Raspberry Almond Mini-muffins

Submitted by deborahlee555

"These are delicious, elegant little morsels. It's an old recipe from the Pampered Chef. My favorite jam to use in these muffins is seedless black raspberry."

 

• Ready In: 29mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 cup melted butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 2⁄3 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 3⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1⁄4 cup raspberry preserves
• powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Spray a mini-muffin pan with nonstick spray.
3. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
4. Stir in the melted butter, milk, egg and almond extract, and mix until well-combined.
5. Fill the prepared muffin cups about 2/3 full.
6. Stir the preserves to soften and top each muffin with about 1/2 tsp.
7. of preserves.
8. Press in slightly, then gently fold over some of the batter to cover the muffin (or you could fill them 1/2 full, top with the preserves, then top with a bit more batter).
9. Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until the muffins are light golden brown and a cake tester inserted carefully into the muffin comes out clean.
10. Remove from oven and cool in pan for 5 minutes.
11. Then carefully remove from the pan and serve warm or at room temperature, dusted with powdered sugar if desired.

Reviews

[melaniedaly]

AMAZING! More like a biscuit than cake. I swapped out peach preserves and I am renaming mine: Peach pie bites. The muffin part tastes a bit like pie dough!! I didn't use the powdered sugar, but maybe next time. Flavor was ON POINT!! So yummy. Easy to make.

 

[Rachie P]

Good muffins, especially warm from the oven. I made mine with regular-sized muffin tins and they came out just fine! I also placed an almond sliver on the tops of the muffins before they cooled - looked nice!

 

[iris5555]

I followed your suggestion and used blackberry preserves. Also dusted with some powdered sugar. They disappeared quickly!

 

[lorenlou]

These are elegant little muffin bites that would be a terrific addition to a brunch buffet. Easy to make - I filled half way, added the preserves (found it easier not to stir the them), then topped with the additional batter. For added flavor, I do recommend topping with the powdered sugar.