Saturday, March 27, 2010

Making a Recipe your own: Morning Muffins




While cleaning the other day I noticed a recipe on the back of my flour bag. It was for muffins. Every Saturday since January I make muffins for a quick breakfast on Sunday morning. It works great for my family. I've been experimenting with a lot of recipes. This recipe sounded particularly good. When I went to go and make them I realized I didn't have all the ingredients. So I substituted a few things and they turned out GREAT!!! This just goes to show that you can still make a recipe without all the ingredients and it instantly becomes your own.

Original List of Ingredients// My substitutes:

2 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil // 1 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda // 1 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups shredded carrots
1 cup shredded and peeled apple // 2 over ripe bananas
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup raisins // omitted
3/4 cup sliced almonds// omitted and added zest of 1 orange!


Hello!!! These turned out fabulously delicious.

1. In a mixer beat butter, add brown sugar and banana and beat till mixed well
2. Add vanilla, carrots, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, zest and coconut. Beat till combined.
3. Add flour, mix till just combined. Finish mixing with a spatula.
4. Bake in a 350 oven for 20 minutes.

So good, So good!!

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