Sweet Brown Bread Muffins
Recipe by Cat Morrow Course: Side Dish, Snack, Bread18
muffins5
minutes25
minutesThese easy to prepare, one bowl brown bread muffins are a delicious, fluffy take on the classic canned bread that is a familiar New England flavor. Just mix, pour, Bake. (no steaming!) For a flavorful twist, add a few teaspoons of caraway or anise seeds. Serve these tasty muffins anywhere you would your favorite cornbread or corn muffin. These pair perfectly with a pot of Bean-Hole Baked Beans for supper!
Ingredients
- Dry ingredients
2/3 cup 2/3 Maine Grains Organic Yellow Flint Cornmeal or Liberation Farms Cornmeal
1/2 cup 1/2 Maine Grains Organic Rye Flour
1/2 cup 1/2 plus 2 tbsp Maine Grains Organic Pastry Flour (or 1/2 cup Sifted All-Purpose)
1 tsp 1 baking powder
1/2 tsp 1/2 baking soda
1/2 tsp 1/2 fresh cracked pepper medley (more to taste)
3/4 tsp 3/4 sea salt
1 cup 1 raisins or dried cranberries (optional, but great with extra black pepper!)
- Wet ingredients
1/3 cup 1/3 molasses
1/3 cup 1/3 brown sugar or sucanat (optional)
1 1 egg
1/4 cup 1/4 flavorless oil (sunflower, light olive or avocado oil)
1 cup 1 buttermilk (or easy substitute, see below)
Directions
- If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, make this simple substitute. Mix together 1 cup of whole milk with 1 tsp apple cider vinegar. Voila! Set this mixture aside while assembling your other ingredients.
- Preheat Oven to 325°F Convection if you have it, or 350°F. Fill muffin tins with paper muffin cups.
- Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl, mixing well to get rid of lumps. Add the wet, and the raisins or dried fruit if desired.
- Stir everything together until good and combined. Fill muffin cups about half way full (a heaping ¼ cup).
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the tops have crackled and browned thoroughly.
- Cool on a cooling rack 5-10 minutes before serving with your favorite stew or beans.
Notes
- For a less sweet version, skip the added sugar or use a few tablespoons of sugar or maple sugar instead.
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