Recipe #84: Nut Bran Muffins

Nut Bran Muffins

The recipe in the 201 Muffins Book called for walnuts, bran and dates. I found a recipe with all those things plus orange flavoring at the Florida Citrus website: Florida Orange Date Nut Bran Muffins. The recipe was a good one, I think. I mostly followed it, except for adding some triple sec for some of the orange juice and 1/2 cup extra sugar, since it seemed they weren't going to be sweet enough.

The muffins came out great. They were moist, hearty and delicious. The bran as well as the dates really made them rich and fibrous. My tasters enjoyed them almost as much as the double chocolate expresso muffins that I made at the same time!

I would definitely make these muffins again. I rate them 5 out of 5.

Next up: Nutmeg muffins.

Recipe #83: Mushroom Muffins

Mushroom Muffins

The recipe in 201 Muffins was designed to produce savory muffins, and so I found a recipe that made some very nice mushroom muffins that were cheesy and tasty. I took the recipe, Mushroom Parmesan Muffins, from the website of a Greek chef, Akis Petretzikis. The ingredients were given in metric measurements, but I was able to convert fairly easily.

The preparation of the mushrooms was a little bit time consuming, but otherwise the recipe was fairly simple.

The muffins were nice looking as well as good tasting and full of mushrooms, although a bit saltier than I would have liked. I used dried grated Parmesan cheese, and that may have been the cause. Fresh Parmesan might have been less salty.

My tasters liked them, and though I don't often eat savory muffins, I would make these again if the need arose.

I rate these 5 out of 5. Well, we're finally done with the M muffins. On to the Ns!

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