Published on
December 28, 2008 in
recipes.
Here’s a recipe for delicious pumpkin oatmeal muffins:
Ingredients:
- 1 (18oz) package of yellow cake mix
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp cloves
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 15 oz can pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup milk
- 6 oz plain yogurt
- 4 tsp vegetable oil
- 2 eggs, beaten
Directions:
- In a mixing bowl, combine the following ingredients: yellow cake mix, ground cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.
- In a small food processor, combine the pumpkin puree, milk, yogurt, vegetable oil and eggs. Process well until creamy.
- Combine the pumpkin mixture with the dry ingredient mixture. Add oats.
- Slowly mix with a rubber spatula, scraping the sides of the mixing bowl as needed.
- Mix for a couple of minutes.
- Pour mixture into muffin trays/cups.
- Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about 20-25 minutes.
- Let the muffin cool in the oven for an additional 5 minutes.
This recipe makes about 12 muffins. Since I was using a smaller convection oven, I made two batches.
This was my first time using silicone bakeware. These silicone muffin cups definitely have many benefits compared to the alternatives like metal, ceramic, and glass. They are lightweight, flexible, easy to store and easy to clean. They don’t rust and you always don’t have to worry about breaking or cracking it. They bake just as well as the alternatives. You don’t need to spray oil on them.
These pumpkin muffins were absolutely delicious. They were very moist, thanks to the yogurt. They were flavorful and not at all too sugary. The pumpkin and spices made this treat totally delightful. The recipe is simple and pretty easy to make. I can’t wait to make these again!
Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings from LookyTasty.com!
Published on
December 23, 2008 in
recipes.
Ginger is awesome. Sure it has a pretty strong smell and extremely pungent taste, but it’s an excellent spice to use in cooking. Ginger tea is great for those cold winter days. Try Ginger Pear Tea for example. Ginger tea is very invigorating when you have a cough or cold. Ginger is also great for settling stomachs.
I’m visiting home for the holidays and I noticed there is a new convection oven in the kitchen. And so, I thought it would be great to make some Ginger Cookies!!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup of dark brown sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 egg, beaten
- ¼ cup crystallized ginger
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
- In a mixing bowl, combine the following ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
- In a food processor or mixer, combine the sugar, butter, egg, crystallized ginger, and vanilla extract. Process well until the mixture is creamy.
- If you’re using a large food processor, slowly beat or pulse in the flour mixture. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Slowly pulse the mixture until it starts to form dough consistency.
Alternatively, you can do the mixing by hand. I used a small food processor to combine the sugar, butter, etc. ingredients. Then I pour it into a large mixing bowl and slowly mix in the flour with a rubber spatula, scraping the sides of the mixing bowl as needed. It is a little more effort by hand, but you don’t have to worry about over processing the dough. Plus, the texture comes out really well when you mix by hand, I notice.
- Wrap the dough tightly with plastic wrap.
- Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes, preferably overnight.
- When you’re in the mood for some cookies, cut the dough into pieces of whatever shapes and sizes you like. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. (In the convection oven I used, 8 minutes at 350 and 2 minutes cooling worked well.)
The ginger cookies came out soft and very tasty. The spices really enhanced the flavor of the cookies. It definitely has a nice kick to it. This was a fun recipe. I was able to make to make a good 18-20 cookies, each about 2.5 in diameter.
Serving suggestions:
The ginger cookies tastes great warm, straight out of the oven. Also, it might be fun to make larger ginger cookies and serve it with a scoop of ice cream.
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