Recipe: Peanut Butter Muffins for Brunch or Breakfast

From Denny: I'm putting up two recipes today to fill the peanut butter craving for my friends! This is a wonderful breakfast or brunch or even a snack recipe for muffins. C'mon, when are muffins not enjoyed by us all? They seem to be the ultimate comfort food and this peanut butter version looked like a great one to add to this blog's recipe file. Enjoy!

Brunch Peanut Butter Muffins

Yield: 12 servings

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 20 min

Ingredients:

• Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray

BATTER

• 2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• 1 tablespoon baking powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 large egg

• 1 cup milk

• 1/3 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil


TOPPING

• 3 tablespoons sugar

• 3 tablespoons Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour

• 3 tablespoons Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
OR Jif® Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter

• 1/8 teaspoon salt


Directions:

1. HEAT oven to 400ºF. Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with a no-stick cooking spray or line with paper cups.

2. STIR together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Combine egg, milk and oil in small bowl. Add liquids to flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Divide batter evenly among cups.

3. COMBINE sugar, flour, peanut butter and salt in small bowl, mixing with fork until crumbly. Divide topping over muffins. Lightly stir into muffin with knife.

4. BAKE 18 to 23 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on rack 5 minutes. Remove from pan to rack to cool completely.

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Recipe: Blintz Brunch Bake

From Denny: We just love cheesey dishes in Louisiana and when better than for breakfast on the weekend? Try this little lovely next time you need to bake for a number of people and don't feel like a lot of different dishes when one will do so you can relax with your company!


Blintz Brunch Bake

From: KraftFoods.com

Prep Time: 15 min

Total Time: 1 hr

Makes: 16 servings



Ingredients:

2 packages (8 ounces each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1 container (15 oz.) BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Ricotta Cheese

5 eggs, divided

3/4 cup sugar, divided

2 teaspoons grated lemon peel

3 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1 cup flour

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, melted

1/4 cup milk

1 Tablespoon CALUMET Baking Powder


Directions:

PREHEAT oven to 325°F. Beat cream cheese, ricotta cheese, 2 of the eggs, 1/4 cup of the sugar, lemon peel and lemon juice in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended; set aside.

PLACE flour, butter, remaining 3 eggs, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, milk and baking powder in separate large bowl; beat with wire whisk until well blended. Spread 1/3 of the dough onto bottom of greased 13x9-inch baking dish; cover with cream cheese mixture. Gently spoon remaining dough over top.

BAKE 45 minutes or until center is set. Cut into 16 pieces to serve. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.

Calories 310

Total fat 26 g

Saturated fat 15 g

Cholesterol 140 mg

Sodium 340 mg

Carbohydrate 12 g

Dietary fiber 0 g

Sugars 11 g

Protein 7 g

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