Sugarplum Muffins are filled with holiday spice, a hint of brandy, and a dollop of fruity jam for a Christmas themed breakfast treat.
Sugarplum Muffins
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
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Sugarplum Muffins is my recipe of the day with the blogging group Muffin Monday. We post on the last Monday of the month with our newest and best muffin recipes.
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This month, just in time for the holidays, I want to share my recipe for Sugarplum Muffins with you. Not only are these lightly spiced with cinnamon and have a hint of brandy flavor. But the best part is the beautiful plum jam filling that adds a fruity surprise bite.
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Sugarplum Muffins
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Sugarplum Muffins

Sugarplum Muffins
Equipment
- muffin tins
- paper cupcake liners
Ingredients
Muffin Batter:
- 2 tablespoons plum jam melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoons brandy
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup cooled melted butter
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Filling:
- 1/2 cup plum preserves or jam
Topping:
- 1/2 cup Bob's Red Mill sparkling sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Mix together the wet and dry ingredients for the batter, then combine and stir until just mixed.
- Fill the cups in a greased or paper liners in a muffin tin (20-24 count or 2 pans) half way, and top with one teaspoon of jam on each.
- Cover the jam with remaining batter and sprinkle with coarse sugars.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and removed without wet batter clinging to it.
- Cool in pan ten minutes then turn out and finish cooling on a wire rack.
Notes
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What a fun, seasonal muffin.
I love their crunchy, shiny tops, Sue, hiding the treat below!
They look wonderful !! Can something be substituted for the brandy ?
Another extract, but just use 1 teaspoon.
These look delicious. And you just reminded me that I had put sugarplums on my list of to-do LAST Christmas. I might just get around to it this year, but I’ll start with your muffins. Thanks for the inspiration.
These are less sugarplum-ish than sugarplums made with dried fruit. I have made those before and put them on puff pastry stars like the center of a flower.
Do you have a recipe for the dried fruit sugarplums and the puff pastry stars ?
Yes I do! https://palatablepastime.com/2019/12/04/sugarplum-pinwheels-finnish-joulutorttu/amp/
Thank you so much for answering my questions !! I hope to try both the muffins and the stars this Christmas !!
I hope you like them!
I love the jam in the muffin batter and in the middle of the muffins! They are adorable.
I love jam surprises – this sounds like the perfect Christmasey treat!
This sugar plum muffins looks yum. I need to try it. perfect treat for holidays.