Moist Blueberry Muffins

Latley I have been wanting to make some blueberry muffins from scratch...Here is a great recipe I found on Cooks.com


MOIST BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

2 eggs
3/4 c sugar
1/2 c applesauce
1/2 c milk
6 tablespoons butter, melted
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour (can use half cake flour)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen

Set the oven to 375 degrees.
Wash the blueberries and set aside to dry. When the blueberries are dry, roll them in sugar(confectioners sugar works best).

Grease a large 12 muffin tray or line it with foil liners.

Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs until frothy.

Gradually add the sugar and maple syrup and continue to beat for one minute.

Stir in the applesauce, milk and vanilla.

Mix together the dry ingredients.
Add the flour, baking powder, salt and stir batter only until the ingredients are incorporated.

Do not overmix. Batter should remain slightly lumpy.
Divide the batter in half.

Gently fold the blueberries into one half of the batter. Spoon the batter without the blueberries into the bottom third of each muffin cup.

Top off with one third of batter containing blueberries. (One third off the cup remains empty for rising).

Continue until all batter is used.

Bake in a preheated oven for 20 - 25 minutes or until golden and the center springs back when gently pressed.

Brush tops of each muffin with melted butter and sprinkle with coarse granulated sugar.

*You can make coarse granulated sugar if you don't have any. Just put some cubes of sugar into a ziploc bag and rollover them gently with a rolling pin.

Remove the muffins from the oven and set on a wire cooling rack for 10 - 20 minutes.

Makes 12 muffins.

Blueberry Coffee Cake

This is a recipe from my MIL.

*Tip - On all of my recipe cards I always write the temperature that

the oven needs to be preheated to, in the top right corner of the recipe card.

Baked Macaroni & Cheese with Ham

On a cold wintery evening this is a great dinner to whip up.

Baked Macaroni & Cheese with Ham

6 tbsp butter
4 tbsps. flour
1 3/4 cups of half and half
1 1/4 cups shredded Swiss cheese
1 1/4 cups shredded cheddar cheese (you can use less cheese if desired)
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
3 cups of diced ham
5 cups cooked macaroni
1 cup bread crumbs - half for the inside crunch and half for a topping
1/4 cup scallions, diced
pepper to taste

Combine Macaroni and Cheese Ingredients. Using a large saucepan melt the butter and add the flour – stir and gradually stir in your half and half making sure to keep stirring as the entire mixture thickens. Pour in your cooked macaroni. Add your shredded cheese and your Parmesan to the mixture - now you can add half the bread crumbs and scallions, and add the cubes of ham. Stir well and pour into a well greased casserole or baking dish.

Put the last of the bread crumbs on the top for a nice crunchy top layer.

Bake at 350 degrees about 20 minutes or until the top is crisp.

Recipe

Frogs

This is a recipe from my beloved grandmother Marie Bond. This is one of the recipes that she would always make. This is one of my favorites.

FROGS

*2 bags of butterscotch chips
*1 bag of chocolate chips
*1 can of chinese chow mein noodles
*1 cup of salted cashews

Directions -
1. Melt all three bags of chips in a microwave safe bowl for 3 minutes. 1 minute at a time and stir between minutes until all chocolate is melted.
2. Once chocolate is melted add the can of chow mein noodles and cashews.
3. Mix well
4. Place spoonfulls of mixture on wax paper and place in the refrigerator to chill.

* Once chilled you can serve them or put them in decorative tins and give them as gifts. Whatever tickles your domestic fancy!