Friday, February 29, 2008

Irish Brown Bread

Ingredients
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups whole-wehat flour
1/2 cup quick oats
1/2 cup wheat germ
1-1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1-3/4 cups buttermilk
2 tablespoons honey

Directions
1. Heat oven to 425 degree F. In bowl, combine all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, quick oats, wheat germ, baking soda, and salt.

2. In small bowl, mix buttermilk with honey. Add liquid ingredients to flour mixture; stir to combine.

3. Turn dough out onto floured surface and shape into a circle. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.

4. Reduce temperature to 400 degree F and bake 15 minutes more or until the bread sounds hollow when you tap it. Let cool 20 minutes.

blueberry oatmeal muffins

Blueberry Oatmeal Muffin

Makes: 12 servings Total Time: 30 min
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
3/4 cups rolled oats
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup skim milk
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup apple sauce
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup blueberries

1. Grease twelve 2-1/2-inch muffin cups or thirty-six 1-3/4-inch muffins cups, or line them with paper bake cups; set aside. (If you don't have enough muffin pans, bake half the batter at a time. Refrigerate remaining batter.)

2. Stir together flour, rolled oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Make a well in the center of the mixture.

3. Combine egg, milk, brown sugar, apple sauce, and vanilla in another bowl. Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy.) Fold blueberries into the batter. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each three-quarters full.

4. Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 16 to 18 minutes for 2-1/2-inch muffins or 10 to 12 minutes for 1-3/4-inch muffins or until done. Cool in muffin cups on a wire rack for 5 minutes; remove muffins from cups. Serve warm.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

morning glory muffins by Anya

morning glory muffins

6 eggs
2 1/2 cups sugar
2 c. oil
4 c. grated carrots
1 c. coconut
1 c. raisons
1 c. chopped nuts ( i used walnuts)
2 c. grated apples
4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
4 tsp. cinnamon
4 c. flour

stir all ingredients together. make as many muffins as desired, baking at 375 degreesfor 20 minutes.
*remember this recipes makes alot of batter and will keep good rerfrigerated for up to 4 weeks.

if you want some breakfast muffins full of healthy goodies, try these!