Vanilla Ricotta Muffins

Submitted by beckerd

"These muffins are very moist and are dense compared to normal muffins. They have a very good flavor and my kids really enjoyed them."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 12 muffins

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup powdered milk or 1/2 cup ground up almonds
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1⁄2 cup vanilla chip (like Nestle's white chips)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine flour,powdered milk, salt, baking powder, sugar,vanilla chips, and spices in a bowl.
3. Crumble brown sugar by rubbing it between fingers to break up any clumps.Add this to the dry ingredients.
4. Place ricotta cheese in another bowl, beat in milk.
5. Add eggs, one at a time,beating with a whisk after each addition.
6. Stir in vanilla.
7. Pour wet ingredients along with butter into the dry ingredients.
8. Using a spoon, stir from bottom of bowl until dry ingredients are moistened. Don't overmix.
9. Bake 20-25 minutes.

Reviews

[jkmom007]

Yummy. They were gone before they cooled. Made a few substitutions. Used ground flaxseed in place of almond meal. Oil in place of butter. Birch Xylitol for sugar. (Same amounts)

 

[stormylee]

Really liked the dense texture and combination of flavours! I used ground almonds and white choclate chips, and kept checking to assure myself that the recipe really calls for only 2 tbls of sugar. I think I'd either make these sweeter by adding more sugar, or else leave out the chips and make a more "neutral" muffin - like ~Ri did! With a bit of tweaking, I will certainly make these again. Thank you for sharing!

 

[Ri3603]

I made this muffin today. I did not use the chocolate chips instead I just made it an almond cinnamon muffin. I had almond meal here at the house so I used it instead of the powdered milk. They are very dense but I really love the texture of this muffin. I also added some almod extract. I will make this muffin again and next time I might add some white chocolate chips or nuts to it. Great recipe. Thanks :0)

 

[Linda B.]

Scrumptious! I used what I had in my cuboid, and I ALWAYS use ricotta when I bake, so I used cinnamon chips and chopped walnuts. Turned out perfectly. I’ve learned from baking with ricotta that the muffins are actually better the next day or even the day after that! Don’t know why, but I suspect that the flavors continue to enhance each other while the cheese keeps them moist. 5 stars!