Breads, Muffins
Rise In Popularity
Muffins and quick breads are
the easiest of baked goods to pre
pare, so there is absolutely no need
to serve the store-made variety.
Instead of yeast, they rely on bak
ing powder or baking soda for a
light and lender dough. With no
rising time necessary, muffins and
quick breads are a superlative fast
food. And with the basic staples on
hand flour, baking powder,
sugar, eggs, and milk, it is a simple
matter of mixing the ingredients.
The batter is mixed and ready to
bake in less than 10 minutes; just
the lime needed to heat the oven.
The batter is then spooned into
lightly-greased pans and baked for
about 20 minutes for muffins, an
hour for quick breads. Since the
arrival of nonstick pans and cook
ing spray, muffin and bread mak
ing is even more convenient.
A recently released cookbook.
All the Best Muffins and Quick
Breads, published by Hearst
Books, is available for $8 from
your local bookstore. More than 60
exquisite recipes that are simple to
make and satisfying to eat are
included in the cookbook.
If you have more time, you’ll
want to try yeast breads. Although
more time and effort is required for
kneading and rising, the taste is
difficult to beat.
CHEESY RED PEPPER
CORN BREAD
2% cups commeal
2'A cups flour
2'A teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
2'A cups buttermilk
'/ cup butter, melted
1 cup shredded Provolone
cheese
1 cup shredded sharp Chedder
cheese
1 cup chopped roasted red
peppers
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Sill together commcal, flour, bak
ing powder, soda, and salt in large
bowl. In medium bowl, whisk
together eggs, buttermilk, and but
ter. Stir in cheeses and peppers.
Add to dry ingredients, stirring just
until combined. Spoon into two
buttered loaf pans. Bake 60
minutes or until wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let cool
üboul 5 minutes. Turn onto wire
ruck, cool completely.
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PEANUT BUTTER AND
JELLY MUFFINS
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
A teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
'A cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup milk
'A cup butler, melted
'A cup chopped unsalled peanuts
About 'A cup grape jelly
Adjust oven rack to top third
position; preheat oven to 400
degrees. Coat 12-cup muffin pan
with vegetable spray.
Thoroughly mix flour, sugar,
baking powder, and salt in large
bowl. In medium bowl, blend eggs
and peanut butter with wooden
spoon until smooth. Stir in milk,
butter, and peanuts. Pour liquid
mixture over dry ingredients and
fold in with rubber spatula just
until combined; do not overmix.
Fill muffin cups a little less than
'A full with batter. With finger,
make small indentation in middle
of each one and fill with heaping
teaspoon of jelly. Top up each one
with remaining batter jelly
doesn’t have to be completely cov
ered. Bake for 20 minutes or until
golden. Turn out onto rack and
allow to cool a little before serv
ing. Makes 12 muffins.
All the Best Muffins
And Quickbreads
SUNSHINE MUFFINS
2 cups all-purpose flour
'A cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
'A teaspoon salt
2 cups grated carrots
A cup raisins
A cup chopped nuts
1 apple, peeled, cored, grated
1 egg
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
Mix flour, sugar, baking pow
der, cinnamon, and salt in large
mixing bowl. Stir in carrots, rai
sins, nuts, and apple. Beat egg with
oil and vanilla, add milk. Stir into
flour mixture just until batter is
combined. Spoon into muffin
cups; fill to lop. Bake at 350
degree's for 25 to 30 minutes or
until tester inserted into center
comes out clean.
Americans’ love for muffins, breads, and rolls continues to Increase as research
shows the Importance of including grains and carbohydrates in the diet.
CINNAMON BUNS
1 cup water
1 cup milk
1 cake yeast
% cup sugar
2 cups melted butter
I'A teaspoon salt
8 cups flour
3 eggs
6 tablespoons vegetable oil
Cinnamon, to taste
Mix water and milk and heal ip
lukewarm, dissolve the yeast cake
in the water and milk. Add sugar,
eggs, and oil; mix ingredients well.
