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ARKANSAS SPICE/PECAN MUFFINS

From the kitchen of
Bridgeford House Bed and Breakfast
Eureka Springs, Arkansas

 

Ingredients

  • 1 cup soft butter or margarine
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 cups applesauce unsweetened
  • 4 cups flour
  • 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons ground all spice
  • sliced almonds
  • vanilla cake frosting
  • foil bake cups

Directions

    Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Mix in applesauce and spices. Sift together salt, soda, and flour. Add to applesauce mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts. Bake in muffin pans using foil bake cups at 350 degrees for 25 minutes (toothpick is clean). Let muffins cool and take out of bake cups. Place sliced almonds on plate. Coat tops of muffins with vanilla frosting and turn muffins upside down and dip into sliced almonds. (Batter keeps indefinitely in refrigerator. Baked muffins freeze well. Re-heat before serving). Yields 3-4 dozen muffins.

     

    Submitted by Linda Thornton on 1/19/99.

 

 

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