Monday, April 19, 2010

Muffins Again??!!


MmM!

I'm having a cooking crisis with muffins! Can't get enough of them. Oh wow, these are so easy too.
Like Pumpkin? Cranberries? Raisins? Spice and nuts? Then there little gems are for you!
I like those little silicone mini muffin cup holders. Over time, you'll see a savings as well. No more paper cups and these don't stick!
Recipes say to measure dry and wet ingredients separate. Sometimes I just dump it all in the bowl and mix! Then start adding whatever looks good.
Here's todays recipe.
1/2 can pumpkin
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup of water
--------------------(if you must separate!!)-------------------
1 3/4 cup of flour
1 tsp soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon- I use more
1/2 tsp nutmeg - i use more
1/4 tsp cloves- yup I use more!
1/8 tsp ginger

Stir till pretty smooth.
Then add whatever you want! Today I added frozen cranberries, frozen blueberries, raisins and walnuts.
Pour into a greased bread pan and 12 little muffins cups.
Bake 350 till toothpick comes out clean.
YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SIDENOTE: See that Gerber Daisy? It has Two Blooms On One Stem! Anyone ever see something like that before? Really cool!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Did Someone Say Muffin?


MmM, I tried these great muffins. Oh boy! These are great and easy to make too.






1cup Fiber One® original bran cereal
1egg
3/4cup fat-free (skim) milk
3tablespoons vegetable oil
1cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium)
1 1/4cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/2cup sugar
3teaspoons baking powder
1teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4teaspoon salt
1/2cup sweetened dried cranberries








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1.
Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottoms only of 12 regular-size muffin cups with shortening or cooking spray, or use paper baking cups. Place cereal in resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag and crush with rolling pin or meat mallet (or crush in food processor).
2.
In medium bowl, beat egg, milk and oil with fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Beat in bananas. Stir in crushed cereal; let stand 5 minutes.
3.
Stir in remaining ingredients except cranberries until blended. Stir in cranberries. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.

Since I can't follow directions (or won't!), I omitted the dried cranberries and used
1 1/4 cup of frozen cranberries instead.
Then for fun I threw in extra stuff stuff.
some applesauce-maybe 1/4 cup
about a cup of walnuts
maybe 1/2 cup of pecans
1/2 cup of raisins or a little bit more
about 1/3 cup of f...rozen blueberries.
And!!!!! I didn't add that 1/2 cup of sugar in there. No One noticed. YUM and even 1/2 way good for ya. Lemme know if you try them.