Cha Ching Dallas

This has been a busy summer! I have more catching up to do after taking the week off to enjoy a family vacation. We ended up going to Sea World in San Antonio. As usual I checked for coupons first and ended up getting a great discount for the whole family! After several searches the best find was from retailmenot.com. I highly recommend this site for any coupons searches. You can find anything from restaurant deals, coupons and discounts on shopping, even traveling.


During our vacation I was able to visit my cousin Rachel, the owner of the main blogsite, Cha Ching Queen. She made some amazing muffins and I have been craving muffins ever since. I still need to get her recipe but in the mean time her is a yummy recipe I just found on $5dinners.com

Almond, Raspberry and Blueberry Muffins

Ingredients
4 eggs
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup applesauce
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup white flour
1 cup blueberries
1 cup raspberries

Almond Struesel
1/3 cup ground almonds
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened

Directions
1. In stand mixer or mixing bowl, stir eggs, oil, applesauce, white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Add baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, wheat flour and white flour. Mix until batter forms and is no longer lumpy. Add blueberries and raspberries.
2. Carefully fold in blueberries and raspberries with plastic spatula.
3. In small bowl, mix ground almonds, brown sugar and cinnamon. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter or margarine.
4. Add batter to muffin cups and top each muffin cup with 1 tsp of almond struesel.
5. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
6. Let cool on cooling rack. Serve warm with butter.

Makes 12 regular sized muffins.