Food Prep - Basic Sweet Fruit Muffins or Bread (recipes)

This is one of the things my kids always ask for (even though they are grown up now)...now their kids chime in too...

I have no clue where the original recipe came from. I got it from a grandmother, who got it from a friend, who got it from____. I am sure it has been tweaked so much it could be nothing like the real original.

The Original - as I know it

Apple Nut Bread

2 C Sugar
4 Eggs beaten
4 C Flour
2 tsp Soda
1 tsp Salt
1 C Salad oil
1/4 C commercial Sour Cream
2 C peeled chopped apples
1 C chopped pecans
1 tsp vanilla

Gradually add sugar and vanilla to eggs; beat until light and fluffy

Combine dry ingredients, add to sugar mixture alternately with oil and sour cream, beating well after each addition. Stir in apples.

Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured loaf pans...bake at 350* F for 1 hour, or until you get a clean toothpick.
Let cool for 5 minutes, then turn out on wire racks to finish cooling.

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So that is what is on the recipe card I still have, but as my girls found out when they tried it, that is not how I make them. :)

My tweaked recipe

Fruit Muffins

1 C sugar
4 eggs
1 T vanilla
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 C light oil

Mix the eggs and sugar, then set aside while the sugar melts in...add vanilla, nutmeg and cinn...mix with a whisk until fluffy. At this point I add in all the oil and mix well.

4 C flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp soda

Sift or mix the dry ing together...add to the liquids and mix. Batter should be just moist and heavy.

2 C fruit

If using apple sauce or mashed banana, they should have enough liquid to make the batter perfect. If using a chunked fruit, or drier fruit, then add some milk, or juice to make it like a thick cake batter.

I use cupcake papers and tins, because it is easier for people to grab a muffin. Bake on 350* for about 40 min, or clean toothpick.

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