Ingredient Substitutions II

     This is a post I did 2 years ago and it's one of the most important ones i've done so far. That is why I am reposting it. :)

     When it comes to different recipes, there might come a time where you don't want to use a cirtain ingredient because you don't have it in your pantry. I have a solution for that. There are lots of ingredients that can be substituted. For instence:


1 cup buttermilk = 1 cup milk + 1 tbsp Lemon juice or Vinagar (I prefer lemon juice)
1 tbsp cornstarch (for thickening) = 2 tbsp flour
1 square chocolate = 3 tbsp cocoa + 1/2 tsp shortening (to me it dosn't matter if you use butter or margarine instead)
1 cup honey = 3/4 cup sugar + 1/4 cup liquid
cake flour = 4 cups flour plus 1 cup sifted cornstarch. Sift at least 4 times until very light. This is as good as any on the market.

     These substitutions are very effective when you are baking. A couple of other improvements that i would like to add is when making breads, muffins, and cakes, the recipe usually asks you to use oil but i use butter or margarine because it makes it more creamy and light. Those are all the tips i can think of today. Talk to you soon.
 
     Enjoy :D

Chocolate Chip Muffins

     Before I show you this recipe, I would like to say that if you want to have tips on making a perfect muffin, visit my earlier post at http://pppiano99-recipeforsuccess.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-make-delicious-muffin-ps-this-is.html.

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups quick cooking oats *optional

1 1/4 cups milk

1 egg

1/2 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped pecans *optional

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

     Combine oats and milk and allow to stand for 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease each cup of one 12-cup muffin tin.
     Stir egg, oil, 1/2 cup of the brown sugar, chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of the pecans into the oat and milk mixture.
     Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add oat mixture to flour mixture, stirring until just moist. Fill each cup of one 12-cup muffin tin 2/3 full. Sprinkle tops with the remaining brown sugar and pecans.
     Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes.