BASIC MUFFIN RECIPE
| ½ stick (¼ cup) margarine, softened | 1 t baking soda |
| 1 cup sugar | 1 t salt |
| 3 t Egg-replacer + 3 T water beaten lightly with a fork | 2 t vanilla |
| 2 ½ cup TC Multi-baking mix | 1 ½ cup applesauce |
| 2 t baking powder | ½ cup non-dairy creamer |
Mixing instructions:
In large bowl, beat margarine, sugar and egg replacer mixture on medium speed until well mixed. In a separate bowl, mix together baking powder, soda, salt and sifted baking mix. Add mixtures together and beat lightly. Stir in vanilla, applesauce and non-dairy creamer until smooth. Divide the batter among 12 greased muffin cups.
Baking instructions:
Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Variations:
- Add ½ cup of cranberries or raisins with ½ t cinnamon to the batter and mix. Pour the batter into a floured / buttered cake pan and bake it at 350°F for 45- 50 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Mix 1cup brown sugar and 1 t cinnamon. Divide this mixture among 12 greased muffin cups. Spoon batter on top of the sugar mixture in each muffin cup. Or bake it as one single cake in a bundt cake pan.
- Add 1cup strawberries, blueberries or canned pineapple chunks to the basic batter.Place in cake pan or spoon batter into greased muffin cups.
Optional struesel topping:
½ cup brown sugar, ½ stick(1/4 cup) margarine, ½ cup TC multi-baking mix, ½ t cinnamon. Mix together and sprinkle on top of any (variation) batter before baking. Bake as above.
Basic recipe yields 12 muffins.
NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE BASIC BATTER
| PROTEIN (gms) | METHIONINE (mg) | PHENYLALANINE (mg) | LEUCINE (mg) | CALORIES | |
| per recipe | 2.28 | 38 | 79 | 159 | 2468 |
| per serving | 0.19 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 205 |