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Riley decided that this year he wants to bring muffins to school each day for his snack. (I think because he likes the super-cool little cupcake/muffin container we have to bring them in) Since I know I won't have time to make muffins every night we decided to do a couple "Muffin Making Madness" days and bake a bunch of different flavors to freeze. Then each day Riley can pop a frozen muffin into his cupcake/muffin holder and it's thawed by snack time. We are HOPING all of the flavors taste good (and moist) while cold since there is no microwave at snack time. (=
Muffin Making Madness Day Number One was John and I late at night. Not only did we have a bunch of muffins baked, cooled and frozen by 1:30 am - but John also cleaned out the upstairs freezer so we had a place to store them. (= Muffin Making Madness Day Number Two is planned (by Riley) for tomorrow after school.
If you have some good muffin recipes - please share!!
Summary of Muffin Making Madness Day Number One:
Coffee Cake Muffins (from a cookbook, I'll find it and post it later this week)
Notes: These are NUMMY! And, really are a cake.... (= We used only about half the topping it called for and they were still delicious.
Riley's Snack Verdict: They taste good after being frozen/thawed.
Orange Muffins
Notes: These were my favorite - so good warm!! I'd add a little extra orange zest next time too. And maybe not melt the butter for the topping mixture... I'm going to try 2 T cut in.
Riley's Snack Verdict: They taste good after being frozen/thawed.
To Die For Blueberry Muffins
Notes: I did not try these ones (for some reason I really don't like blueberries) but all the boys said they were good. The recipe says it makes 8, but we made 12 with it (with a modified cook time of 13-15 minutes). Also, didn't even use half of the crumb topping mixture and it was still plenty! We saved the rest of the topping mixture in the fridge and we'll use it on the next batch - of you double the batch, don't double the crumb topping mixture! (=
Riley's Snack Verdict: They taste good after being frozen/thawed.
Banana Crumb Muffins
Notes: These were GOOD! John (the hubby) said these were the best of this bunch of recipes. Definitely try these. (= The recipe says it makes 10, but we made 12 and modified the cook time to 15-18 minutes.
Riley's Snack Verdict: They taste good after being frozen/thawed.
Here's the newly cleaned freezer after Muffin Making Madness Day Number One - many more muffins to come. (=
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