Maple Bar Muffins
Created by Mikekey on May 14, 2015
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #19035
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 3/4 cup 2% milk
- 1/3 cup low-fat ricotta cheese (part skim milk)
- 3 tablespoons oil (canola oil)
- 1 large whole egg
- 2 egg whites
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- MAPLE ICING
- 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons maple flavoring
- 2 tablespoons light Neufchâtel cheese (at room temperature)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon water (plus 2 teaspoons)
- Salt, pinch
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 375F. Coat large 6-cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
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Step 2: In a large bowl combine dry ingredients.
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Step 3: In a separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients (except icing ingredients).
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Step 4: Pour into dry ingredients and mix just until all ingredients are moist.
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Step 5: Spoon batter in muffin tin, filling to rims. Bake 20-30 minutes, until light brown, and a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean.
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Step 6: Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
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PREPARE ICING
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Step 7: Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and beat on medium speed with electric mixture until creamy and smooth. Frost top of each cooled muffin.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (248.4 g)
- Calories 751.8
- Total Fat - 11.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.4 g
- Cholesterol - 11.5 mg
- Sodium - 811.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 151.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.7 g
- Sugars - 103.3 g
- Protein - 10.8 g
- Calcium - 328.3 mg
- Iron - 1.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg