Only got the recipe 2 weeks ago and have made them 3 times! The first time was apricots and white chocolate chips. Instead of boiling water I microwaved the apricots in orange juice. Second time was with dried cranberries and white chocolate chips. Again I softened them in orange juice. Last time I made them with bananas and walnuts. Each time I had to bake them for 20 minutes not 15 but that may have been because of the added ingredients. This is a great recipe as a muffin base and you can add anything you want!!
These are absolutely delicious! I noticed that some reviewers used a substitute for buttermilk, all I can say to that is....DON"T! While I'm sure their muffins still turned out fine, it is the buttermilk that really makes this recipe. It adds a creaminess to the muffin that is just divine. I really liked the apricot, but next time I will try blueberries.
I had been itchin' to make muffins for a few weeks now, and my mom sent me this recipe. I was a little worried because I don't like cakey muffins, I like them much more dense. Well, I added some dried cranberries in place of half of the apricots, and also added about 1/2 cup of walnuts. THEY TURNED OUT SO DELICIOUS! Perfect consistancy. I should note that I totally forgot to add the 1 egg, but I wonder if thats why they were the dense consistancy I liked. Still good minus the egg and less fat! I'll continue to do sans egg.
Yum. My family are muffin connoseurs and these definately passed the test. I made them with chopped dates added into the mixture and wondered if they would go well together but they were great. Nice texture and great taste. A Keeper for sure!!
These were gorgeous muffins. They're rich mildly sweet and delightfully apricot flavored. The combination of butter vegetable oil and buttermilk drew me in as I knew I could expect those buttery rich moist results. I felt no need to add any spice and I'm glad I couldn't be tempted by other reviews to do so. I wanted an apricot muffin not a spice muffin and that's exactly what I got with these. The ingredients directions and cooking time were all spot on. I did have a little extra batter leftover but muffin tins do vary in size. I meant to top these with demerara sugar (turbinado sugar sugar in the raw) before baking but forgot. Once they came out of the oven and I tasted them however I found it didn't matter a bit. Hubs will be taking these to a breakfast meeting tomorrow and I have no qualms about that at all with these. Nice recipe.
This is a fantastic Recipe! Great texture very moist and flavorful. I did not have buttermilk so I added 3 Tbs. Lime Juice to one cup 2%Organic Milk. It worked out great to thicken the milk and even added a nice hint of Lime to the taste of the muffin. I also added about 1/2 cup of finely chopped fresh Almonds to the flour mixture might use 3/4 cup next time for added flavor. This recipe is a keeper!
I really enjoyed these muffins. In fact, I use this muffin batter as my muffin batter for every muffin that I make now. I love how tender the muffins are!
Very yummy muffins. I used canned apricots and they turned out perfectly moist. I love the texture of these muffins and the cake part is very tasty...just the right sweetness.
I had some leftover buttermilk and I didn't really know what to do with it. So I decided to do a search for recipes that had buttermilk. I was a bit sceptical about this recipe inspite of the good reviews since I'm not a big fan of apricots. But these turned out wonderfully soft and moist and extremly tasty. Of course I did a little bit of tweaking. I added a handful of raisins to soak along with the apricots. I also added a handful of shredded coconut and about 1/2 cup of orange juice. I made about 6 muffins (17 minutes) and baked the rest in a loaf pan (35 minutes). My husband loved it. And to my surprise so did I! I guess I'll be making it again:)
I made these with fresh apricot instead of dried so maybe that was the problem but I didn't think these had much flavor. No one in my family really liked them at all. Maybe some spices would help but I don't think I will try it again sorry.
