{"id":25723,"date":"2015-05-08T00:30:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T04:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25723"},"modified":"2015-05-07T21:50:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T01:50:50","slug":"school-birthday-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/08\/school-birthday-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"School Birthday Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/School-Birthday-Muffins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25725\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/School-Birthday-Muffins-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"School Birthday Muffins\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/School-Birthday-Muffins-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/School-Birthday-Muffins-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nice to be able to make a healthy snack for your family. \u00a0It&#8217;s also nice to have a recipe in your arsenal that makes a LOT of healthy snacks! \u00a0This recipe for <strong>School Birthday Muffins<\/strong> fits that bill!<\/p>\n<p>This is a recipe my daughter&#8217;s preschool gave me in case I wanted to bring a treat for her birthday. \u00a0No nuts, so we can include kids with nut allergies, and pretty healthy to boot. \u00a0The recipe specifies &#8220;6 cups of chopped fruit,&#8221; so that leaves it open to a lot of variations. \u00a0You can easily use six cups of mashed banana, if you want to make it easy on yourself! \u00a0Also try canned pumpkin, or a combination of berries and bananas.<\/p>\n<p>Next time one of your little ones has a birthday, maybe bring these to share with her class. \u00a0Your child&#8217;s teacher will thank you!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>School Birthday Muffins<\/strong><\/span> (adapted from the Moosewood Cookbook)<br \/>\n(makes 3 dozen)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wet<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 sticks butter, or soy margarine, or vegan butter, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>2 1\/4 cups brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>4 eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 cups milk, or soy milk<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>6 cups chopped fruit &#8211; I used 3 apples and 1 cup of baby carrots, chopped in the food processor, along with 2 cups of\u00a0Craisins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dry<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 cups whole wheat flour<\/li>\n<li>3 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons salt<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (or pumpkin pie spice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to 350*F. \u00a0Grease muffin tin or use paper liners.<\/li>\n<li>In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. \u00a0Beat in the eggs; then the milk and vanilla. \u00a0With a rubber spatula, fold in the fruit.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate large bowl, mix the dry ingredients together. \u00a0Stir in the wet ingredients until just mixed. \u00a0Fill each muffin cup about 3\/4 full of batter.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for about 32 minutes, or until puffy and golden. \u00a0Remove muffins from tin and cool on a baking rack. \u00a0Store in a sealed container.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Explore, experiment, enjoy!<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Dana<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To view even more of Dana\u2019s unique recipe, you can visit her at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/frugalgirlmet.blogspot.com\/\">Frugal Girlmet<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s nice to be able to make a healthy snack for your family. \u00a0It&#8217;s also nice to have a recipe in your arsenal that makes a LOT of healthy snacks! \u00a0This recipe for School Birthday Muffins fits that bill! 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