Maple Bacon Muffins
Ingredients:
1/2 lb. bacon, cooked until crisp, drained, and crumbled
2 c. flour
1 T. baking powder
½ t. salt
¾ c.maple syrup
1 t. maple flavoring
1 t. vanilla extract
1 egg
1 c. milk
¼ c. butter
Preheat oven
to 400 degrees. Generously grease a 6 cup muffin pan or line with paper liners.
In a large
mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Combine the wet ingredients in a
smaller bowl and mix. Pour the wet ingredients and the bacon into the dry ingredients and
stir with a fork just until combined. Do not over mix.
Pour into
prepared cups and bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes until golden.
Icing:
2 c. powdered sugar
1/2 t. maple flavoring
1-2 T. milk
Add flavoring and one tablespoon of milk to the powdered sugar. Add milk a teaspoon at a time until it's a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over muffins.
I made these for the referees at a local middle school basketball playoff fundraiser, and one of their wives really called me to ask for the recipe! How cool is that!?