Description
Steve, my farmer friend, has kept me well supplied with zucchini. I was looking to make an original muffin recipe to thank him that would knock his socks off.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup margarine, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup grated zucchini
- 1 cup cranberries
- ½ cup walnut pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Prepare 12 muffin cups with liners.
- Mix 6 tablespoons flour and brown sugar together in a bowl for topping; cut butter into the flour mixture until you have pea-sized crumbs. Set aside.
- Beat margarine and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat egg and vanilla into the butter mixture.
- Mix 1 1/2 cups flour
- baking powder
- baking soda
- and salt together in a separate bowl; gradually beat into the butter mixture. Fold zucchini
- cranberries
- and walnuts into the mixture; spoon into prepared muffin cups
- filling nearly to the top. Sprinkle reserved topping mixture onto the batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- about 25 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 12