After Christmas, I invented a fun muffin that helped me get rid of all the leftover candy canes:
This muffin’s pock-marked surface was caused by all the candy cane bits in the batter that melted away as the muffins baked. For a smoother surface, you can substitute peppermint extract and still get the warm, cozy flavor [...]
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With brown sugar in the batter and pineapple chunks in the center, these muffins taste so incredibly dessert-like that my kids devoured them without stopping to notice the coarse whole grain flour and precious little oil I used to make them! They gobbled them up so quickly that next time, I will have to double [...]
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The cream cheese batter for these muffins makes such a smooth-textured muffin that kids will never notice the whole grain flour!
Instead of white flour, I used a cracked, seven-grain cereal:
You can buy Bob’s Red Mill seven grain cereal at most grocery stores (cereal and baking aisles) or you can buy it here. You can then grind [...]
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This Valentine’s Day, I resolved to help the environment by NOT buying those little paper Valentines for my children to distribute amongst their classmates. You know–the ones that they all pass around at school, after which the kids just rip them open, pull out the candy inside, and toss the card.
Tonight, instead, we all made [...]
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