{"id":2940,"date":"2013-02-15T23:48:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T04:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2940"},"modified":"2013-03-04T23:03:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T04:03:20","slug":"my-favorite-new-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2940","title":{"rendered":"my favorite new muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"IMGP3543\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 while browsing pinterest a few weeks ago, i found a recipe<\/a> for “peanut butter muffins.”\u00c2\u00a0 instantly intrigued (why hadn’t i thought of this flavor combination before?\u00c2\u00a0 it sounded amazing!), i read the recipe and was dismayed that the first ingredient in these (touted as “healthy” muffins) was a full cup of brown sugar.\u00c2\u00a0 that was the same amount as the flour!\u00c2\u00a0 so i poked around for another recipe and found this one<\/a>.\"IMGP3535\"<\/a>a quarter cup of brown sugar seemed more reasonable.\u00c2\u00a0 granted, this one also has honey and has a quarter cup of butter (or coconut oil) and the first one had applesauce (i may have to try that variation the next time i make these–i’m curious to see if they would still work.\u00c2\u00a0 these muffins, as written, are actually a teensy bit too greasy for my taste, but that may have been because my peanut butter wasn’t stirred thoroughly?), but these have pumpkin too!\u00c2\u00a0 they bake up amazingly moist and are as addicting as cookies, but have such an innocent list of ingredients that i think they make a great breakfast.<\/div>\n
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\"IMGP3539\"<\/a> don’t forget to sprinkle just a tiny bit of raw sugar in the last five minutes of baking.\u00c2\u00a0 it adds a lovely crunch.\u00c2\u00a0 apparently, these also freeze well.\u00c2\u00a0 the only thing they might also missing is chopped pecans.\u00c2\u00a0 mmm…..\u00c2\u00a0 ok, gotta go make these again.<\/div>\n
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(only slightly modified from this blog)<\/a><\/div>\n
Yields 12 muffins or 18 smaller muffins
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1\/2 c. mashed banana
\n1\/2 c. pureed pumpkin
\n1\/2 c. natural peanut butter
\n1\/4 c. honey
\n1 egg
\n1\/4 c. softened butter or coconut oil (edited 3\/4\/13:\u00c2\u00a0 applesauce works fine here!\u00c2\u00a0 they’re slightly less moist, but i’m not sure that’s a bad thing.\u00c2\u00a0 i liked butter better than the coconut oil for longevity.)<\/em>
\n1 t. baking soda
\n1 t. baking powder
\n1\/4 t. cinnamon
\n1\/2 t. sea salt
\n1 c. whole wheat flour<\/div>\n
1\/4 c. chocolate chips<\/div>\n
1\/4 c. packed brown sugar<\/div>\n
\u00c2\u00a01.\u00c2\u00a0 Mix all dry ingredients, EXCEPT BROWN SUGAR in a small bowl.<\/div>\n
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2.\u00c2\u00a0 In a larger mixing bowl, combine wet ingredients and blend thoroughly.<\/div>\n
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3.\u00c2\u00a0 Gradually add dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Batter may be slightly lumpy.<\/div>\n
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4.\u00c2\u00a0 Fold in the brown sugar and stir just once or twice. This will create a strudel like crunch on the top!<\/div>\n
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5.\u00c2\u00a0 Spoon batter into 12-18 greased or paper lined muffin cups. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 min.\u00c2\u00a0 sprinkle with raw (turbinado) sugar in the last five minutes of baking.<\/div>\n
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\u00c2\u00a0 while browsing pinterest a few weeks ago, i found a recipe for “peanut butter muffins.”\u00c2\u00a0 instantly intrigued (why hadn’t i thought of this flavor combination before?\u00c2\u00a0 it sounded amazing!), i read the recipe and was dismayed that the first … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2940"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3014,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940\/revisions\/3014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}