While there are infinite variations on how to make muffins and quick-breads, there are some fundamental rules, tips, and tweaks that can help you lock down how to make these simple yet sometimes elusive sweet treats. Many of the tips below actually encompass all baking, but I have tweaked them to be more geared towards…
Tag: Muffins
Recipe Post: Mincemeat Muffins
There are few more traditionally historical British Christmastime recipes as a mincemeat (“mince”) pie or tart; but outside of the British Isles, they’re not as well-known. In a nutshell, traditional mincemeat pie was a savoury pastry, and did contain actual meat; the pies were originally quite a good size, filled with a mixture of finely…
Recipe Post: Orange and Grapefruit Peel Muffins
Ok, ok, I know this recipe sounds potentially…problematic (code for EEWWWWW), but I implore you to try it out first before judging. This muffin recipe is unique, I’ll grant you that, but its origin comes from one of my favourite Canadian cookbook authors, the late, great Edna Staebler, who, with several cookbooks to her name,…
Recipe Post: Leftover Thanksgiving Dinner Meat Muffins
An old friend of mine used to talk about her single father’s, er, creativity in the kitchen, and how once he came up with an “ingenious”, time-saving recipe of meatloaf made in muffin tins. Which of course, he called “Meat Muffins” and in fact penned a charming little song about them too. While I won’t…
Recipe Post: Banana Chocolate Chip Bread
Oh, what to do when one has a huuuuge container of bananas in the freezer that needs to be either used up or disposed of? Well, I guess I could have made frozen banana “ice cream”, but these suckers were *really* overripe, like gross and squishy, so in my mind they really didn’t lend themselves…
Recipe and Tutorial: Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
Some time ago, for whatever reason that is lost to the mists of time, I made some banana chocolate chip muffins. I probably had some bananas that were over-ripe or something. I had never had much success with muffins, which is weird and annoying on two fronts, considering that a) they’re one of the…
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