Add salt and flour, knead as bread.
Let rise for VA hours. Divide this
into 3 parts, roll out each part.
Spread on the melted butler,
sprinkle with sugar, then sprinkle
on cinnamon until covered. Roll
up and slice into 1 -inch pieces, put
into greased pan. Let rise, then
bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes.
Let cool, then glaze.
Glaze;
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1A tablespoons milk
'A teaspoon vanilla
Mix together confectioners’
sugar, milk, and. vanilla until
smooth. Drizzle over rolls.
' Heidi Negley
Cumberland Co. Dairy Princess
ENGLISH MUFFIN LOAF
1 package yeast
3 cups unsifted flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
'/• teaspoon baking soda -
'A cup water
Commeal
Add l'/i cups of the flour to
yeast, sugar, salt, and baking soda.
Heat liquids until very warm. Add
to dry mixture. Beat well.
Stir in remainder of flour to
make a stiff batter. Spoon into a
loaf pan that has been greased and
sprinkled with commeal.
Sprinkle top with commeal.
Cover and let rise for 43 minutes.
Bake at 400 degrees for ’25
minutes. Remove from pans
immediately.
Tina Forry
APPLESAUCE BREAD
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
A cup butter, melted
'A cup liquid honey
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 /« cup raisins
2 cups all-purpose flour
V 1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
'A teaspoon ground cinnamon
'/i teaspoon grated nutmeg
Adjust oven rack to top third
position; preheat oven, to 350
degrees. Coat loaf pan with veget
able spray.
Whisk applesauce, butter, hon
ey, eggs, and vanilla in medium
bowl until well blended; stir in
raisins.
Thoroughly mix flour, sugar,
baking powder, salt, cinnamon,
and nutmeg in large bowl. Pour
liquid mixture over dry ingredients
and fold in with rubber spatula just
until combined; do not overmix.
Spoon batter into prepared pan,
smoothing it on top. Bake for 50
minutes or until tester comes out
clean. Carefully turn out onto rack
to cool before slicing: Makes 1
loaf.
All the Best Muffins
And Quick Breads
Featured Recipe
Just because National Cheese Month ended October 31, is no reason
not to stop eating cheese. Here is a favorite recipe from Raylene Rouse,
Sullivan County Dairy Princess. She says, “Cheese makes everything
taste better.”
BROCCOLI SUPREME
3 lOjOunce packages frozen broccoli
2 teaspoons grated Cheddar cheese
1 cup cottage cheese
'A cup melted butter
2 eggs, well beaten
1 teaspoon minced onion
A teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Dry bread crumbs
Cook and drain broccoli; arrange in shallow baking dish. Combine
remainder of ingredients except bread crumbs and half of the melted
butter. Pour the mixture over broccoli. Sprinkle bread crumbs and
remaining butter over sauce. Bake at 330 degrees until golden brown
and bubbly. Serves 6.
APPLE SPICE
WHOLE WHEAT MUFFINS
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
'/i cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
‘/a teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
'/« teaspoon cloves
'/• teaspoon nutmeg
'/• teaspoon ginger
'/• teaspoon salt T ,-
1 cup buttermilk, at {pttfh
temperature .
1 large egg, at room tefhpeiatiire
2 tablespoons oil
VA teaspoons vanilla
1 cup tart green apple, chopped
fine
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray
10 muffin cups with vegetable oil.
Fill unused cups with water. Stir
together flours, sugar, baking pow
der, baking soda, spices, and salt.
In another bowl, stir together but
termilk, egg, oil, and vanilla. Make
a well in center of flour mixture;
add buttermilk mixture and stir just
to combine. Stir in apple. Spoon
into prepared muffin cups. Bake
for 15 to 20 minutes until toothpick
inserted in center comes out clean.
Nancy Kramer
Newmanstown
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