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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 48 |
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When Valentine's Day rolls around, I like to bake these cute muffins in small heart-shaped tins, relates Shirley Glaab of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Drizzled with pink icing, they look adorable and taste wonderful. Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour |
1/2 cup sugar |
2 teaspoons baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1 egg |
1/2 cup milk |
1/4 cup canola oil |
1 jar (10 ounces) red maraschino cherries |
3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips |
1/2 cup chopped pecans |
1 cup confectioners' sugar |
softened cream cheese, optional |
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Drain cherries, reserving 2 tablespoons of juice for glaze (discard remaining juice or save for another use). Chop cherries; fold the chips, pecans and cherries into the batter.
2. Drop by tablespoonfuls into greased or paper-lined heart-shaped or miniature muffin cups. Bake at 375° for 10-13 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
3. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Combine confectioners' sugar and reserved cherry juice to make a thin glaze; drizzle over muffins. Serve with cream cheese if desired. Yield: about 4 dozen.
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