So recipe #2 is from the Bakefest Booklet that came with the December 2009 Canadian Living - as you can probably guess I use this magazine alot. I like the food section, one of the these days I might even subscribe!
Raspberry Cream Tea Muffins, recipe found here (loving that so far the recipes I have tried have a weblink to them so I don't have to retype) Hopefully the links are actually working and if not, that someone will tell me.
http://www.canadianliving.com/food/raspberry_cream_tea_muffins.php
Here's the thing about this recipe. I didn't buy the Marscapone to do the "cream" part. Also I didn't use the Vegplus Canola and Vegetable oil blend oil (subbed in Crisco oil), or the fancy eggs (subbed in regular eggs). Also we didn't have lemons so I used 1tsp of Real Lemon lemon juice. So, yeah, not really the same recipe at all!
They were easy to make, but at a cup of oil (no matter how fancy the oil was that they wanted) I was/am a bit concerned about how good for me they are!
They were very heavy, so really not a good breakfast item, I actually liked them better later in the day then I did when they were hot. I spread a bit of raspberry jam on them and had them with a coffee. I think they will probably freeze pretty well so should make a good quick take to work type of breakfast-snack.
On a Heather scale I will give them a 2. Isabelle refused to even try them, even when I told her they were cupcakes. So I guess they get a 0 or perhaps a disqualified rating. Probably won't make them again, I think I have better/lighter plain muffin recipes in my binder that will be a better option.
Ok, so now I am caught up. This gives me 7 days to find and make the next item on the list!
i think i'll skip this one then.
my new recipe this week was a huge success (well i liked them anyway) http://www.tammysrecipes.com/cranberry_apple_muffins they have so much fruit in them that they almost seem healthy - if you discount the half cup of butter melted.
Posted by: AnnaCMassey | 01/23/2010 at 09:07 AM
Yeah, give them a miss for sure. Those cranberry apple ones look good. Let me know how they turn out!
Posted by: Shift Mama | 01/23/2010 at 12:55 PM
I'm making a second batch of the cranberry apple muffins today! they were very popular, i'm considering swapping the cranberrys for blueberries and seeing how they turn out.
Posted by: AnnaCMassey | 01/24/2010 at 01:14 AM