Saving Food Money: Healthy and Easy Make Ahead Muffins

Why buy a box mix for muffins? You can make a quick and easy bag to whip up a dozen muffins in no time yourself!

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Ingredients for Dry Mix:
2 to 2 1/2 C Flour
1/2 C dry sweet (sugar, succanat, brown sugar)
2 tsp Baking Powder (3 if using whole wheat)
1/2 tsp salt
Dry season to taste (cinnaman, nutmeg...)
Dry mix-ins (nuts, dried fruit...)

Seal and toss in freezer

Wet Ingredients:
1 C Milk
1/4 oil (butter, canola, veg...)
1 egg
liquid extracts to taste (vanilla, almond...)
UP TO 1/2 moist additions (apple butter, peanut butter, pureed pumpin)

Mix and store all wet ingredients in fridge until needed. In this case mix in peanut butter jar for flavor.

Preheat oven to 400
Combine wet mix into dry mix in a bowl.
Spoon in oiled/sprayed muffin tims.
Bake 18-20 minutes on center rack.

ENJOY!!!
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[trjma]

Why on earth would you use three teaspoons of baking powder instead of one tablespoonful?

[thewheatguy]

@trjma ~ Haha! Good point.

I guess it mostly came from the 'test kitchen' aspect of finding just the right amount for the whole grain use. Whole grains or cooked grains added to a muffin require more baking powder than white flour. So, as I tested, I just increased and didn't think to consolidate into one TBS!

Thanks for catching that!

(o:

[cooksalot1]

I like that idea! I've been making a large container of mix. Never thought of making individual batch mixes.

[thewheatguy]

I hope you like it!

It's like every one feeling special because they get to pick their favorites.

Blessings!

Donna

[thewheatguy]

@cooksalot1

WOW!

I have not gotten email notices from youtube for a while....so SO SO sorry to just now be getting back to this! Yikes!

Glad you like it.

I do the same for pancake mix (more oil for waffles in the wet)...saves time and no gunk in the mix...nice and healthy and convenient!

Hope you're doing well!

Best Blessings!

Donna

[logollady]

Very nice video- thanks! I am curious why you are using commercial salt, PB and chocolate chips? If you are going to all that work to buy Organic Sugar/Sucanat and Grind your own grains... why not go a step further and use 100% wholesome ingredients? Just wondering what your thoughts are on this. Thanks again! I subscribed... ;)

[thewheatguy]

Hi! Thanks for the comment and for subscribing!

Truthfully it is availability. We live in the midst of no-where and hour and a half away from any Whole Foods or health food store. We eat mostly what we grow or the top 12 items we eat most are organic.

Since grains/beans/flour are my 'work' they are easily accessible for us!

Trying to keep cost low and quality high in food means (for us) choosing our items that are organic based on availability and frequency of use.

Best Blessings!

[thewheatguy]

It is fast and more healthy than those box mixes. We do it a lot!

Best Blessings!

Donna