these dry items together in a large bowl until well blended.

In a second bowl, beat

4 - eggs
1 - qt buttermilk
1 - cup oil

until well blended.

Pour over dry mix, stir until all ingredients are moist.
Using an ice cream scoop, scoop into muffin papers in muffin tin (or grease your muffin tin liberally).

Bake 15 - 18 minutes at 400 degrees. Tops will spring at a light touch in the center of the muffin when done.

MMMMMMmmmmm! Mmmmmm!