1884 Bridgeford House

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Specialty Recipe

Mississippi Spice n' Pecan Muffins

Ingredients:

1 cup soft butter or margarine

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

2 cups applesauce, unsweetened

3 teaspoons ground cinnamon

2 teaspoons ground all spice

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking soda

4 cups flour

1-1/2 cups pecans, chopped

sliced almonds

vanilla cake frosting

foil baking cups

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Mix in applesauce and spices. Sift together salt, baking soda and flour. Add to applesauce mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts. Bake in muffin pans using foil baking cups at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, or until your toothpick is clean. Let muffins cool and take out of baking cups. Place sliced almonds on the plate. Coat tops of muffins with vanilla frosting and turn muffins upside down and dip into sliced almonds. Batter keeps indefinitely in refrigerator. Baked muffins freeze well. Reheat before serving.

Serves: Makes three or four dozen muffins.

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