Paulchens FoodBlog?!

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My assigned blogger for this month was Trisha and her blog “My Hobbie Lobbie”, a lovely blog with lots of nice recipes. I loved scrolling through her recipes and found me some nice yummies I put on my baking/cooking shortlist. I was looking for something nice and not too overly sweet to bake for breakfast at work and found those lovely WW, oatmeal and raisin muffins. They turned out great and I loved them.

I only omitted the rasins cause I really dislike them and used brown sugar instead of a combination of white and packed brown sugar, otherwise I followed her recipe quite closely. The muffins turned out to be a hit. Nice and fluffy and really really tasty. Only downside: they did not last very long and were gone in no time… ;o)

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Wholewheat, Oatmeal and Cranberry Muffins

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

4 tbsp wheat bran

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 1/2 cup oats

1/3 cup chopped, pitted dates

1/3 cup dried cranberries

1 cup buttermilk

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/2 cup boiling water

1. In a large mixing bowl place the wheat flour, sugars, bran, baking soda and salt and stir together. Stir in the oats, dates and cranberries.
2. In a seperate bowl, mix the buttermilk, oil, vanilla and egg.Make a well in the flour mix and pour the wet ingredients in, stirring till just moist.
3. Stir in the boiling water. Let the batter stand for 15 minutes.
4.  Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
5.  Brush the muffin tins with a little oil, butter or some cooking spray. Spoon the batter into the prepared tins and bake for 15-20 minutes or till muffins spring back when touched lightly in the center.

 

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