Cinnamon Spiced Muffins

Every since the last cold spell we had I have been using a lot more cinnamon in my cooking and baking. I love the warming effect that you get from eating cinnamon. I have always thought of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and ginger as winter spices. So, today I whipped up a batch of cinnamon muffins with cream cheese icing to warm up our tea time.

Cinnamon Spiced Muffins

(makes 12 muffins)

Ingredients:

1 egg

1/2 cup butter milk (regular milk can be substituted)

1/4 cup melted butter (veg. oil or coconut oil can be substituted)

1&1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 tbsp cinnamon ( any warm spice can be substituted)

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Directions: Preheat oven to 375 deg. F. Place papers in muffin tins.

Mix egg, milk and butter in a small bowl. Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Batter will be a little lumpy. Spoon batter into paper muffin cups fill 2/3rds full. bake approximately 20 min. Cool and ice with icing of your choice. 

Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients: 

1/2 a package softened cream cheese (125g)

1/8 cup melted butter

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp fresh squeezed lemon juice

Directions: Blend butter, cream cheese and lemon juice in a small bowl. Slowly mix in powdered sugar. Mix until smooth and creamy. Ice cooled muffins. 

I hope you enjoy and stay warm. What have you been baking lately?

Summer Vegetable Banana Muffins

Are you looking for a great way to a great way to use your garden vegetables? These vegetable muffins make it easy to get vegetables in your child's diet.  

Zucchini/Banana Veggie Muffins

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup brown sugar, or to taste

2 large bananas, mashed

5 ounces squash cooked

2 zucchini grated

2 eggs, beaten

1 cup all-purpose flour a little more or less

1/2 cup oatmeal

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 24 mini muffin cups.

In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Mix in the mashed bananas, squash, zucchini, and eggs. Stir in the flour amount depends upon how wet your ingredients are. Add oatmeal, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt until just combined. Spoon the batter equally into the prepared muffin cups.

Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

I hope you enjoy.

Banana Veggie Muffins

I planned a new snack for our second day of traveling. I am sharing it with you. I know you all are looking for healthy snacks. 

Banana Veggie Muffins

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup brown sugar, or to taste

2 large bananas, mashed

5 ounce canned pumpkin or cooked squash

2 carrots or zucchini grated

2 eggs, beaten

1 cup all-purpose flour a little more or less

1/2 cup oatmeal

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt 

Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 24 mini muffin cups.

In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Mix in the mashed bananas, pumpkin, carrots, and eggs. Stir in the flour amount depends upon how wet your ingredients are. Add oatmeal, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt until just combined. Spoon the batter equally into the prepared muffin cups. 

Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

I hope you enjoy.