Anything Goes Muffins Food

ANYTHING-GOES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Line muffin tins with paper liners; set aside.
• Measure flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into large bowl.
• With your fingers, break brown sugar apart until no lumps remain.
• Whisk to blend ingredients together.
• Break eggs into medium bowl; add milk, oil, orange rind and vanilla.
• Whisk until smooth and no streaks remain.
• With rubber spatula, scrape over dry ingredients.
• Sprinkle with blueberries (or with your choice of fruit or baking chips).
• With wooden spoon, stir together just until only a few streaks of flour remain.
• Using ice cream scoop, fill muffin cups almost full with batter.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden and domed.
• Wearing oven mitts, remove pans from oven to rack and let cool for 10 minutes.
• Lift muffins out of pans and let cool completely on rack.

GRANDMA'S ANYTHING GOES STRATA

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Grease a 1 1/2 quart baking dish with butter or cooking spray.
• Whisk the eggs, milk, half-and-half, nutmeg, cayenne, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper together in a large bowl. Fold the greens, meat, bread and 1/2 cup of the shredded cheese into the mixture. Pour into the prepared baking dish and top with the remaining cheese.
• Cover with foil and bake for 35 minutes. Uncover and bake until the strata is puffed, golden brown at the edges and set in the center, about 15 minutes more. Let cool 10 minutes before serving.

BASIC MUFFIN RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line 2 muffin trays with paper muffin cases. In a large bowl beat 2 medium eggs lightly with a handheld electric mixer for 1 min.
• Add 125ml vegetable oil and 250ml semi-skimmed milk and beat until just combined then add 250g golden caster sugar and whisk until you have a smooth batter.
• Sift in 400g self-raising flour and 1 tsp salt (or 400g plain flour and 3 tsp baking powder if using) then mix until just smooth. Be careful not to over-mix the batter as this will make the muffins tough.
• Stir in 100g chocolate chips or dried fruit if using.
• Fill muffin cases two-thirds full and bake for 20-25 mins, until risen, firm to the touch and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. If the trays will not fit on 1 shelf, swap the shelves around after 15 mins of cooking.
• Leave the muffins in the tin to cool for a few mins and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

" ADD IN ANYTHING" MUFFINS!

Steps:

• Set oven to 400 degrees.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Grease 12 regular size muffin tins or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a bowl sift together flour, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In another bowl whisk together melted butter with sour cream, egg and vanilla or almond extract.
• Stir in the butter mixture (along with any ingredients you might be adding) into the flour mixture; stir with a wooden spoon JUST until combined.
• Divide the batter between each muffin tin.
• If you want you can sprinkle with a topping.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until muffins test done.