Spiced-Up Muffins
"Adjusted from Williams Sonoma collection recipe...a very nice spiced muffin. If you love cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and allspice you will love these muffins. I love them with a fresh brewed cup of coffee or tea."
photo by Annacia
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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12 muffins
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons nutmeg (grated fresh is best for this recipe)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon clove
- 1⁄2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 egg
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1⁄3 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1⁄4 cup dried currant (I do not use this in mine as I just love the spices) (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 400F (200C) and prepare muffin tins by greasing or lining them with paper.
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and allspice - then set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, cream, milk, melted butter (and currants if you are using them).
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir JUST UNTIL BLENDED (do not overmix).
- Spoon into the muffin tins, filling 2/3rds full.
- Bake for about 20 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
- Cool in tins for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
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Reviews
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These were very good. I didn't add the currants. The aroma from the spices was wonderful and the family loved them. -
I used the full recipe to make 6 jumbo muffins for a friend who "likes'em big". I haven't eaten one of the finished muffins as they aren't staying with me but the batter was to die for (when the muffins, cake or whatever is in the oven I become a spoon licker...oh the shame, lol). I do however have 5 stars from the recipient. I added raisins and used 1 1/2 cups of 2% milk with no cream. They make the house small like Christmas! What a delight :D -
Made these for KK's Forum Mini Cookathon exactly as the recipe called for and w/o the currants. While these were baking my house took on the fragrance of all those wonderful spices, and then when the came out of the oven I ate one hot with butter on it. OMG these were wonderful, and I will enjoy having these for breakfast. I think these would be great with some craisins in them instead of the currants and next time will add some to really zing things up. Thank you for a great recipe. -
These muffins were delicious. I took your advice and didn't add any currants. Also, I discovered halfway through making these that I was out of nutmeg, so I couldn't add any. The muffins were delicious anyway though! They were so moist and yummy. Next time I will be sure to add the nutmeg since I am sure that will make them even better. Thanks so much for the wonderful recipe! -
These muffins have a nice texture. With the recipe I did 6 jumbo muffins. I cooked them at 375 F for about 27-30 minutes. I omitted the nutmeg and now I noticed I forgot to add more cinnamon. But they're still yummy. They were cooling on the table and my baby took one muffin, take a bite on it and show me. So the other 5 muffins, I had to put them away cause I want to take a photo LOL I used only milk (no heavy whipping cream). I used only 1/3 cup of sugar. I used vegetable oil instead of butter. And no currants. Sorry for all these substitutions but they're still yummy with or without them :) Thanks Hokies :) Made for Beverage tag.
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These muffins have a nice texture. With the recipe I did 6 jumbo muffins. I cooked them at 375 F for about 27-30 minutes. I omitted the nutmeg and now I noticed I forgot to add more cinnamon. But they're still yummy. They were cooling on the table and my baby took one muffin, take a bite on it and show me. So the other 5 muffins, I had to put them away cause I want to take a photo LOL I used only milk (no heavy whipping cream). I used only 1/3 cup of sugar. I used vegetable oil instead of butter. And no currants. Sorry for all these substitutions but they're still yummy with or without them :) Thanks Hokies :) Made for Beverage tag.
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