Muffin recipes I want to try :-)

Cinnamon and Sugar

wet ingredients

• 3/4 cup fresh milk
• 1/2 cup melted butter, applesauce or oil
• 1 fresh egg

dry ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2/3 cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

cinnamon-sugar topping

• 1/2 cup melted butter in one bowl
• 1/2 cup sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon in another bowl

Heat oven to 400ºF. Butter bottoms of 12-muffin cup pan.

Beat milk, butter and egg in a medium bowl.  Add in flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt all at once.  Stir just until flour is moistened.  Batter will be lumpy; do not over stir.

Use a large cookie dough scooper to fill muffin cups 3/4 full.  Bake until golden brown, 16 to 20 minutes.  Immediately remove from pan and carefully roll hot muffin tops in melted butter, then in cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Store cooled muffins in a container with a loose fitting lid and enjoy them later on in your day.  

RECIPE FOR PUMPKIN MUFFINS

INGREDIENTS:

1.5 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup canned solid-pack pumpking (from a 15-oz can) (I accidentally put the entire 15 oz. can in, with no ill effects at all)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 tsp pumpkin-pie spice (a combo of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and allspice)
1.25 cups plus 1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon

Equipment: 12 foil or paper muffin liners; a muffin pan with 12 (1/2-cup) muffin cups

DIRECTIONS:
Put oven rack in middle positiona nd preheat oven toe 350F. Put liners in muffin cups.

Whisk together flour and baking powder in a small bowl.

Whisk together pumpkin, oil, eggs, pumpkin-pie spice, 1.25 cups sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl until smooth, then whisk in flour mixture until just combined.

Stir together cinnamon and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar in another bowl.

Divide batter among muffin cups (each should be about 3/4 full), then spinkle tops with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake until puffed and golden brown and a wodden pick or skewer inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

Cool in pan on a rack 5 minutes, then transfer muffins from pan to rack and cool to warm or room temperature.

Easy Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup quick cooking oats
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
2. In a small bowl, combine milk and oats; let soak for 15 minutes.
3. In a separate bowl, beat together egg and oil; stir in oatmeal mixture. In a third bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into wet ingredients, just until combined. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups until cups are 2/3 full.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients list:

1 medium egg.
1 ½ cups of flour.
¾ cup of milk.
¾ cup of chocolate chips.
½ cup of brown sugar.
½ cup of puréed banana.
¼ cup of vegetable oil.
3 teaspoons of baking powder.
½ teaspoon of salt.
½ teaspoon of cinnamon.
¼ teaspoon of nutmeg.

Instructions:

Blend all of the ingredients together thoroughly.

Pour the mixture into greased muffin tins, about two-thirds full.

Bake at 400°F (205°C) for twenty minutes.

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I feel like my life is nothing more than being a mom.  Now yes, I do know that being a mom is a blessing.  That it is a calling.  It takes a strong person to be a stay at home, homeschooling mom.  I feel like my life can/is so much more.  That there is another person inside me, fighting to get out.  Someone who wants to feel like she has accomplished something.  I know I should be content, happy God has blessed us with so many gifts...I am, truly, I am.  I know I can pour myself into my family and take pride in them, but I feel a need to do something for just me.
Reba's song "Is There Life Out There?" totally describes what I feel.  I don't want to leave my family, but I want to know if there is life our there.
But what am I looking for?  What do I want to do?  What will fill this need?  What can I do?
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