Brown Sugar Muffins Recipe

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"This is one of my favorite muffin recipes because it goes with anything," says Marian Smith of Sandy, Utah. The sweet treats have a crusty top and tender cake-like interior, so they're good for breakfast or as a snack.

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Brown Sugar Muffins Recipe
  • Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
  • Yield: 12 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

  • In a bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture just until combined. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 400° for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Yield: 1 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 238 calories, 9 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 20 mg cholesterol, 226 mg sodium, 35 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Brown Sugar Muffins in Quick Cooking January/February 2002, p59

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Big Batch Baked Goods

We enjoy homemade baked goods for breakfast, but I don’t have time to bake each morning before school. So I devote 1 day a month to making large batches of cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, cream cheese rolls and muffins. I place them in heavy-duty resealable plastic bags labeled with the date. (They freeze for about 2 months.) On busy mornings, it’s a snap to pop a few in the microwave to warm. The kids love the fresh-baked flavor. —Lori T., New London, Texas

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Reviewed on Nov. 04, 2012 by ChefV

Tried this recipe today and was very disappointed. It was probably my changes to the recipe in an effort to cut the calories. Instead of the shortening I used 1/4 c. unsweetened applesauce and 1/4c. butter; 1/4 c. brown sugar and 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract. It had no flavor and was tough. I used paper cupcake holders and they wouldn't come off the muffin. I may give the recipe one more try using the original ingredients listed and hope for a better ending.

Reviewed on May. 28, 2012 by merricrocker

I've had a recipe similar to this one for 40 years. However THIS recipe with only a few different tweeks is MUCH better! I've made it twice and my bunch just loves them! So glad I decided to judge a new recipe next to my old standby. The family verdict went with the new version! Yum!!

Reviewed on May. 14, 2009 by dedaniel37

I tried these because I had more brown sugar than granulated. Glad I did! They're wonderfully wonderful. I'm going to share, thanks!

 
 

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