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Marian's Morning Glory Prune Muffins

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February 27, 2011
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Marian's Morning Glory Prune Muffins
  • Makes 12 muffins
Author Notes

My sister and I first had a morning glory muffin at a bakery in Westhampton more than 25 years ago. The bakery went and with it, we thought, morning glory muffins. Years later, an internet search turned up many recipes. This is the one I have put together over the years.

There are a lot of ingredients for a morning recipe but using the grating disk of a food processor speeds up the prep. And, because of the high oil/butter content, the muffins keep beatifully in a plastic bag with a folded paper towl. To reheat, place the muffin in a cold oven and set to 250 degrees. When it hits 250 degrees, the muffin is warm. Tastes terrific with maple rosemary apple butter if you had the forethought to can any last fall...... —Canned

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup golden seedless raisins
  • 1/2 cup chopped dates (or date crumbles)
  • 1/4 cup diced dried apricots
  • 1/4 cup diced prunes
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 medium carrots, peeled and grated
  • 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and grated
  • 1 medium parsnip, peeled and grated
  • 1 cup crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice (small can)
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 6 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut, shredded
  • 1/3 cup raw sugar, demera sugar or granulated palm sugar for sprinkling on top
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions
  1. Preheat ovent to 350 degrees. Brush the muffin tins with canola oil or Pam - it's just plain easier.
  2. Place raisins, chopped dates, apricots and prunes in a small bowl. Cover with hot water and let them plump for ten minutes. If you are using the date crumbles, they don't have to soak. After ten minutes, drain and squeeze out excess water. Set aside.
  3. Sift flours, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk to mix thoroughly.
  4. In a separate medium bowl, combine the raisins, dates, apricots, prunes, carrots, parsnip, apples, pineapple, eggs, canola oil, lemon juice, vanilla, coconut, sunflower seeds and melted butter. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
  5. Add the dry ingrdients to the wet ingredients using the wooden spoon to stir just until all the dry ingredients are moistened. Do not overmix.
  6. Using an ice scream scoop, scoop batter evenly into the greased muffin tins. The batter should make 12 muffins, filling each cup to about the top. Sprinkle coarse sugar on the top and bake in the center of the oven for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and place on a grate to cool for 20 minutes (I just use my range burners). After cooling, pop from the muffin tins, using a fork down the side of each tin if needed, and serve.
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1 Review

erin.bruner.7
erin.bruner.7 March 26, 2023
I love the amount of fruit and vegetables in these muffins. The ingredient list did not include an amount of baking soda. After consulting my King Arthur Baking book I omitted soda and used 1T of baking powder instead. I also tripled the salt (3/4 t) with no regrets. The muffins are ok. Pretty fragile. Not sure I would go through the effort of making them again.