Want muffins that are easy to make and takes little time to make, try these corn bread raspberry muffins.

Darn-it, I just found out that it is National Doughnut Day today. If I would have only known a little in advance this would have been a post all about doughnuts, but instead I have muffins. Close, right?

I don’t normally follow food holidays, even though I think that they are fun. Some food holidays seem to be out there more than other. Like National Doughnut Day, it seems like it’s all over the web today. My daughter even mentioned that it was National Doughnut Day. Fun right? Did you have your doughnut today? I wasn’t that lucky. But I did nibble on one of my corn bread raspberry muffins so I don’t feel too left out.

I wonder if they have a National Scone Day? If they do, I will be there!!

Corn meal is not something that I don’t keep in my pantry normally. But my kids were all at home visiting last month and I was planning on making a big pot of chili for one of the meals. When I asked them what I should make with the chili, they all answered corn bread. So I purchased a container of corn meal and after making the corn bread the rest of it has been sitting in the pantry.

Being the breakfast food fanatic that I am, I decided to use it in some muffins. I used the recipe that was on the container, but of course I had to change it just a bit. There were raspberries sitting in the fridge that I thought would go perfectly with the corn bread. This was certainly the case.

Need an easy muffin recipe; corn bread muffins are super simple and delicious. I hope you give them a try.

A heads-up next week I will be away from my blog. We have family visiting and I want to be able to enjoy them without worrying about posting to my blog. I will see in the week after.

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Corn Bread Raspberries Muffins

Course: Breakfast, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: corn bread raspberry muffins, corn bread muffins, raspberry muffins

Author: Dawn Yucuis

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all flour
• 3/4 cup corn meal
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cup raspberries

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
2. Combine the dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
3. Combine the milk, vegetable oil, and egg in another bowl and mix slightly. Add to the dry ingredients. Slightly combine the wet and dry ingredients, add the raspberries and mix the ingredients just until the ingredients are combined. Do not over mix.
4. Spoon the muffin mix in muffin prepared muffin tins (that have been greased or lined with paper cups) just about to the top. Place in the preheat oven and bake 15 to 20 minutes. Test with a wooden pick, when insert and it comes out clean they are done.

Recipe Notes

Slightly adapted from the Quaker Yellow Corn Meal container

Chocolate chip muffins with a granola topping…yum!

Life has been busy.  Celebrations right and left. We celebrated our youngest son’s birthday this past weekend. He turned 22 years old. I can’t believe how my life is passing before my eyes. As I have mentioned I love these celebrations.

With our new grandson we will have another birthday to celebrate in the springtime. As the family grows I am not quite sure how we will find time to fit all the celebrations into our lives. Oh, I am sure we will find away to do that.

For now I need to talk about these chocolate chip granola topped muffins. As you may know I love my chocolate and these chocolate chip muffins  fit the bill when it comes to one of chocolate cravings. But I wanted to up it a bit with the granola topping. Another one of my loves… granola with the oats, brown sugar, nuts, a touch of cinnamon.

Yes, the granola really made these muffins over the top for me. I love the combination of the granola and the chocolate, also the little sweetness that the granola brought was a plus. I really can’t think of a better way to start your day them with a chocolate chip granola topped muffin or maybe a midday snack.

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Chocolate Chip Granola Topped Muffins

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate chip muffins chocolate chip granola topped muffins

Author: Dawn Yucuis

Ingredients

• Granola-
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup old fashion oats
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts I used pecans
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• Muffins-
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup melted butter cooled
• 1 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

1. Granola - In a medium bowl add the brown sugar, oats, chopped nuts, and cinnamon mix together. Add the melted butter to the dry ingredients and mix well. Set aside.
2. Muffins - Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. To this mixture mix in the chocolate chips. In another bowl mix the 1/2 cup melted butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla. Pour the milk mixture into the dry mixture and mix just until blended. Line muffin tins with paper cups and fill about 3/4 of the cup. Top with the granola mixture and with fingers press the granola lightly into the dough. Bake for 17 to 19 minutes until the muffins are lightly brown. Place on cooling racks for 2 or 3 minutes and remove the muffins from tins and set on cooling racks and cool completely.