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Receta Sweet Chocolate Flecked Muffins and Savory Tomato and Olive Muffins: Baking with Kids
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Ingredientes
- 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 1/4 cups milk (we used 1% with a drizzle of cream)
- 2 t vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups AP flour
- 1 T baking powder
- 3/4 t salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- scant 1 cup grated chocolate
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- coarse sugar for sprinkling (we used colored sugar)
- Preheat the oven to 400 F. Line your muffin tin with liners and then lightly spray. Set aside.
- Place the oats into a bowl and pour the milk and vanilla over them. Stir and then leave them to soak while continue prepping the rest of the recipe.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Whisk in the grated/processed chocolate.
- Stir the egg and melted butter into the oat mixture. Fold that mixture into the dry mixture gently, just enough to combine.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, until risen and golden brown. Cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, and then turn out onto a cooling rack.
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- Fresh Tomato & Olive Muffins
- Adapted from Muffins Galore, Catherine Atkinson
- For the muffins:
- 2 cups AP flour
- 1 T baking powder
- 1 T sugar
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Asiago cheese
- 3 T chopped fresh basil
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 cup milk (we used 1% with a drizzle of cream)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 T extra virgin olive oil
- 4 medium sized ripe tomatoes, seeded, squeezed gently to remove excess juice and chopped
- 1/3 cup roughly chopped pitted olives (green, black or a mix)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 t salt
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- For the topping:
- 3/4 cup panko crumbs
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Asiago cheese
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