Homemade Blueberry/Apple Muffins

Ingredients:

• 3 cups minus 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• Heavy pinch of salt
• Dash of Nutmeg
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 11/4  generous cup plain, unflavored yogurt 
• 2 cups fresh blueberries
• 1 cup diced apple
• Vanilla Extract
• Turbinado sugar 
• Cupcake paper cups:

  Preparation

• Preheat oven to 385 degrees.
• In a large bowl sift flour, baking soda, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• Add apple and mix well
• In another large bowl whisk together sugar, oil, cap-ful of vanilla, egg, and yogurt. Add the dry ingredients and stir to a count of 10.
• Add blueberries, reserving 1/2 cup, to mixture and stir 3 times. 

• With an ice-cream scoop put mixture to paper cupcakes.

• Sprinkle remaining berries on top and press down lightly. Sprinkle turbinado sugar over top.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes and allow cooling completely.

Eggnog Waffles

Cooking Recipes Corner: Eggnog Waffles:

(makes 6 large waffles)

 Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cup of flour
• ½ cup cornstarch
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 cups eggnog (homemade or store-bought and low-fat or full-fat)
• 2/3 cup canola oil or vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 Tbsp. spiced rum

 In a medium bowl whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon. Set aside.In a large mixing bowl whisk together eggnog, oil, eggs and rum. Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients and whisk until just combined. Do not overmix. Let batter rest for 30 minutes. Cook waffles according to manufacturer’s instructions.