Whiteoutmuffins Recipes

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream together margarine, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs and buttermilk. In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Quickly mix in the pears, white chocolate,many ginger, reserving a little of each to place on top of muffins before they go in the oven (makes 24 muffins). Grease muffin tins and fill 2/3 full. Top with reserved ingredients. Bake in a 350F oven until they are done (approximately 30 minutes). Try different combinations...dried cherry and chocolate, raspberry and hazelnut, cranberry and toasted almond, blueberry and lemon zest. Don't thaw if using frozen fruit.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt until uniform; set aside.
• Add 4 ounces white chocolate and all the butter in the top of a double boiler set over simmering water.
• Stir constantly until half the chocolate and butter is melted.
• Remove the top of the double boiler; continue stirring, away from the heat, until the mixture is smooth; cool for 10 minutes.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk the egg and sugar until thick and pale yellow (approx 2 minutes).
• Whisk in the cooled chocolate mixture until smooth; whisk in the milk and vanilla.
• Use a wooden spoon and stir in the remaining chopped white chocolate.
• Stir in flour mixture just until moistened.
• Fill muffin tins that have been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, 3/4 full.
• Bake in a 375°F oven for 20 minutes OR until muffins are browned with sightly rounded tops and pick comes out clean.
• Set pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
• Turn muffins out of pan; cool on wire rack for 5 minutes.
• If storing or freezing muffins, cool completely before sealing in airtight container or in freezer-safe plastic bags.
• •Alternative--White Chocolate Orange Muffins: add 2 teaspoons orange extract or 1/2 teaspoon orange oil with the vanilla.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F (205°C).
• Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
• Make a well in the center.
• In a small bowl or 2-cup measuring cup, beat egg with a fork.
• Stir in milk and oil.
• Pour all at once into the well in the flour mixture.
• Mix quickly and lightly with a fork until moistened, but do not beat.
• The batter will be lumpy. DO NOT OVERMIX. This will create tough/heavy muffins.
• Pour the batter into paper lined muffin pan cups.
• Variations: Blueberry Muffins: Add 1 cup fresh blueberries.
• Raisin Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped raisins.
• Date Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped dates.
• Cheese Muffins: Fold in 1 cup grated sharp yellow cheese.
• Bacon Muffins: Fold 1/4 cup crisp cooked bacon, broken into bits.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tray with paper liners.
• Mix flour, white chocolate chips, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Mix milk, oil, egg, and vanilla extract together in a medium-sized bowl. Add to flour mixture and mix well.
• Fill 2/3 of each prepared muffin cup with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let cool for 2 minutes. Serve warm.