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Muffins and Scones

Peach Streusel Muffins

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These are perfect to use up those Peaches and Nectarines that are beyond eye appeal for eating but still perfectly good!

Sunshiney Peach Streusel Muffins

I often double my Muffin Recipe and make 20 to 21 larger muffins.

1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 cup Flour
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Sugar
3/4 teaspoon Cinnamon

1 large Egg, slightly beaten (Egg Replacer)
3/4 cup Milk (Soy Milk)
1/2 Vegetable Oil (I usually use half oil, half melted butter)
1 teaspoon Vanilla

4 – 5 Peaches or Nectarines, peeled and thickly sliced

Streusel Topping
1 cup Brown Sugar, packed
1/2 cup Flour
1/2 cup Butter, slightly softened

Preheat oven to 400F.
Line muffin tin with paper liners; set aside.

Prepare Streusel Topping:
Combine brown sugar and flour together in small mixing bowl.
Cut butter into cubes and toss into the flour mixture.
Rub together until crumbly.

* I make a large amount of Streusel Topping from time to time and keep it handily stored in a Tupperware Round #3 Modular Mate in the fridge.

In large mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cinnamon.
Add prepared fruit and toss to coat with flour; make a well in the centre and set aside.
In large pyrex measuring cup melt some butter, add enough oil to measure 1/2 cup; add milk (soy milk), vanilla and egg (egg replacer).
Stir with fork to combine.
Add liquid ingredients all at once to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened.
Use a 5ounce Pampered Chef scoop to fill each prepared muffin cup.
Top with a scant teaspoon of Streusel Topping.

Bake in preheated 400F oven for 10 minutes, rotate pan(s) and bake for another 10 minutes or until golden brown and pick in centre comes out clean.

Remove from oven and cool in pan(s) on wire rack for 10 minutes.
Turn out and cool completely.
Store in airtight container for 2 – 3 days.

Yield: 12 Muffins

About, Quick Breads

Bannock – Fried Bread

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2 cups Flour (sometimes I use half whole wheat flour, half white flour)
4 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Sugar
Enough warm water to make a soft dough
1 cup Vegetable Oil, for frying

In medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
Using a fork, stir in enough warm water to make a soft dough; start with about a 1/2 cup of water, stir, add a bit of water, stir.
Continue adding water a little at a time until you achieve the right consistency.
Heat about 1 cup of vegetable oil over high heat; drop a bit of dough in the hot oil, if it sizzles and floats to the top of the oil, it is ready to go.
While the oil is heating you can start forming your bannock; you can cook up to four bannock in the pan at one time.
Using a fork, scoop out about 1/4 cup of dough and drop it into a mound of flour.
With lightly floured hands, pick it up and gently toss it between your hands to lightly coat with flour and start shaping.
Place the dough on a very lightly floured surface and gently flatten to about 1/4inch thick.
Carefully place in hot oil, cook until golden.
 Flip and cook for another minute.
Remove from oil to paper towel lined platter.
Continue this procedure with the remaining dough.
When you are first starting to make Bannock, I recommend you have a partner in crime to give you a hand; one person can form the bannock and the other person can cook it. Heaps less stressful!
Enjoy your bannock!
Oh, and there are a gazillion and nine Bannock recipes and methods of cooking bannock…this is just how I was taught to make it.
PS…making Bannock is messy work! But well worth it!
Breakfast

French Toast stuffed with Peaches

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Peaches are in season! One of my favourite Summer fruits!

Delicious French Toast stuffed with Peaches

4 Eggs
2/3 cup Milk
1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla
2 Tablespoons Sugar
Pinch of Salt

2 Fresh Peaches
1 Loaf of French Bread

Powdered Sugar to garnish

In medium mixing bowl whisk together eggs, milk and vanilla.
Add sugar and salt; set aside.

Preheat griddle to 350F.

Use a serrated knife to cut thick slices of French bread after removing end pieces.
Using a small serrated knife, cut a slice into the bottom of each slice of bread.
Wash and peel two ripe peaches; cut into thin wedges.
Stuff three slices of peach into each slice of bread.
Dip each slice of peach stuffed bread into egg mixture and place on griddle lightly sprayed with vegetable oil.
Cook for about 4 minutes, turn over and continue cooking for another four minutes.
Stand each piece of French toast on its bottom and cook for about a minute before turning it onto the top of the slice and cooking for another minute.
Remove to serving platter.
Dust with powdered sugar.
Serve with warmed Maple Syrup or Fresh Fruit and Whipped Cream.
Makes 8 slices of French Toast

Muffins and Scones

Blueberry Surprise Streusel Muffins

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Nothing better than fresh out of the oven Blueberry Surprise Streusel Muffins when blueberries are in season! These muffins are great plain too. I often make them without the streusel topping and give them a light dusting of icing sugar instead.

blueberry muffins
Blueberry Surprise Muffins

2 cups Flour
3 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Sugar

1 Egg, lightly beaten (or Egg Replacer)
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
3/4 cup Milk (or Soy Milk)
1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla

1 cup Fresh Blueberries (or frozen, do not thaw: toss with 1 Tablespoon Flour in a small mixing bowl)
1/4 cup Blueberry Danish Filling or Blueberry Jam

Optional
Streusel Topping
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Flour
2 Tablespoons Butter, cold

Preheat oven to 375F.
Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners; set aside.

If using, prepare Streusel Topping:
In small mixing bowl combine brown sugar and flour. Rub in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.

In large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt; make a well in the centre.

In a small mixing bowl beat egg lightly; stir in oil, milk and vanilla.

Pour liquid ingredients all at once into flour mixture and stir just until combined.

Use a 3-ounce scoop to partially fill each muffin cup.
Carefully spoon 1/4 teaspoon blueberry danish filling into each cup.
Fold fresh blueberries into remaining muffin mixture then cover filling with remaining batter; top each muffin with (if using) a 1/2 teaspoon of streusel topping.

Bake in 375F preheated oven for 10 minutes.
Rotate pan and continue baking for another 10 minutes or until pick inserted in centre comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool on wire rack for 10 minutes before turning out to cool completely.

 

 

 

Loaves

Coffee Cake Muffins

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A cinnamon bun in a muffin!

Cinnamon Bun flavours in a Muffin!

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 1/2 cups Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Coconut

1/4 cup Butter, softened
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg, slightly beaten
3/4 cup Milk
Splash of Vanilla

Spice Mix

1/2 cup Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons Flour
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
2 Tablespoons Butter

Preheat oven to 400F
Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners or spray lightly with vegetable oil spray.

In large bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt and coconut; make a well in the centre and set aside.

In another mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together.
Add egg and continue beating until light and fluffy.
Stir in milk and vanilla.

In small bowl combine all of the Spice Mix ingredients, rubbing the butter into the dry ingredients forming a coarse crumb mixture.

Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined.

Spoon part of the batter into the prepared muffin cups to 1/3 full.
Sprinkle each muffin with a scant teaspoon the Spice Mix.
Spoon the remaining batter over top of the filling to 2/3 full.
Sprinkle with remaining Spice Mix.

Bake in 400F oven for 20 – 25 minutes.
Remove from oven to wire rack, letting muffins stand for 10 minutes before turning out directly onto wire rack to cool completely.