Forgot to post about how it all has gone.
About the Banana Blueberry Lemon/lime yogurt muffins. Well they tasted nasty at first fresh from the oven, but when 1 to 2 days old, they tasted wonderful!!! I guess there really is some truth to letting your quick breads rest overnight before eating!
And the knitting... well I have 2 cotton dishcloths in the works, I did have another but it was almost 13 inches wide and that's just way too big for a dishcloth, so I ripped it out... that was actually kinds satisfying. Then I got more practice of casting on. My biggest dishcloth is probably no more than 2 inches long, but it comes along quite quickly when I'm not dropping then picking up said dropped stitches. And I think that for now, I'm going to stick to knitting dishcloths because they are quick and easy projects, plus I just don't think I can handle anything bigger right now.
Good night y'all! I think I will skip the bookmarks until tomorrow morning, I keep dozing off. Plus the wind is blowing hard enough that the lights keep flickering so I think I will just take my chances with the potential for power loss.
Showing posts with label muffins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label muffins. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Muffins
Well they look beautiful!! Exactly the way that muffins w/ blueberries are supposed to look. However, let this be a lesson to us all, LEMON YOGURT & Bananas DO NOT mesh well in the baked muffin flavor scheme. Instead they served to make me feel slightly nauseous! Dang, I knew I should have left that last banana for baby K to munch on for dinner, but no i had to use it up.
On the other hand, the muffins taste delicious when you think of the blueberries, sunflower & flax seed... they are a bit bland though. I guess I really shouldn't have shorted the recipe of the sugar either, but I was being experimental, and it got me a lovely-looking muffin that I'm not sure that I can eat anymore of them. Good thing that my boys love them though!!! Because I doubled the recipe & got 3 dozen muffins (I make mine a bit smaller, my kids don't know any different).
Now I want a tasty Blueberry muffin, but from my Nut Bread recipe... unaltered recipe. Perhaps tomorrow after Church, I'll make some more muffins, after all I do have another package of fresh blueberries needing to be used up. This time I'll follow the recipe exactly with no excessive alterations (though I do admit to putting in more blueberries & extra sliced almonds in as well as some ground flax seed, but those only add to the goodness of the recipe).
On the other hand, the muffins taste delicious when you think of the blueberries, sunflower & flax seed... they are a bit bland though. I guess I really shouldn't have shorted the recipe of the sugar either, but I was being experimental, and it got me a lovely-looking muffin that I'm not sure that I can eat anymore of them. Good thing that my boys love them though!!! Because I doubled the recipe & got 3 dozen muffins (I make mine a bit smaller, my kids don't know any different).
Now I want a tasty Blueberry muffin, but from my Nut Bread recipe... unaltered recipe. Perhaps tomorrow after Church, I'll make some more muffins, after all I do have another package of fresh blueberries needing to be used up. This time I'll follow the recipe exactly with no excessive alterations (though I do admit to putting in more blueberries & extra sliced almonds in as well as some ground flax seed, but those only add to the goodness of the recipe).
Trying something new
I went looking for a way to spread out my blog a little, I wanted to have 3 columns of print, well I got them now, but somehow along the way I managed to mess up my color scheme too. Then my kids interrupted me a few times and I lost the one that was quite close to the way I had it before, now I guess I'll stick with the teal one for a little while. Still gotta bake those muffins, the batter is halfway mixed up, and I'm feeling kinda frustrated right now too so I think that I'll give the internet a rest and just crochet while listening to a book on CD for the rest of the time while baby K is sleeping (oh finally sleeping).
I feel really tired too, so if this post seems garbled, that's why. Plus my head hurts & my 3 yo son keeps showing up with miscellaneous questions & comments about why can he play outside... then there's the poppy underwear of said boy above that needs scrubbing, and 9 yo son wants to sit & read with me or make flying noises while I'm trying to listen to said CD, then 7 yo son wants to eat and play outside ONLY - no chores today okay Mom? Except, there's no way I'm cleaning ALL of their stinky bathroom by myself, you make the mess you clean it up... and your room too needs to be cleaned up, or we'll get a backhoe in here to clean it for you!
**GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR** Hear the tired, frustrated, grumpy Mommy roar!!! Back to the muffins now, they are looking pretty good. I'm using a yummy Lemon Yogurt recipe I've had forever and just throwing in a lot of extras, then hoping it tastes as good as I want it too... plus am decreasing the sugar because I added extra yogurt so I could decrease the oil. And on I run.......
I feel really tired too, so if this post seems garbled, that's why. Plus my head hurts & my 3 yo son keeps showing up with miscellaneous questions & comments about why can he play outside... then there's the poppy underwear of said boy above that needs scrubbing, and 9 yo son wants to sit & read with me or make flying noises while I'm trying to listen to said CD, then 7 yo son wants to eat and play outside ONLY - no chores today okay Mom? Except, there's no way I'm cleaning ALL of their stinky bathroom by myself, you make the mess you clean it up... and your room too needs to be cleaned up, or we'll get a backhoe in here to clean it for you!
**GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR** Hear the tired, frustrated, grumpy Mommy roar!!! Back to the muffins now, they are looking pretty good. I'm using a yummy Lemon Yogurt recipe I've had forever and just throwing in a lot of extras, then hoping it tastes as good as I want it too... plus am decreasing the sugar because I added extra yogurt so I could decrease the oil. And on I run.......
Trying to teach myself how to knit... again
The thing is, I still remember hwo to knit & purl, but the big hang-up for me is that I jsut can't seem to recall how to cast on. Well I've been hunting around YouTube in hopes of finding someone who's posted a vid showing the same way of casting on that I learned as a child in Shelly Watson's 4-H class (at least I think her name was Watson, do you remember Amelia?). Anyhow, I'm fairly sure that this vid is the same way I learned all those years ago (coming up on 30 years ago), well apparently this link goes to a group of vids (videos/movies). I'm not talking about the casting on method the lady calls the e-loop, which while it's easy, hear that it's not very stable. Oh no, I'm talking about the long tail method (or so I've seen/heard several people refer to it). Here's another link, this lady explains it quite well especially as the other lady left a very important detail out, as in which hand holds the tail & which hand holds the working yarn, oh yeah super important stuff that!
Anyhow, once I get the hang of casting on, then I'll practice knitting & purling, maybe for a cotton dishcloth. By then I would think that I could remember what I'm doing long enough to have it emblazoned into my short-term memory & be able to do more with it than just a simple dishcloth.
In the meantime, I'll also keep on crocheting, something that I love that it doesn't take 2 needles to do. After I find my knitting needles, well then I'll give some of these tute's (tutorials) a try, then I'll post again about my results.
For now, I'm off to make Blueberry muffins w/ yogurt and maybe that last sad-looking banana & some ground flax seed as well -- YUM!!! Oh mustn't forget to put nuts or sunflower seeds in too... to me, baked goods are just so much better with the addition of nuts & seeds!!!
Have a great day y'all!
Anyhow, once I get the hang of casting on, then I'll practice knitting & purling, maybe for a cotton dishcloth. By then I would think that I could remember what I'm doing long enough to have it emblazoned into my short-term memory & be able to do more with it than just a simple dishcloth.
In the meantime, I'll also keep on crocheting, something that I love that it doesn't take 2 needles to do. After I find my knitting needles, well then I'll give some of these tute's (tutorials) a try, then I'll post again about my results.
For now, I'm off to make Blueberry muffins w/ yogurt and maybe that last sad-looking banana & some ground flax seed as well -- YUM!!! Oh mustn't forget to put nuts or sunflower seeds in too... to me, baked goods are just so much better with the addition of nuts & seeds!!!
Have a great day y'all!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
MUFFINS and Substitutions and my story :)
Applesauce Blueberry Muffins
I've got my first 2 dozen in the oven cooking, and will be adding to and editing this post for the next hour or so.
Okay so I started with my basic banana bread recipe, one that I frequently make into muffins instead, and decided to triple my recipe because I've got several hungry mouths who eat lots (my older boys and hubby will eat 1-1/2 dozen between them); it's a two bowl, one larger than the other recipe. However today I don't have bananas dark enough so I substituted applesauce, something I have done before often, 3-1/2 cups. Then I put in 3/4 cup of oil, nothing changed there, then I put in 3/4 cup of honey and 1/2 cup of molasses (so you should end up with 1-1/4 cup of liquid sweeteners, but can decrease honey to 1/2 cup) for the sugar, then the eggs, well all I have are the tiny eggs from my neighbor so I put in 4 of these little darlings (instead of 3 normally when I triple the recipe). This is in bowl [bigger] One, mix them all together well.
