December 26, 2012
Anonymous
The Chronicle
The Zope Gazette
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:32 PM CST
Pella —
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1/2 bx |
graham cracker crumbs |
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1 stk |
unsalted butter room temperature
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1 c |
sugar |
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1 tsp |
baking powder |
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2 lg |
eggs, separated |
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1 c |
milk |
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1 c |
each: raisins, chocolate drops, chopped pecans or walnuts |
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TOPPING |
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1 c |
sugar |
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1 can(s) |
small size crushed pineapple drained |
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1 jar(s) |
10 oz size red maraschino cherries drained |
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1 jar(s) |
10 oz size green maraschino cherries drained |
Pinched by LoisEM, and 1,321 more.
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Fill muffin pans with foil or holiday paper cups.
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Preheat oven to 350* Place oven rack in center of oven.
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With electric mixer, cream room temp. butter and sugar til blended. Mix crumbs, baking powder, egg yolks, and milk. Do not over mix.
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Beat egg whites til stiff and fold gently into the mixture.
5
Add fruits and nuts gently folding into mixture.
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Spoon into paper cup lined muffin pans. Fill 3/4 full. The egg whites will give heighth to the muffins.
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Bake at 350* 15-20 mins til set but not hard when pressed in center. Toothpick will come out clean when pressed into top of muffin.
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While muffins are baking, mix sugar and drained pineapple and cook til syrupy about 15 mins.
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Slice all cherries in half and mix with cooked pineapple.
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When pineapple/cherry mixture is cooled and cupcakes are cooled, spoon cherry mixture on top of each cupcake.
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These are beautiful and delish the day of baking. It's hard to eat just one. Especially if they are still slightly warm inside.