Five Spice Muffins
Medium Chinese Dinner

Five Spice Muffins

Total Time
47 min
20m prep · 27m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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These muffins are versatile and always moist and delicious. People are surprised to learn that there is zucchini in them. We served them often at Mossberry B&B on Ponderosa Drive.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups shredded zucchini
  • 0.33 cups boiling water
  • 2.75 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1.5 cups white sugar
  • 0.67 cups sunflower seeds
  • 1.25 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3 eggs , beaten
  • 0.33 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 12 cup and a 6 cup muffin pan.

  2. 2

    In a large bowl, stir together zucchini and boiling water.

  3. 3

    In a separate bowl, mix flour, sugar, sunflower seeds, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, and nutmeg.

  4. 4

    Blend eggs, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract with the zucchini. Stir the zucchini mixture into the flour mixture. Spoon into the prepared muffin pans.

  5. 5

    Bake 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.

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