Recipe: Name That Muffin (With Variations)
For 18 Persons
Category: Muffins, Badams, Restaurant, Cookbook
2 c Unsifted white flour
3/4 ts Salt
3/4 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Baking powder
2 Eggs
3/4 c Brown sugar
3/4 c Corn oil
3/4 ts Vanilla extract
1 1/3 c Prepared fruit or vegetables
1 1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 1/2 Ground ginger
1/3 c Poppy seeds
3/4 c Walnuts, toasted and chopped
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
Sift together the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. In a separate
bowl, whip the eggs with the sugar and oil. Stir in the vanilla, whatever
fruits or vegetables you are using, the spices, and the poppy seeds. Then
add the flour mixture and the nuts. Do not over mix.
Spoon the batter into greased or papered muffin cups, filling each about
3/4 full. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Variations:
Apple or pear: Core and shred them.
Zucchini: Shred them unpeeled.
Oranges: Wash well, chop up (skin, pulp and juice) and process in the bowl
of a food processor. Add 1/3 cup extra poppy seeds, 1 extra teaspoon ginger
and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
Pumpkin: Steam fresh pumpkin and cut into small bits.
Tomato: Cut them into small bits.
Source: The Great California Cookbook, The Chefs' Secret Recipes, by
Kathleen DeVanna Fish. Recipe is from Margaret Fox, Caf‚ Beaujolais,
Mendocino. Copyright: The Morning Food Cookbook
Typos by Brenda Adams
Recipe by: Margaret Fox, owner: Caf=E9 Beaujolais, Mendocino, Calif. Posted
to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #630 by Badams
1997
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