Now for Bowl Two: okay, while I was digging [in my freezer] for blueberries, I found a bag with graham cracker crumbs, along with my ground flax seed meal wheat germ. I pulled them all out with the blueberries., then I started measuring. 2-1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs, then about 1/2 cup each of the flax seed meal & wheat germ (bought both of these from Smith's in the baking aisle, they are Bob's Red Mill). Then I added 3 cups of flour & 1 cup of rolled oats (oatmeal). Then for the leavening: I put in 4-1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. of baking soda (recipe called for 3/4 tsp, but since I used honey I just rounded up to a full teaspoon), 1 tsp cinnamon (rounded up again from 3/4 tsp, 'cuz I like cinnamon).
With the electric mixer running in liquids bowl, dump in dry ingredients slowly, mixing carefully after each addition. Then add 2 cups of fresh or frozen blueberries, and if desired 1-2 cups of chopped nuts or sunflower seeds; I didn't because my pecans are frozen and I don't have any sunflower seeds.
Baking: well the website said that you should decrease the baking temperature by 25 degrees, but I decided to keep the temp at 350 deg Farenheit. Still am figuring out how long, as I've been cooking 2 dozen [regular-sized] muffins at a time. Normal cooking time for 1 dozen muffins is 18-20 minutes.
Okay cooking time for 2 dozen is 25-28 minutes!! I got exactly 4 dozen muffins by using my 1/4 cup ice cream scoop, I put a heaping scoop into each muffin cup.
Now... here's the original Banana Bread Recipe
1-1/2 cups flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 [lrg] egg
1 cup mashed bananas
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup oil
1/2 tsp. lemon zest (optional)
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Mix flour, cinnamon, baking powder and soda together thoroughly. Mix egg, sugar, bananas, oil, and zest together thoroughly; add dry ingredients to wet ingredients 1/3 at a time, mixing well after each addition; fold in nuts. Bake in a greased 4x8 or 5x9 loaf pan at 350 degrees Farenheit for 20-30 minutes.
I've got my first 2 dozen in the oven cooking, and will be adding to and editing this post for the next hour or so.
Okay so I started with my basic banana bread recipe, one that I frequently make into muffins instead, and decided to triple my recipe because I've got several hungry mouths who eat lots (my older boys and hubby will eat 1-1/2 dozen between them); it's a two bowl, one larger than the other recipe. However today I don't have bananas dark enough so I substituted applesauce, something I have done before often, 3-1/2 cups. Then I put in 3/4 cup of oil, nothing changed there, then I put in 3/4 cup of honey and 1/2 cup of molasses (so you should end up with 1-1/4 cup of liquid sweeteners, but can decrease honey to 1/2 cup) for the sugar, then the eggs, well all I have are the tiny eggs from my neighbor so I put in 4 of these little darlings (instead of 3 normally when I triple the recipe). This is in bowl [bigger] One, mix them all together well.
Now for Bowl Two: okay, while I was digging [in my freezer] for blueberries, I found a bag with graham cracker crumbs, along with my ground flax seed meal wheat germ. I pulled them all out with the blueberries., then I started measuring. 2-1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs, then about 1/2 cup each of the flax seed meal & wheat germ (bought both of these from Smith's in the baking aisle, they are Bob's Red Mill). Then I added 3 cups of flour & 1 cup of rolled oats (oatmeal). Then for the leavening: I put in 4-1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. of baking soda (recipe called for 3/4 tsp, but since I used honey I just rounded up to a full teaspoon), 1 tsp cinnamon (rounded up again from 3/4 tsp, 'cuz I like cinnamon).
With the electric mixer running in liquids bowl, dump in dry ingredients slowly, mixing carefully after each addition. Then add 2 cups of fresh or frozen blueberries, and if desired 1-2 cups of chopped nuts or sunflower seeds; I didn't because my pecans are frozen and I don't have any sunflower seeds.
Baking: well the website said that you should decrease the baking temperature by 25 degrees, but I decided to keep the temp at 350 deg Farenheit. Still am figuring out how long, as I've been cooking 2 dozen [regular-sized] muffins at a time. Normal cooking time for 1 dozen muffins is 18-20 minutes.
