Chocolate Chip Scones

Tis the season to start baking.. 
fa la la la la la LAAAAAAA!  
So here is the beginning of my baking for the Christmas Season.. 

Chocolate Chip Scones

Ingredients

2 Cups Flour

1/2 Cup Sugar

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Salt

1 Stick Butter, Frozen

Zest of 1 Lemon

1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips

1/2 Cup Chocolate Chunk Chobani Yogurt

1 Egg

1 Tsp Vanilla

Sprinkle of Sugar 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. 

Grate frozen butter

and lemon zest into flour mixture. 

Mix in chocolate chips.

In a separate bowl 

combine yogurt, egg and vanilla.

Pour yogurt mixture into dry ingredients.

Mix with a fork until crumbly.

Then use your hands to form a large ball.

Break dough into equal balls 

and bake in a greased scone pan.  Sprinkle with sugar.

Bake at 400 degrees for 15 - 18 minutes until golden brown.

Viola!  Beautiful Scones to Share with someone you love!

Happy Baking!

I am sharing with

Love,

Pinkapotamus

Apple Raisin Muffins!

Yum! There are just Perfect for breakfast!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup oatmeal

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1/2 cup half and half

1/4 cup canola oil

1 peeled apple, chopped (I used a crispin)

1 small container of raisins

Start by mixing flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, baking power, cinnamon and salt.

Next combine egg, half and half and canola oil.  Friends make this much more fun!

Add wet ingredients to dry and

mix until just wet.. then walk away.. you can do it!

Then fold in apples and raisins.

Scoop into greased muffin tins

 and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

Last pull them out of the oven

and drizzle them with powered sugar cinnamon syrup
(which is just a bit of powdered sugar and cinnamon dissolved in warm water)

And of course, share and enjoy!

p.s.  This DOES make a dozen muffins, however, 3 were snatched by my lovies as soon as they came out of the oven!

Love,

Pinkapotamus

Extra Special Apple Oatmeal Bread!

Happy Sunday Pink Hippos!  Thought I would start.. or end your week depending on how you look at it with this delicious Apple Oatmeal bread recipe!  We made this to bring to our Church's Fifth Sunday Brunch.

Ingredients

1 1/3 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

4 eggs

juice from 2 oranges

zest from 1 orange

3 1/2 cups flour

1 cup oatmeal

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 large apples peeled and chopped

1 cup raisins

1 cup chopped pecans

Cream butter and sugars. 

Then add eggs one at a time until fully incorporated.

   Add juice and apples and continue to mix.

In separate bowl combine flour, oatmeal, zest, baking soda and salt.

Mix into wet ingredients. 

Fold in raisins and pecans.

Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.  Makes 3 loafs (I made 2 large loaves and two minis for the kids to take to school!)

Remember an apple a day keeps the doctor away.. and eaten this way makes it much more FUN!

I am sharing with

Love,

Pinkapotamus

Morning Glory Muffins!

Good morning Sunshine! What better way to start the day than with these sunny Morning Glory Muffins?!?

Ingredients

 

4 cups all-purpose flour

2-1/2 cups white sugar

1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 cups shredded carrots

1 cup craisins

1-1/3 cups sunflower seeds

1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

2 apple - peeled, cored and shredded

6 eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla

2 cups vegetable oil

Start by shredding the carrots into a measuring cup (makes life soo much easier!). I used the finer shred for a more delicate muffin.

Then mix the craisins, sunflower seed, coconut and apple into the shredded carrots and set aside.

In your mixer combine the flour, baking power, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and salt.

Then add the carrot mixture.

In a separate bowl combine the eggs, oil and vanilla.

Then add to the carrot flour mixture.

Mix until just combined.. you can do it.. Mix for a bit and then WALK AWAY!

Pour into muffin pans and bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

This recipe made 5 giant muffins (which Mr. Pinkapotamus cut in half and slathered with cream cheese to make a morning glory sandwich) and 23 standard size.

Oh yum!

And this my friends is muffin happiness!

So share some love I mean muffins and make someone happy!

Love,

Pinkapotamus