Pumpkin Pie {Spice} Mini Doughnut Muffins

12:14 AM ByFiled UnderBreakfast, Desserts

Tis the season for pumpkin.
Tis the season for ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice also known as.. pumpkin pie spice

mason jar tsp pp spice

Tis the season for Secret Recipe Club, y’all — I am so adoring this Secret Recipe Club thing.  Between the recipes, the new blog discoveries and the drooling over possibilities – it is seriously too much fun.

This month I was assigned The Daily Dish blog.

Y’all – I spent so much time on Nicole’s site.  She has delicious recipes, engaging content and she’s super savvy.  She wasn’t satisfied with the existing Food Blog Search – so she created her own Food Blog Recipe Search Engine!  How fantastic is that?

The very first recipe that caught my eye was her Funnel Cake Recipe, but I couldn’t quite muster up the desire to make funnel cake.  Now, if BurghBaby were my neighbor, I’d make funnel cakes weekly just to get her to come over.

Then, I saw the mini Pumpkin Pie Spice Doughnut Muffins and they sang their wicked swan song and I was done.  I knew that this was the recipe that I had to make for this month’s Secret Recipe Club challenge.

pumpkin pie spice muffins

Pumpkin, Sugar, Turbinado, Buttermilk, Flour, Pumpkin Pie Spice and more… these are thick and dense and cakey. They are more doughnut than muffin, and yet their mini size is biteable and poppable and absolutely decadently delectably yummy.

pumpkin pie spice muffins ingredients

Sift flour and measure out 3 1/2 C, add in pumpkin pie spice and baking soda and baking powder
Cream together shortening, sugar and eggs.

shortening, eggs, sugar

When that’s well blended, add in the pumpkin.

Slowly add the buttermilk and dry ingredients together, alternately – mixing well between each addition.

this photo doesn’t have any reason to be here other than I just like it and wanted to put it here

tsp of pp spice

This is a thick batter, I used my cookie dough scoop to place it in my mini muffin tins.

You have 3 alternatives here:

  1. top with turbinado sugar prior to baking
  2. top with a blend of turbinado and pumpkin pie spice prior to baking
  3. dip the warm freshly baked muffins in melted butter and roll in turbinado sugar after baking

For Nicole’s original recipe – Click Here

 

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Pumpkin Pie {Spice} Mini Doughnut Muffins

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 17 minutes

Yield: 40 mini muffins

Pumpkin Pie {Spice} Mini Doughnut Muffins

Delicious Cakey Doughnut Mini Muffins flavored with Pumpkin Pie Spice, perfect fall breakfast, snack or dessert.

Ingredients

    Wet Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 C pumpkin (not pie filling)
  • 2/3 C shortening
  • ½ C buttermilk
    • Dry Ingredients
  • 3 ½ C all purpose flour
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 ¼ tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 C granulated sugar
  • 1 C Turbinado sugar (optional)

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F
  2. Sift 3 Cups flour.
  3. Using a spoon (so you don’t pack the flour down), measure out 3 ½ Cups flour into a large bowl.
  4. Add baking powder, baking soda and pumpkin pie spice.
  5. In a large mixing bowl cream together shortening, eggs and sugar
  6. Add pumpkin
  7. Alternately add dry ingredients and buttermilk to the creamed mixture, scraping the sides and mixing well between each addition.
    8. This is a very thick batter
  8. I used my cookie scoop to scoop the batter into my sprayed mini muffin tins
  9. Bake for 17 to 20 minutes – do NOT overcook these
    10. I made these with 3 different “toppings” my favorite: sprinkling the tops with turbinado sugar before baking 2nd: sprinkling them with a mixture of pumpkin pie spice and turbinado sugar 3rd. dipping the tops in butter after baked and rolling them in turbinado sugar
http://asouthernfairytale.com/2011/11/14/pumpkin-pie-spice-mini-doughnut-muffins/

 

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Individual Baked Egg *Muffins*

9:06 AM ByFiled UnderBreakfast, Main Dishes, Sponsored

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This week’s H-E-B in store Combo Loco Deal (Aug 17th to 30th) is Buy Egg Beaters (15-16 oz) and get H-E-B Muesli (13.5 oz) free with in store coupon.

Thus, this week’s Secret Ingredient Recipe Challenge was Egg Beaters. I’ve seen Egg Beaters in the store for a while, but never bought them. This gave me the perfect excuse.

egg beaters

I decided to make my favorite quick and easy egg dish (besides Migas), baked mini Egg *muffins*. Egg Beaters are perfect for these!

I cooked up 2 slices of bacon and 2 oz of hot sausage to add to my dish, pulled out my bag of mixed cheese and went to town.

I sprayed my mini muffin tin with PAM, filled 12 cups 3/4 full with regular Egg Beaters into which I crumbled up the bacon and topped with a sprinkle of cheese and a couple passes with my pepper grinder; the other 12 cups I filled 3/4 full with Southwestern Style Egg beaters and then put some crumbled hot sausage and cheese and again, a few passes with my pepper grinder.

mini baked egg cups poured

Bake for about 13 minutes in a 375 F oven

While the Mini Egg *muffins* were baking, I sliced up oranges, cooked some more bacon and toasted some whole grain bread.