Okay cooking time for 2 dozen is 25-28 minutes!! I got exactly 4 dozen muffins by using my 1/4 cup ice cream scoop, I put a heaping scoop into each muffin cup.
Now... here's the original Banana Bread Recipe
1-1/2 cups flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 [lrg] egg
1 cup mashed bananas
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup oil
1/2 tsp. lemon zest (optional)
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Mix flour, cinnamon, baking powder and soda together thoroughly. Mix egg, sugar, bananas, oil, and zest together thoroughly; add dry ingredients to wet ingredients 1/3 at a time, mixing well after each addition; fold in nuts. Bake in a greased 4x8 or 5x9 loaf pan at 350 degrees Farenheit for 20-30 minutes.
Just realized........
that I have yet to post any pics of Katelynn in her blessing dress, so after I did some minor repairs, Jackson & I took some pics of our little darling in her gorgeous dress (I made it, so I get to brag I think). Now here they are!
Okay so I just realized that these pics don't really show the detail on the dress, so will have to take some up-close pics of the dress then post them. However, I think that you get the idea here.
Oh I'm feeling itchy-fingered!!! I really want to sew something today, preferably a cute little dress for my Katie-boo! But first my muffins! (see previous post)
Oh I'm feeling itchy-fingered!!! I really want to sew something today, preferably a cute little dress for my Katie-boo! But first my muffins! (see previous post)
NO Sugar Challenge for a week
So I've joined my friend KayDee Johansen Owens [on Facebook] in a week-long challenge of going without sugar. We started on Sunday and I've done pretty good though I had an "OOPS" moment on Tuesday afternoon.
Anyhow we agreed that we could use honey & molasses as substitute sweeteners (besides the other artificial sweeteners), just not refined sugars.
So I've been really craving some blueberry muffins, and think I'll make some this morning, but I needed to know how much honey to use in place of each cup of sugar. After googling my question, I found this website and am posting about this because I thought there might be others around who'd be interested. :)
I have plans to do lots today, so I'd better get going on it all. Hope you all have a great day!
=) Gayle
Anyhow we agreed that we could use honey & molasses as substitute sweeteners (besides the other artificial sweeteners), just not refined sugars.
So I've been really craving some blueberry muffins, and think I'll make some this morning, but I needed to know how much honey to use in place of each cup of sugar. After googling my question, I found this website and am posting about this because I thought there might be others around who'd be interested. :)
I have plans to do lots today, so I'd better get going on it all. Hope you all have a great day!
=) Gayle
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Muffins
I love muffins! Especially homemade muffins (my sister-in-law Maren can make some good muffins).
So I thought that I would make muffins for breakfast today, I knew my kids wouldn't complain. I used my banana bread recipe, but used applesauce instead of bananas and tripled the recipe, though I don't use all the sugar it calls for. This gave me enough for 12 jumbo muffins and 24 regular muffins; I now have 7 regular muffins left and the jumbo muffins are getting 3 extra minutes in the oven. I use the jumbo muffins for Jackson's breakfasts.
Yum, I will definitely have to make Applesauce Blueberry Oatmeal Sunflower Seed Muffins again; maybe next time I'll add in some wheat germ, use wheat flour (didn't have any ground), and some flax seed. Hmm.. sounds good, doesn't it?!
Have a great Sunday! Time for me to bathe a stinky Taw & get us all on our way to church! :)
So I thought that I would make muffins for breakfast today, I knew my kids wouldn't complain. I used my banana bread recipe, but used applesauce instead of bananas and tripled the recipe, though I don't use all the sugar it calls for. This gave me enough for 12 jumbo muffins and 24 regular muffins; I now have 7 regular muffins left and the jumbo muffins are getting 3 extra minutes in the oven. I use the jumbo muffins for Jackson's breakfasts.
Yum, I will definitely have to make Applesauce Blueberry Oatmeal Sunflower Seed Muffins again; maybe next time I'll add in some wheat germ, use wheat flour (didn't have any ground), and some flax seed. Hmm.. sounds good, doesn't it?!
Have a great Sunday! Time for me to bathe a stinky Taw & get us all on our way to church! :)
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