Dec 08
2009
You Say Cupcake, I Say Muffin
What’s the difference between a cupcake and a muffin?
Honestly, I don’t know. But I do know that I can eat a muffin for breakfast without anyone (aka my husband) giving me that “Oh-no-you-shouldn’t!” hairy eyeball. You get a free pass for breakfast with a muffin. You don’t get a free pass for breakfast with a cupcake.
But even if this WERE a cupcake—and I’m not saying it is—winter is here and I need some meat on my bones in case my car crashes into a snowy ravine in the country and I end up wasting away for days on end waiting for someone to notice I went to Wal-Mart.
Wait. I don’t need to rationalize. These are muffins, not cupcakes!
These are a wonderful, moist and a bit spicy muffins that will make your heart sing. A bit of ginger, some cinnamon and a handful of coconut make it a not-your-usual-morning-cupcake-muffin. So drag out those muffin tins and bake away.
Ginger Coconut Morning Muffins
1 1/3 cups unbleached white flour
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/3 cup sugar
3 eggs
1/3 cup unsulferated molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup sweetened, flaked coconut
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 12 muffin tins with tulip liners or other muffin cups of butter and flour 15 muffin cups.
In a small bowl, mix together flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt.
In a mixer, beat together butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth. Add molasses and beat until smooth.
Boil the water and add the baking soda. Gradually add this to the butter mixture. Slowly add the flour mixture and beat until blended. Stir in coconut.
Pour batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a knife inserted into one of the muffins comes out clean.
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December 8th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Looks like a muffin to me!
.-= Kylee from Our Little Acre´s last blog ..Surprise in the Morning =-.
December 8th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
…I vote Muffin!
)
…Thank you for the recipe – these sound yummy!
…Blessings…
December 9th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Uh oh. I’ve been on a baking tear lately, instilling fear in my husband that he’ll have to eat it all. I happen to have all of the ingredients for these “muffins” so guess what I’ll be doing today? Just in case I end up in a ditch on the way to Walmart.
.-= Jean´s last blog ..The Birds are Back and so is the Work =-.
December 9th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
cupcakes have icing on the top in my book, so these are muffins, -and this recipe might even make me buy a muffin tin, oh and a cup measurement as well! (what are unsulpherated molasses?)
December 9th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
I just learned of your blog – from your post on the Twin Cities Chickens list serve. I have thoroughly enjoyed my visit – and have bookmarked it for further reading. Thank you! Love your pics – they are beautiful!
December 12th, 2009 at 3:36 am
This is one great recipe for mornings. For a lot of people, cupcakes usually have icings and muffins are stuffed.
I got confused too.
.-= Grasshopper´s last blog ..Baby Brussels Sprouts with Buttered Pecans Recipe =-.
December 18th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Love the chicken glass!!!
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