Mighty Mini Muffins!!

There's this trick I learned from a Weight Watchers leader… by adding canned Pumpkin (or fresh mashed if you have it) you can avoid adding eggs & oil & such to box mixes… I've taken this in many different directions over time, this is it one of its simplest forms…

Mini Muffins!!  Today I made two batches of these delicious little bits for munching (within reason) over the holidays… these are great examples of using this method!

I took a brownie mix, dumped the powder in a bowl, mixed in a 15oz can of Pumpkin (I ran out of the fresh stuff)...

Preheated the oven to 325 (temp on the box), put them in a mini-muffin pan lined with papers…

Then I watched as they baked, these took 20 minutes… made about 40 mini-muffins… hubby likes!

I repeated the process with a Fiber One Apple Muffin mix, setting the oven to 425 (box had the higher temp)….

Again I watched as they baked… 15 minutes was the right amount of time (the ones pictured went about 17 & were slightly scorched - still yummy)…

Hope this gives you ideas, enjoy!!

Try Going Miniature!!

What to do with all those wonderful old recipes during the holidays… you know, that decadent cheesecake or those wonderfully gooey chocolaty treats???

When you just can't lighten go mini…

This is an assortment of my pans… some silicon, some metal… some with shapes, some with contours… all Mini!!

I made some little Tea Cakes with my silicon pans… just saying!!

Enjoy the Holidays, just don't over-indulge!!

Kinda Quiet Lately...

I haven't posted in a while… but I haven't cooked anything New in a while… why?

Well, there was Thanksgiving, and that was pretty traditional here at our house…

And there was a death in the family, and that part of the family is in another state… so I flew back to California to be with my Mom & Brother & other family… check out my main blog "My Zany GAVOT" (find link on sidebar) if you're curious…

Since getting back I've been getting caught up with all kinds of things & struggling with my health a bit…

SO, though I've been cooking there hasn't been anything "blog-worthy"…

To satisfy those who like pretty pictures I'm presenting the following, a fresh loaf of Artisan Bread I baked yesterday, this one has the Spices: Sage, Dried Chives.

I'll be blogging more soon...