Raspberry Streusel Muffins

Muffins:

• 3 C flour
• 1 C sugar
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 C milk
• 1 C melted butter
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 C fresh or frozen raspberries
• Paper muffin liners 

1. Preheat the over to 375 and line the muffin tins iwth paper liners. If using a dark pan lower the oven temp by 25 degrees and watch baking time. You will probably need a litter longer
2. Prepare streusel topping and set aside (below)
3. Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl
4. Combine milk, butter, and egg in a small bowl
5. Pour wet ingredient into flour mixture, and stir just enough to combine
6. Spoon half batter into muffin cups
7. Put 4 raspberries in each cup
8. Spoon the rest of the batter over raspberries, leaving room for streusel topping
9. Sprinkle topping onto batter
10. Bake 25-30 min

Pecan Streusel Topping:

• 1/2 C chopped pecans
• 1/2 C flour
• 1/2 C packed brown sugar
• 1/4 melted butter

1. Combine pecans, brown sugar and flour in a small bowl
2. Add melted butter, and stir until it resembles crumbs
3. sprinkle over muffins before baking

*From KK's cooking class*

Mary's Peach Raspberry Jam

This recipe is delicious!

Raspberry Peach Jam

10 cups sugar (4 lbs. bag of sugar plus 1 cup)

7 cups peaches (cut up in small pieces)

2 pints frozen or fresh raspberries = 4 cups mashed

2 pkg raspberry jello (small)

2 TBSP fresh lemon juice

3/4 C Ultra Gel

Boil jars, lids, and rings while jam is cooking.

Cook sugar, peaches and raspberries.  Bring to a rolling boil and stir constantly to avoid scorching.  Skim out top while it is boiling.  Cook 10 – 12 minutes.

Remove from stove and add jello and lemon juice.  If using Ultra Gel (make for a thicker consistency), add it now. Use a wire whisk to stir each of these ingredients in slowly.

Pour into hot jars.

Use a knife around edge of jar to release any air.

Wipe top of jars to clean and then boil lids to seal.  Screw down lid tight.

If lids don’t seal after 24 hours, put jars in a water bath of boiling water for 20 minutes.

Recipe makes approx. 8 pints.

2015 Notes

1 -30 lb box of peaches $30 about 80 peaches

2 -8lb flats of raspberries $56 made four batched with 2 cups of berries

left over (16 Cups of smashed berries)

7Cups of peaches = about 12 peaches per batch

I used ¾ C ultra gel/batch and I like the consistency.

Four batches made 37 ½ pints.

Spent $108 total (including Ultra Gel). Did not need to buy lids or jars this time.

$2.88 per pint.

2012- made 23 pints with 1-12 cup flat of rasberries and 1-32 lb box of peaches. We had 3 cups of berries left over and probably 8 lbs of peaches to spare. (This year we measured the 4 cups of raspberries whole and fresh and then mashed them.) That is why each batch yielded 6-7 pints, instead of 2015's 8 pints. $3.47 per pint.