Muffins are easy to prepare and make a great morning treat. Try Lemon, Almond, and Blueberry Muffins or Fresh Peach and Oat Muffins. Quick Breads include Brown Soda Bread and Pancakes. Loaf Cakes, such as Carrot and Almond Loaf Cake or Banana Pecan Loaf, are perfect for a mid-morning snack. Finally, Yeast Breads are ideal for brunch, so impress your family and friends with Cinnamon Raisin Nut Bread or Apricot and Honey Rye Bread. Simple and delicious ideas for quick weekday breakfasts, leisurely weekend brunches, or mid-morning treats; photography by Philip Webb. Linda Collister has become the doyenne of baking with her easy-to-follow recipes that really work.
When we think of an inheritance, thoughts of money or some jewel-encrusted heirloom usually spring to mind. Well, Linda Fisher's inheritance did get her out of financial trouble, but it was nothing more than one of her mother's recipes and the values with which she was raised.Suddenly finding herself divorced and struggling to support her son and make ends meet, Linda, rather than ask for public assistance, vowed to take care of her own. She dug up her mother's pancake recipe and modified it into a muffin batter.Then she loaded up her red Radio Flyer wagon and hit the pavements of Westminster, Maryland, selling mouthwateringly delicious muffins -- blueberry, peach cobbler, black bottom, burnt sugar, apple dumpling, to name just a few -- and soon became a local favorite, known around town as "the Muffin Lady."Just when business started booming, however, the Carroll County Health Department told her to pack up her wagon because she didn't have a "department-approved commercial kitchen." Well, Linda wasn't going to take that lying down! She fought back, and the whole community came out to support her. Finally the Westminster Volunteer Fire Department offered her the use of their state-approved kitchen, where she still bakes muffins today.In The Muffin Lady, Linda shares the legacy of riches that was handed down by her mother. These gifts are useful both inside and outside the kitchen -- recipes whose ingredients include sugar, flour, perseverance and pride.
Muffins for breakfast, muffins for snacks, muffins with a meal, even muffins for dessert! America loves muffins, but recently everyone has become aware that this popular treat can be a minefield of fat and calories. Now, in Light Muffins, Beatrice Ojakangas turns this favorite food into a delicious, healthful, low-fat treat.Replacing high-fat ingredients, such as butter and oils, with naturally low-fat substitutes, such as fruit purees and extra liquid, Beatrice Ojakangas proves that muffins don't have to be bad for you to taste great. She fills chapters such as Breakfast and Brunch Muffins, Savory Muffins, Snack Muffins, Dessert Muffins, Fat-free Muffins, and Spreads with delicious muffin recipes to appeal to all tastes, and each of the 60 recipes is accompanied by a nutritional breakdown. Quick and simple to make, Beatrice's well-tested recipes ensure that the results are always moist, tender, and irresistible.Beatrice Ojakangas, one of America's favorite bakers, brings her years of baking expertise to this book, and knows that if a muffin doesn't taste wonderful, it doesn't matter how good it is for you. Light Muffins is sure to be a staple on every baker's cookbook shelf, satisfying muffin cravings for any time of the day or night.
Muffins are an American classic-a fresh-baked treat that delights at breakfast, lunchtime, teatime, and as a late-night snack. In this wonderful new collection, the authors of the bestselling Mostly Muffins return from their test ovens with more recipes for muffins of all types. Included are mini muffins, mega muffins, healthier muffins, hearty muffins, irresistible muffin tops, and delicious spreads that make any muffin a complete treat. Apricot almond muffins, plum yogurt muffins, chocolate chunk oat muffins, cranberry oat bran mini muffins, red pepper cheddar corn muffins, spiced pumpkin mini muffins, Texas-size big bran muffins, zucchini muffins, and many more.
