Blueberry Pecan Muffins Using Food Processor

TO DIE FOR BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and add enough milk to reach the 1-cup mark. Mix this with flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.
• To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done.

BLUEBERRY AND PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix together by hand the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in large mixing bowl.
• Combine the milk, vanilla, egg together and then add all at once to dry ingredient until moistened.
• Do not over mix.
• Gently mix the 4 tablespoons sugar, drained.
• berries, lemon peel and pecans together.
• Fold the berry mixture lightly into the batter.
• Fill greased and dusted muffin pans half full.
• Bake for 20 minutes at 400 F or until done.
• While muffins are still warm, dip the tops in melted butter, then in the sugar.

BLUEBERRY PEACH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin tins, or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, 1/2 cup white sugar, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together the eggs, milk and 1/2 cup of melted butter until well blended. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix until just blended. Fold in the blueberries and peaches. Fill muffin cups with batter.
• Bake for 18 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the tops spring back when lightly touched. In a small bowl, stir together the remaining sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Brush muffins with remaining melted butter, and sprinkle with the cinnamon mixture. Cool in the pan over a wire rack.

BLUEBERRY PECAN MUFFINS USING FOOD PROCESSOR

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit or 190 degrees Celsius.
• Spray 12-cup muffin tin with non-stick spray.
• In work bowl fitted with metal blade, pulse pecans until coarsely chopped, about 5 seconds. Transfer to a small bowl. Set aside.
• In same work bowl fitted with metal blade, process sugar and shortening until smooth, about 30 seconds.
• With the motor running, add eggs, milk and vanilla through the feed tube.
• Remove lid and add cake flour, bkaing powder and salt. Cover and pulse just until incorporated, about 10 times.
• Transfer sugar-flour mixture to a large bowl. Fold in pecans and blueberries.
• Divide batter evenly into prepared muffin tin.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes.
• Let cool in tin on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• Transfer to rack to cool completely.
• Once completely cooled, muffins can be frozen in resealable plastic bag for up to 30 days.

BLUEBERRY PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400.
• Grease muffin cups.
• Mix flour, sugar and baking powder.
• Mix oil, eggs, vanilla, and milk with the dry ingredients.
• Add cereal to the mixture.
• Pour in muffin cups and spoon 1/4 teaspoon spreadable fruit on top of batter.
• Pour more batter over the fruit spread.
• Bake 20-25 minutes.

BLUEBERRY NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups.
• Stir the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat the egg, milk, and oil together in a separate bowl. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture; pour the egg mixture into the well, and stir until the flour mixture is just moistened. Be sure to not over-mix. Fold the blueberries and walnuts into the batter. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups to about 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

BLUEBERRY AND PECAN MUFFINS (DELIA SMITH)

Steps:

• MUFFIN MIXTURE: Start off by sifting the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
• In a separate bowl mix together the egg, sugar, milk, melted butter and vanilla extract.
• Return the dry ingredients to the sieve and sift them straight on to the egg mixture. According to Delia Smith, this double sifting is essential because there won't be much mixing going on.
• Take a large spoon and fold the dry ingredients into the wet ones - quickly, in about 15 seconds. Don't overmix.
• Fold in the blueberries and half of the chopped pecan nuts (50g), again with a minimum of stirring.
• Grease your muffin tins or use paper cups.
• Spoon in just enough mixture to fill each muffin cup.
• TOPPING: Mix the remaining pecan nuts (50g) with the crushed sugar and top your muffins.
• Bake on a high shelf of the oven for 20 minutes for mini's or 30 minutes for regular ones. Oven temperature: 400°F / 200°C.
• Remove the muffins from the oven and cool in the tins for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. If they are in paper cases remove them from the tins straight away.