Once the Egg cups were ready I plated the meal and set it on the table, as I was plating a dish for photographing (my family is so patient)

I heard; “Mom, look at me”

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As I turned back to my dish, giggling, I saw this:

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They are working TOGETHER against me, y’all –

I’m so proud :-)

This meal came together easily in under 30 minutes and was delicious, I love the mini egg *muffins* because they’re the perfect size for little hands and mouths.

baked egg cup

I usually add onions, garlic, peppers and spices to mine and Nathan’s eggs so the Southwestern Style Egg Beaters were absolutely perfect and much faster than me doing it all myself.

The kids LOVED their bacon, egg, cheese muffins – my daughter is excited to try making her own scrambled eggs with no eggshells in them with the original Egg Beaters, and when I told them they could even use them to make their favorite bacon and egg tacos — oooh buddy, you’d have thought I told them they won the lottery :-)

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Individual Baked Egg *Muffins*

Prep Time: 7 minutes

Cook Time: 13 minutes

Approximate Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 24 individual egg cups

Individual Baked Egg *Muffins*

Delicious baked egg muffins; perfect with fresh fruit and whole grain toast for Brinner, Brunch or Breakfast. Also a wonderful treat for a Teacher Appreciation breakfast,a s these can be easily grabbed and taken to eat on the go.

Ingredients

  • Original Egg Beaters (or your preferred flavor - we also used Southwestern Style)
  • 2 oz cooked hot sausage
  • 2 slices cooked bacon
  • Mixed Cheese Blend
  • Pepper (if desired)

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 375 F
  2. Spray Mini Muffin Tin with Pam Baking Spray
  3. Fill Cups 3/4 full with Egg Beaters
  4. Top with crumbled bacon and/or hot sausage
  5. Sprinkle each cup with cheese
  6. Top with freshly ground pepper (if desired)
  7. Bake about 13 minutes or until the tops are puffed up and a toothpick, or dry spaghetti noodle comes out clean
http://asouthernfairytale.com/2011/08/15/individual-baked-egg-muffins/

These also make wonderful and quick treats to take for a Teacher Appreciation or Back To School Breakfast; these are easy to grab and eat on the go for those busy teachers!

So don’t forget:

In Store Combo-Loco Deals Good until August 30th:

  • Buy Hebrew National Franks (11-12 oz) and get PAM for the Grill (5-6 oz) and Hunt’s Ketchup (24 oz) Free with in-store coupon
  • Buy Egg Beaters (15-16 oz) and get H-E-B Muesli (13.5 oz) free with in-store coupon (starts Aug 17th)

ONLINE Combo Loco Deals

  • Buy two (2) Marie Callender’s (8.5 – 21 oz), get Kid Cuisine (7 – 10 oz) free with online coupon (good until August 30th)
  • Buy Ro*Tel (28 oz), get Wolf Brand Chili (19 oz) free with online coupon (good until August 23rd)
  • Buy Minute Maid Juice Box, get Chef Micro Bowl (7.25 oz – 7.5 oz) free with online coupon (August 17th to August 30th)

 

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Cranberry Raisin Bran Muffins

10:22 AM ByFiled UnderBreakfast, Mouthwatering Monday

[donotprint] My family and I love Bran Muffins.   I grew up eating them and now my kids are growing up eating them.

They’re filling, healthy and chock full of delicious fiber goodness.

While I was browsing my recipe pantry this past weekend I found this recipe card written by my Granny Granny's Raisin Bran Muffins

So, this past weekend, we made some Raisin Bran Muffins — with a bit of a twist — a bit of a modification on Granny’s recipe.

We added cinnamon and craisins
Cranberry Raisin Bran Muffins

and these muffins flew off my cooling racks!

I don’t have the usual step by steps because I was wrangling two very eager helpers ;-)

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: Cranberry Raisin Bran Muffins
  1. 15 oz of raisin bran cereal
  2. 3 C. Sugar
  3. 5 C. Flour
  4. 2 tsp. baking soda
  5. 2 tsp. salt
  6. 4 eggs
  7. 1 1/4 C. unsweetened applesauce
  8. 1 qt. buttermilk
  9. 1 to 2 tsp. cinnamon
  10. 2 C. Craisins
  1. Pre-heat oven to 375
  2. Spray muffin tins with non-stick baking spray
  3. In a large bowl sift together Flour, Sugar, baking Soda, Cinnamon and Salt
  4. Add Cereal and stir well
  5. Add Craisins
  6. In another large bowl – Mix together Wet ingredients
  7. Slowly add Dry ingredients to Wet ingredients
  8. Use an ice cream scoop to fill the muffin tins 3/4 full
  9. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until tops spring back
  10. Cool in tins for 5 minutes then remove to a cooling rack

Delicious warm with apple butter

Use 1 C. Craisins and 1 C. Raisins Or 1 C. Craisins and 1 C. chopped walnuts

Meal type: breakfast

Yield:  About 2 dozen muffins

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Happy Mouthwatering Monday, y’all! I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day and Weekend.
Don’t forget to link up your recipe, leave a comment, visit others and link back here so others can find the tonguegasmic fun, too!
Can’t wait to see what y’all are cookin’ up this week!
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