Muffin Czar

COZY~FRUITY MUFFINS—- recipe will make 10-12

Dry Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar ~~~ I include some brown sugar as part of the half cup
• cinnamon ~~~ I don’t measure it ~~~ probably comes out to a quarter tsp
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup plus your choice of nut (wall, almond or pecan) or perhaps currents or raisins ~~~ perhaps nothing

Wet Ingredients

• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup veg. oil ~~~ for what it’s worth, I prefer canola and I cut back a little on the oil and add a little melted butter
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 heaping cup dried fruit ~~~ (little itsy bitsy pieces) I’ve used blueberries, apricots, peach, mango, cranberry and other stuff ~~~ saturate the fruit with some sort of juice ~~but not too much~~ just enough to cover the fruit in perhaps a small sandwich sized plastic bag ~~~ allow to soak for a while. I soak the fruit overnight

Instructions

1. Mix the wet and dry together in a big bowl—- If the mix appears too dry add a little more juice~~~ but not too much
2. Pamelize your muffin tins (spray them with Pam or some other non-stick stuff of your choosing) I love the silicone tins but then we can’t call them tins can we? Let’s call them silis.
3. Scoop into tins or silis ~~~ bake at 350 for 25 minutes or so… I pull them out when I think they are ready~~~ I trust you can do the same
4. Remove from tins or silis and allow to cool a little so that your serving a warm muffin but not so hot that you burn your fingerprints off

Serve Cozy~Fruity Muffins with fava beans and a nice Chianti…mmmmmm