Gingerbread Muffins
This Gingerbread Muffins recipe is everything you could ever wish for in a muffin: sweet, moist, fluffy, and easy to bake! Enjoy this recipe for gingerbread muffins whenever you are craving flavors of molasses, ginger, warm spices, and sweet maple syrup baked into a bundle of goodness. The vanilla glaze is the best part!
Servings: 18 standard size muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar; packed
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup molasses
- ¾ cup milk
- ¾ cup oil
- 3 Tablespoons butter; melted
- 1 whole egg; slightly beaten
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoons maple syrup
- sparkling sugar; optional
Muffin Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- dash cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease a muffin pan with butter or nonstick spray or line with muffin liners. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients, set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the molasses, milk, oil, butter, egg, vanilla extract and maple syrup until combined.
- Pour the wet ingredients in the large bowl with the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Be sure not to over-mix, the batter will be thick and slightly lumpy.
- Divide the batter among the prepared muffin pans and bake for 11-12 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean.
- While the muffins bake, you can prepare the icing. Whisk together the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract and cinnamon in a bowl until smooth.
- Once the muffins are baked, allow them to cool for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. Spoon the icing into a large ziplock bag and cut a small piece of the corner of the bag. Drizzle the icing on top of the muffins OR you can spoon the icing on top. Sprinkle with sparkling sugar (optional). Let set for a few more minutes then enjoy!
Notes
- You can use whole wheat flour in place of the all-purpose flour if you wish.
Tips
- Be careful not to overmix the muffin batter or the muffins will come out flat and not as fluffy.
- Use sparkling sugar for extra sweetness and display. You do not have to use it! If using sparkling sugar, feel free to get creative with different colors.
- Do not overbake the muffins and be sure to keep a close eye on them. All ovens are different.
- Fresh ginger may be used in place of ground ginger.
- Serve these muffins for breakfast or brunch alongside milk, coffee, tea, juice, and more.