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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Four Foods on Friday, even though it's now Saturday
I missed this last week, because we left for vacation on Friday, and this week I'm late. I'm probably going to get fired from Four Foods on Friday! Better late than never, though. Go check out the rest of the on-timers over at Fun, Crafts, and Recipes.
#1. I passed Costco and saw gas at $2.84 and have had Costco on the brain since. Share a cupcake, muffin or cookie recipe.
I have apples on the brain lately, with Honeycrisp being a particular obsession. Last night I made apple crisp, and I think I'm going to make some apple muffins after the girls and The First Baseman polish it off, which will be in about thirty minutes, I predict. Don't use Honeycrisp apples for baking, by the way. Just eat those, and use Haralsons when you're going to cook 'em.
Apple Muffins
1 egg
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
2-1/2 cups shredded apples
2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 t salt
1 t ground cinnamon
1/2 t ginger
1/4 t cloves
1/4 t allspice
1 c buttermilk
1/2 c brown sugar
2 T flour
2 T butter
1 t cinnamon
Combine egg, oil, and sugar. Stir in apples. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and spices. Add to dry ingredients to the egg mixture a little at a time, alternating with the buttermilk. Stir only until moistened. Scoop the mixture into muffin cups, and top with streusel made from cutting together brown sugar, flour, butter, and cinnamon. Bake at 375 for 20-30 minutes.
#2. Cupcakes, muffins and cookies require something to drink. What do you drink with them?
Cold milk, please.
#3. Which do you prefer, mini muffins and cupcakes or full sized ones?
I guess it depends. I like the regular ol' normal size ones, usually, but I have mini muffin tins, too. Those are great for making little tarts that masquerade as cookies.
#4. What type of muffin or cupcake pan do you use? Silicone, disposable, etc.
Usually the regular tin with paper liners, or no liners if I can get by with it. I was going to buy some silicone liners once, but they were twenty bucks for 10 of them, which meant that I'd need to spend $40 to get a dozen. I just don't make cupcakes or muffins often enough to justify that, and besides, they'd get in my way in the cupboard, and I'd end up throwing them away during a cleaning rampage.
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