It's been a number of days since I've stamped anything. I've just been so busy catching up on other things lately, and I think I'm suffering from a little bit of burn out and lack of motivation. But I thought I'd share with you these fabulous muffins I made tonight! Oh my cow, are these things good and the house smells yummy too after making a double-batch! I don't know why but I had TV Food Network on the other day, and saw Paula Deen make these muffins. I had to give them a try. Luckily, Kaylie needed something for a bake sale tomorrow! These are Apple Raisin muffins and trust me when I say they are delicious! See that one near the top middle of the picture? The one with the big piece of apple sticking out of it? That one has my name on it!
If you'd like to give these a try, here is the recipe.
Apple Raisin Muffins
1 c. water
2 c. sugar
2 c. peeled and grated apples (I used Johnathon)
2 c. raisin
1 c. butter (2 sticks)
2 t. cinnamon
2 t. nutmeg
1/2 t. ground cloves
1 c. chopped walnuts
2 t. baking soda
3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
Combine water, sugar, apples, raisins, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove pan from heat and cool completely.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, stir the nuts and baking soda into the flour. Add the cooled mixture to the bowl and stir until blended. Fill greased mini-muffin tins with batter to the top and bake for 15 minutes. (I made full-size muffins. I baked for 25 minutes and tested them with a knife for doneness before removing from the oven.)
Enjoy!
YUM!!! Save me some :-)
Posted by: Anita | October 06, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Not only do they sound good, they look good too :)! Thanks for the recipe- I will be giving these a try!
Barb
Posted by: Barb | October 07, 2008 at 01:07 AM
Oh, wow! Those look so good-I was up at 4 a.m. and one would go really good with a cup of coffee about now. Bless you and Paula and thanks for the recipe. I am going to try it even if it does have 2 sticks of butter-a WW no no. Maybe when my craft group comes over so I can share them. tfs
Posted by: Bev James | October 07, 2008 at 06:22 AM
Oh YUM!!! These look mouth-watering good! Too funny, I had the Barefoot Contessa on last night and saw her make this unbelievable cheesecake that I'm going to have to try real soon! It must be the fall food bug making his rounds:)
TFS:)
Posted by: Carol | October 07, 2008 at 08:07 AM
YUM-MEE!!! Can't wait to try them!
LeAnne
Posted by: LeAnne | October 07, 2008 at 08:35 AM
Tammy, they look yummy! I have saved the recipe and hope to make some soon. Joan
Posted by: Joan Fricker | October 07, 2008 at 09:19 AM
Boy I hope you saved me one too!!! These look so yummy ... don't you just love baking this time of the year ... makes the house smell sooooooooo good!!
Posted by: Darlene (SCS:akronstamperdpk) | October 07, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Oooh - these look and sound so yummy. I will be baking this week :) TFS
Teresa
Posted by: teresa chapman | October 07, 2008 at 01:39 PM
Tammy...just got to this and YUMMO do they ever sound good! Did I miss how many this makes??
Posted by: Charlene | October 07, 2008 at 04:58 PM
Ooooh...those look yummy! Thanks for the recipe (and thanks to Paula too, love watching her!). Going to see my daughter in Vermont tomorrow...think I'll make some of these and stash them in my carry-on to take to her. :)
Posted by: Nancy | October 08, 2008 at 08:29 AM
Tammy, these looked so good I HAD to make them. DH had brought home some Empire apples and so I went at it yesterday. I discovered that my muffin pan was a teensy bit too wide for my counter-top convection oven, and being too lazy to empty all of the baking pans out of the "big" oven, I used a loaf pan and made it into a bread. This recipe makes two large loaves.
DS came home from college after classes yesterday to spend a couple of days here for the Yom Kippur holiday. I'd planned to surprise everyone with fresh apple-raisin-nut bread for breakfast this morning.
In addition to our two sons, we had also invited another friend over to watch the debate last evening and after everyone feasted on hot stew, they dug into this bread for dessert. Suffice to say, they made quick work of BOTH loaves and there was nothing left for breakfast this morning!
Like your designs, your recipe is a definite winner!
Posted by: Cathy | October 08, 2008 at 09:06 AM
OHHHH YUMMY!!!! Now I'm craving muffins...lol. Thanks for the recipe, i'm definately gonna try it. my kids love muffins!!!
Posted by: Maria | October 08, 2008 at 11:08 AM
mmmmmmmmm....these sound soooo good! Definitely have to try this recipe! TFS! :)
Posted by: Mary G | October 12, 2008 at 11:13 AM
I wish I had one right now! These look delicious! copying the recipe now... :)
Posted by: Pam Speidel | October 25, 2008 at 05:45 AM
I finally had a chance to make these yesterday with the last of our apples. Boy were they good! I've never had a muffin recipe that cooked the liquid ingredients first. I made both mini and full size and they sure made the house smell good. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Posted by: Sue D | November 08, 2008 at 09:31 AM