Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
Pinch of salt
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup sour cream
6 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
*Preheat oven 400*
*Cream butter and sugar until fluffy
*Beat in eggs
*Beat in vanilla
*Mix dry ingredients and add to butter mixture (ALTERNATE with sour cream - begin and end with flour)
*Stir in chocolate chips
*Bake 20 minutes

Makes: 1 dozen.

Submitted by:  DeAnne Anderson

Good Morning Muffins

Ingredients:
1/2 cup wheat germ plus a little for dusting the muffin cups
1 cup unbleached flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1/2 cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 vegetable oil
1 large apple peeled, cored and grated
2 carrots grated (1 if adding the zucchini)
1 zucchini grated
1/2 cup walnuts chopped (optional, I didn't add this)
1 1/2 cups oat and Brown sugar crumb topping

Directions:
*Butter 12 muffin cups and sprinkle a little wheat germ into each one or use paper muffin cups and put a little wheat germ in the bottom.
*Preheat the oven to 400*F
*In a large bowl, combine the flour, wheat germ, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
*Whisk the egg and brown sugar in a separate bowl.
*Whisk in the milk.
*Make a well in the dry ingredients, add the liquid---including the melted butter(oil)---and stir to blend. *When a few streaks of dry are still visible, fold in the grated apple, zucchini, carrots and walnuts.
*Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups.
*Scatter a good amount of the crumb topping over each muffin and bake for 22 minutes.
*Cool the muffins in the pan on a rack for 3 minutes, then pop them out and serve hot.

Makes 12 muffins


Source: This recipe is from Rachael Wynn at Aviano who is an amazing cook and makes lots of yummy stuff from scratch for her lucky kiddos


Submitted by: Annie Distelzweig

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
¾ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. baking soda
Dash ground allspice
1 egg
¾ cup packed brown sugar
¾ cup canned pumpkin
2/3 cup milk
3 Tbsp. butter, melted
1 tsp. vanilla extract
½ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:
*In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Set aside.
*Combine the egg, brown sugar, pumpkin, milk, butter and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
*Stir in chocolate chips.
*Fill greased or paper lined muffin cups ¾ full.
*Bake at 375* F for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
*Cool for 5 minutes before removing from the pan to a wire rack

Serves: 1 dozen

Source: Simple & Delicious Magazine
 
Submitted by:  Carma Chisam

Morning Glory Muffins

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/4 cups white sugar
1 TBS ground cinnamon
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups grated carrots
1 apple - peeled, cored, and chopped
1 cup raisins
1 egg
2 egg whites
1/2 cup apple butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 TBS vanilla extract
2 TBS chopped walnuts
2 TBS toasted wheat germ

Directions:
*Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly coat 18 muffin cups with non-stick cooking spray.
*In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, egg whites, apple butter, oil, and vanilla.
*In a large bowl, stir together flours, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
*Stir in carrots, apples, and raisins.
*Stir in apple butter mixture until just moistened.
*Spoon the batter into prepared muffin cups, filling about 3/4 full.
*In a small bowl, combine walnuts and wheat germ; sprinkle over muffing tops.
*Bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until the tops are golden and spring back lightly when pressed.

18 servings
Submitted by:  Jennifer Attaway

Personal Notes:  *I found this recipe on allrecipes.com when I was just searching for a good healthy muffin. We love these because they have a little bit of everything in them and are great for a quick grab and go breakfast.