Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Sour cream and chocolate chip muffins


I substituted whole wheat flour for half of the all purpose flour in this recipe, and sour cream for the milk.  Then I added about half a bag of chocolate chips before baking them.  I learned yet again that you have to read everything about the recipe before cooking it, because after I took them out of the oven I realized they must be eaten or frozen the day they are made!  So I froze most of them and discovered the next day that they taste pretty good if taken out of the freezer and put in the microwave for 20 seconds.

I also cheated yesterday and made brownies from a mix that I had in the pantry.  Once those are gone I won't be baking anything unless it's from scratch.  I'm trying to expand my baking repertoire and am trying to not get intimidated by complicated recipes.  The only reason I get intimidated is because it's hard to focus with a toddler and an infant in the room -- yesterday I accidentally put one tbsp baking soda into my muffin mix instead of baking powder!  Luckily I noticed this before I mixed in the wet ingredients and I was able to dump it out and start over again.

Some recipes that I see on the horizon include my attempt at cinnamon roll muffins, more pineapple upside down cake (by special request), and a practice run of cupcakes that I am going to make Lesli for her birthday.

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