The EVIL recipes

Of course, I'm going to put the one with Chocolate first! Note: I did make these with EggBeaters and light margarine so the fat count isn't completely awful, but the sugar will get ya!

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins

Pour 1 1/2 c. boiling water over 1 3/4 c. Oatmeal and 1 stick
butter(let sit until butter is dissolved)

In Bowl:

1/2 c. white sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Mix all these together, then add oatmeal mixture.

Add: 1 3/4 c. flour and mix all together.

Add: 1 1/4 c. chocolate chips( make sure the batter is down to room
temperature, otherwise the chocolate chips melt!)

Bake at 325 for 20-25 mins. Makes 24 med. muffins.

Next:

Blueberry or Strawberry Pound Cake Muffins

1 c. margerine
2 c. sugar
1 T vanilla
1 tsp. baking powder
4 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. blueberries or chopped strawberries
1/4 tsp cinnamon(ONLY IF STRAWBERRY)
3 c. flour.

In Bowl:

Cream sugar and butter, add eggs and vanilla. Add dry infredients and
mix until smooth. Add blueberries or strawberries by folding into
batter. (Note: You can use frozen blueberries but be sure to melt the
butter, otherwise the frozen blueberries make the batter too stiff)

Bake at 325 for 25 mins or until golden brown on top. Makes 24 med. muffins.

This can be made into a bundt cake with a sugar crust. Grease bundt
pan with 1/4 stick butter, then swirl 1/2 c. sugar around pan to stick
to butter. Pour batter directly into pan and bake at 325 for 1 hr.
10 mins. or until golden brown across top.

BESTEST Muffins EVER!!!!

This all started last week when my friend, Kathy was bemoaning the 'Muffins for Moms' breakfast in her kindergarten class tomorrow. All the moms come to school and have mid morning muffins with their kids. SOOOO cute, can't wait to do this with Nora.

Problem being, Kathy is a self-proclaimed hideous cook! Last year it took her 6 hrs to bake 48 muffins because she kept burning them.

Here's where I step in,

Me: " Kathy, just let me baked the muffins."
Her: " Are you serious? That's insane, you don't want to do that, you don't have time"
Me: " Hello woman! I'm a stay at home mom that works part time and LOVES to cook! Let me do it!"
Her: " You need Prozac but ok"

Baking started yesterday, first batch was Blueberry Pound Cake made into muffins. This is quite possible my favorite cake from mom's recipe box. (Short back story, Rich hates blueberries and when he first met me he ate 2 pieces to not hurt my feelings so he'd have a shot at me. It's since become a great "war story" for him)

Second batch, Chocolate Chip Oatmeal muffins! I once again deferred to my moms' Oatmeal Cake recipe, added more flour, more oatmeal, and chocolate chips. These things are sinful! Thank goodness they are to be consumed by hi-octane, calorie burning 6 yr olds!. Although Kathy, might KILL me after the sugar rush these are going to cause, but hey there's oatmeal right? Gotta be ok if there's 2 c. of oatmeal in them?

Third batch, Strawberry Pound Cake made into muffins! I have HIT the jackpot! Can you just imagine strawberries all cooked into the shortcake, cut in half slathered with whip cream....OHHH so yummy. I didn't try it for fear that submissive fat cells would try to revolt against my diet.

All this culinary bliss yielded 62 delicious muffins for which Kathy is SO grateful. Hopefully, they live up to her bragging about getting her 'personal chef' to cook gourmet muffins. She cracks me up!

I will gladly give the recipes to anyone who wants them, but they are downstairs right now and I'm too lazy to go get them.

Waiting and praying

One of my friends is having a FULL colostomy done tomorrow. Kaycie is only 26, has Crohn's and had to make this drastic decision recently. She goes into surgery tomorrow at 2pm, for those of you that pray send one her way.

You can follow her journey here.
http://theburgefamily.blogspot.com