Holiday Specials at the Reindeer Bar

 

Enjoy some holiday specials at the Reindeer Bar.

G is for Gingerbread Muffins

Cook's Notes: A moist, flavorful muffin that bursts with holiday spice and a hint of lemon to make a hearty, delicious winter breakfast treat.
Muffin Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon Saigon cinnamon or 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• Dash ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup molasses, unsulphured-mild flavor
• 1 cup buttermilk
• Topping options: 1/4 cup sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon or Sprinkles (crystallized sugar found in the baking section at Michaels)
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Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Stir together the flour, baking soda, salt, grated lemon, and spices in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add in the eggs one at a time, beating in between.
• Beat in the molasses.
• Add the flour mixture to the creamed butter and sugar alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Don't over beat.
• Spoon the batter into 12 muffin cups, lightly greased or lined with muffin papers.
• Sprinkle with a bit of cinnamon mixed with sugar on top of each muffin before baking or use a product from Wilton called Sprinkles pictured above.
• Bake for about 16-17  minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Add a few more Sprinkles while warm.
• Cool for a few minutes in the pan and then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
  
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Recipe previously posted at https://sockfairies.blogspot.com/2023/12/santa-approved.html