Best Shaker Squash Muffins Recipes

PERFECT BUTTERNUT SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 20 muffin cups.
• Cut a 1/2-inch hole into the larger part of the squash and cover with a damp paper towel.
• Cook squash in a microwave oven in 3-minute increments, turning slightly after each increment, until squash can be easily pierced with a fork, 9 to 12 minutes. Set aside until cool to the touch, about 20 minutes.
• Halve squash lengthwise and scoop out seeds. Measure 1 1/2 cups squash into a large bowl. Mash eggs, water, vegetable oil, white sugar, and brown sugar into the squash. Whisk whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice into the squash mixture until you have a smooth batter. Fold raisins and walnuts into the batter.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups to about 1/2 to 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

SHAKER SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Cook, drain, and mash the squash to the consistency of mashed potatoes.
• Cream the sugar, molasses, and butter; add the egg and squash and blend well.
• Mix the dry ingredients and add them into the squash mixture. Fold in the pecans.
• Fill muffin tins half full of batter and bake for approximately 20 minutes.

SWEET SQUASH (MINI) MUFFINS

Steps:

• Bring to a boil the water and the squash. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until tender, about 30 minutes.
• Drain well.
• Mash the squash. Using a strainer, drain well. Discard liquid.
• Preheat oven to 375-degree F.
• Mix the squash, milk, margarine, and eggs well. Set aside.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; and create a well in the center.
• Place squash mixture in the well, stirring until the dry ingredients are just moistened.
• Split batter evenly among muffin pans sprayed with vegetable cooking spray.
• Bake 15-20 minutes in a 375-degree F oven. Remove from pan; let cool on wire rack.
• These only last about 3-5 days max. before spoiling (less if left out, more if stored in refrigerator). Good for freezing though! Defrost in refrigerator or microwave.

SUMMER SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• spray or line with paper 2 (12 cup muffin pans).
• preheat 350 F.
• mix squash, zucchini, sugar, pear, oil. egg, vanilla.
• then add remaining ingreadients.
• divide among pans.
• bake about 30 minutes. or until springy. finger/knife no longer leaves a dent.

WINTER SQUASH MUFFINS WITH RAISINS AND SPICE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F. For the muffin tins, you can either use non-stick or line them with parchment paper cups. Don't use regular paper cups, the muffins will stick to them. Perhaps greasing and flouring would work too.
• In a small bowl, sift all the dry ingredients together.
• In a large bowl, whisk the egg and honey together, then add the oil gradually, then the lemon juice, and finally add the soymilk and mix until smooth.
• Add the dry ingredients, mix roughly with a rubber spatula, add the squash and raisins and mix until there are no more pockets of flour.
• Distribute evenly in the 12 muffin tins, and bake for 20 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack. As with any baked goods with spices, they will become more flavourful as they age. Tasting them right out of the oven might be a little disappointing!

SPICED BUTTERNUT SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan.
• In a medium saucepan with enough water to cover, boil squash 20 minutes, or until tender. Remove from heat, drain, and puree in a food processor.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, white sugar, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
• In a medium bowl, thoroughly mix together milk, egg and butter. Stir in squash. Fold the squash mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan, filling cups about 1/2 full. Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from muffin pan and cool on a wire rack.

SUMMER SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Put muffin cups into 24 tins.
• Mix all ingredients, in order. Make sure wet ingredients are blended before adding dry, then mix thoroughly before folding in squash.
• Fill cups about half-way. Bake for about 25 min until toothpick comes out clean.

YELLOW SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Place 1 in. of water in a saucepan; add squash. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until tender. Drain and mash; stir in the butter and egg. In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in the squash mixture just until moistened., Fill greased muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake 375° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.