Best 6 Apricot Pecan Muffins Recipes

NUTTY APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine apricots and water. Let stand 5 minutes. Drain well and set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add sour cream and mix well. Combine dry ingredients and add to butter mixture. Mix on low only until combined. Fold in orange peel, nuts and apricots. Batter will be very stiff. Spoon into well-greased muffin tins, filling each cup almost to the top. Bake at 400° for 18-20 minutes or until done. Combine sugar and orange juice; dip tops of warm muffins in mixture.

APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin pan, or line with paper muffin cups. Place apricots into a small bowl, and pour the boiling water over them. Let stand for 5 minutes.
• In a medium bowl stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter, oil, buttermilk and egg. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir until just blended. It is okay for the batter to have some lumps. Drain water from apricots, and mix them into the batter. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top springs back when lightly pressed. Cool in the pan over a wire rack.

APRICOT-OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottoms only of 6 regular-size muffin cups with shortening or cooking spray, or line with paper baking cups.
• In medium bowl, mix flour, 1/2 cup oats, the baking powder and salt. In small bowl, mix brown sugar, milk, oil, vanilla and egg with fork or wire whisk until blended. Stir milk mixture into flour mixture just until flour is moistened. Fold in apricots. Divide evenly among muffin cups. Sprinkle each with about 1/2 teaspoon oats.
• Bake 23 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Serve warm or cool.

APRICOT-PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Add vanilla.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Combine dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
• Stir in nuts & apricots.
• Spoon into paper lined or greased muffin pans.
• Bake at 375 for 25 minutes. I have used this recipe for mini-muffins, regular muffins and jumbo muffins.

APRICOT-PUMPKIN-PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Lightly oil 8 muffin cups or spray with a nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine both flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves; mix well.
• Mix in apricots and pecans.
• In another bowl, combine remaining ingredients.
• Beat with a fork or wire whisk until blended.
• Add to dry mixture, mixing until all ingredients are moistened.
• Divide mixture evenly into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake 15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• Remove muffins to a rack to cool.

APRICOT OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first four ingredients. In anther bowl, combine the oats, apricots, butter and boiling water; stir until butter is melted. Cool for 5 minutes. Stir in eggs, milk and orange zest if desired. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 400° for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks.