Wednesday Eats and Treats: Rachel's Amazing Muffins

My daughter, Rachel, makes the most amazing muffins. This might be because her husband's family previously operated a bakery in Broken Bow, Nebraska, where these muffins practically flew out of the display case. Rachel took the bakery recipe, tweaked it, and came up with some winning variations for breakfast and healthy snacks.

Rachel's Amazing Muffins

Wet Ingredients:

2 cups applesauce

1 cup buttermilk

½ cup oil

½ cup butter, melted

2 eggs

Dry Ingredients:

5 cups flour (preferably freshly ground whole wheat flour)

1 cup sugar

3 heaping tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

½ tsp. soda

Bake at 350 degrees about 20 minutes.

Make 18 HUGE muffins or 3 dozen regular muffins

Variations:

Blueberry: Add 2 cups blueberries

Cranberry-Walnut: Add 2 cups cranberries and 1 cup walnuts

Banana Chocolate Chip: Add 4 mashed bananas, 2 cups chocolate chips, and 1 cup nuts

Apple Raisin Cinnamon: Add 1 cup raisins, 1 cup walnuts, 1 T cinnamon, and 2 apples, peeled & chopped.

Cherry Almond: Add 2 cups dried cherries, 1 cup chopped almonds, and 2 tsp. almond extract