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Carrot Muffins with Orange Cream Cheese

10/20/2013

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                            SUNDAY MORNINGS at MY HOUSE

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                               a tweaked version... Sunset Magazine | April 2013

• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cups shredded carrots
• 1 cup currants
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon organic orange zest

1.  PREHEAT OVEN to 400˚F.  Grease a 12 cup muffin tin.
2.  In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and next 7 ingredients.  Add the water. Heat over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, just until mixture comes to a boil.
3.  In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder and baking soda.  Add the warm ingredients from the saucepan; stir just until combined.  Divide mixture evenly between the muffin cups.
4.  Place the muffin tin on the middle rack of oven.  Bake for 15 minutes, or until browned and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.  Cook on rack.
5.  In a small bowl stir together until smooth the cream cheese and orange zest.





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3 Comments
Kate
10/20/2013 01:48:16 am

I love your Sundays At My House postings.
Always a (delicious) reminder to slow the pace that life can accelerate to and enjoy early mornings with appreciation of "the day of rest". Sundays are the best!
What is the recipe tweak? Your cake recipe is much using butter instead of oil as the "fat" as most recipes request.

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Eileen
10/20/2013 01:56:02 am

Hi Kate! I made a couple of minor changes to the recipe. Less sugar and currants instead of raisins. I almost always use currants instead of raisins when baking. I'm not really sure why... but I think it has to do with the size.

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Tom Tall Clover Farm link
10/24/2013 03:16:18 am

Eileen, I must confess, I will only make these for company. For should I be the only one in the house, I will eat them all as surely as easily as I can spread butter or cream cheese on anything from the oven.

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