It’s beginning to look a lot like… the holidays! That’s how I felt while I was making these muffins. When the scents of cinnamon and ginger fill the air, you really can’t help but be in a festive mood.
For me, these were the most no fuss muffins that I’ve made so far. I just need to learn how to bake with whole wheat. I’ve been doing this for weeks, but they usually come out a little dry. These muffins were a little…erm… crunchy on the outside but the inside was very moist. I’ll try another batch & not leave them in as long to see what happens, but overall, good muffins & I’ll be making these again in the upcoming weeks.
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Gingerbread Muffins
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp all spice
Cooking Directions
- Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottoms only of 12 regular-size muffin cups with shortening, or place paper baking cup in each muffin cup.
- In large bowl, beat brown sugar, molasses, milk, oil and egg with spoon.
- Stir in remaining ingredients just until flour is moistened. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
- Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Immediately remove from pan to cooling rack.
I like your picture and completely agree with you about the process of baking these absolutely transports you to the holidays! I baked these with whole wheat flour and they turned out really nice and moist. :)
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Thanks! We got this little pine cone Christmas tree at a craft fair so I thought it’d go very well with this week’s muffin! I really think I left the muffins in too long, I’ll just have to try again :)
Gingerbread muffins, so perfect for the christmas season. if I had a oven, I d bake them. lovely recipe. thanks for sharing!
You’re very welcome. I hope you enjoy the muffins!
These muffins really put me in the holiday mood, too! I actually like it when they’re a little crunchy on the outside… so your muffins sound delicious to me :)
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Aw thank you! They’re fine if I heat them for 30 sec & put a pat of butter. Yeah I’m already being bad w/ the sweets!
Yes – I think these muffins put everyone on the Muffin Monday team in the holiday mood! I never seem to have luck with whole wheat :( Maybe a combo of whole wheat and regular flour? More liquid? Happy Muffin Monday :)
Stay-At-Home-Chef recently posted..Muffin Monday: Gingerbread Muffins
Thanks for the tips. Of course AFTER I baked the muffins, I decided to look up whole wheat flour stuff & they said to sift it. Maybe that’ll help next time. I think I let them bake too long as well.
The holidays are here, and it’s such a great time! The smell of sweets and breads baking on a cold morning is the best. The use of molasses and brown sugar is excellent for that rich, deep sweetness.
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I agree with you on everything! Nothin like baking up some sweetness on a cold morning for sure!
Cute little pine cone Christmas tree:) I agree that these were by far the least demanding muffins we’ve made so far – one bowl!:) I made mine with regular flour but I guess that with whole wheat you’d need more liquids…
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Thanks! Got the little guy at a craft fair, went perfect w/ these muffins! I’m a little worried about adding more liquid to the muffins. I don’t know how they’ll set. Will have to research more!
gingerbread just smells like the holidays! baking these really got me in the mood for christmas :)
Me too! Can’t wait to make a second batch when Christmas gets closer
Maybe whole wheat pastry flour would work better? It’s supposed to be lighter in baked goods than standard whole wheat flour. Mine were a little drier than other recipes, even with all purpose flour, but I was also a bit lax with my measuring, so I figured it was my own fault anyway. They still were delicious. No worries! :)
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I’ll give it a try. Kinda nervous about the results but it’s worth a shot :)