Fig Date Muffins

Chill the Streusel

To make these Fig Date Muffins, first start with creating the ginger streusel. In a separate bowl, mix together the butter and brown sugar. Add the flour, rolled oats, and ginger. Thoroughly combine and place in the refrigerator. Chilling the streusel is an important step. Because the streusel holds its shape better. Also, it makes it easier to work with. This streusel recipe is especially sticky becasue it contains crystallized ginger. So be sure to follow the instructions for chilling it to make it easier to crumble on top of the muffins before baking.

So Now Whip the Fig Date Muffin ingredients

For the Fig Date Muffins batter, combine the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and then set aside. Then use the whisk attachment of your mixer, not the paddle, to whip up the butter and brown sugar until creamy. Do this for three minutes. The batter will become light and almost fluffy.  After that, beat in the vanilla and then the eggs, one at a time. Make sure each egg is fully incorporated into the batter before adding the next one.

To finish off the Fig Date Muffins batter, add the dry ingredients in thirds, alternating with milk. Pour into a greased and floured muffin pan, top with the chilled streusel, and bake.

These muffins are dense, packed with luscious figs and dates. So even though they are delicious, one is plenty filling.

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Fig Date Muffins with Oatmeal Ginger Streusel

Course Breakfast, Brunch, Snack

Cuisine American, German

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings 16 Muffins

Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

For the streusel:

• 1/3 cup butter room temperature
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup rolled oats
• 1/3 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger

For the muffins:

• 1/2 cup figs
• 1/2 cup pitted dates
• 2+1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons milk

Instructions

Make the streusel:

1. In a separate bowl, mix together the butter and brown sugar. Add the flour, rolled oats and ginger. Thoroughly combine and place in the refrigerator.

   

Make the muffins:

1. Chop the figs and dates into small pieces.
2. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a mixer, using the whisk attachment, whip the butter and brown sugar together until creamy (about 3 minutes). Stop to scrape down the sides of the bowl about halfway through.
4. Add the vanilla extract, then the eggs one at a time.
5. Beat in half of the dry ingredients, then add the milk. Beat in the rest of the dry ingredients.
6. Fold in the fig and date pieces.
7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
8. Grease and flour a 12 well muffin pan or place liners in each well.
9. Transfer the batter to the pan, filling each well 3/4 of the way.
10. Remove the streusel from the refrigerator and crumble it evenly on top of each batter-filled well in the filled pan.
    
11. Place in oven and bake for 25 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
12. Remove from oven. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

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