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Maple-Walnut Muffins

January 21, 2011 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

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maple walnut muffins

When signing books in Minneapolis last week, the lovely folks at Barnes and Noble asked if I’d like to take a book with me, as a thank you. My “dessert of the month” challenge came immediately to mind, and I knew that I had to get a baking cookbook of some sort. After careful deliberation, and much drooling, over at least 20 books about baking, each with stunning photographs, I settled on William Sonoma’s The Baking Book: Essential Recipes for Today’s Home Baker.

I love this baking cookbook. I’ve leafed through it a number of times already…just to make sure I didn’t miss anything delicious. I’m intrigued by a number of the different baking methods and I know that this cookbook will help me expand my baking knowledge and repertoire!!!

While I didn’t have any pecans in the pantry, I did have some walnuts leftover from the holidays. They substituted easily into the original recipe, as did the rice milk that I used in place of the buttermilk.

maple walnut muffins

I love how this recipe uses the pecans/walnuts. You grind half of them in a food processor with some flour and then mix the “nut flour” into the batter. And then you coarsely chop the other half to fold into the batter after it has been prepared.

This created a perfectly nutty flavor with not too much crunch! And all the milk, syrup, eggs and butter gave them a great moist and fluffy texture.

Dog-eared. And now batter splattered!

A keeper of a recipe, for sure…

Nom. Nom.

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Maple-Walnut Muffins

A perfectly nutty flavor, without too much crunch!
Prep Time15 minutes minutes
Cook Time18 minutes minutes
Servings - 24 servings

Ingredients 

  • 1 1/2 cups cups walnuts
  • 2 1/2 cups cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 eggs lightly beaten
  • 4 Tbsp butter or margarine melted
  • 1 cup buttermilk (rice milk worked fine!)
  • 3/4 cup maple syrup

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 and grease 24 muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Add 3/4 cups of the walnuts to a food processor or blender with 1/2 cup of the flour. Process until a nut flour forms.
  • In a bowl, sift together the other 2 cups of flour, the "nut flour", the sugar, baking powder, and salt. Create a little well in the middle and add the beaten eggs, melted butter or margarine, milk and syrup. Stir for about 1 minute, or until smooth-ish but slightly lumpy batter forms.
  • Coarsely chop the remaining walnuts and gently fold into the batter. Pour the batter into the greased muffin cups.
  • Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until begin to golden on the edges and center has cooked through. Let cool for about 10 minutes on a wire rack, then remove the muffins from the pan. Serve warm with butter.
  • (This can also be baked in a loaf pan for 50-55 minutes. Let cool completely before slicing.)

maple walnut muffins

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  1. Kerry Bortel says

    January 24, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    I made these with almond flour I had on hand instead of the walnuts. The kids LOVED them. Thanks so much for the recipe.

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  2. Jenny@thelavendermagnolia says

    December 4, 2013 at 1:32 am

    Anytime you combine maple and walnuts, I am in (Maple walnut scones are my Kryptonite!). Thanks for sharing this recipe!

    Jenny

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