Recipe: Caramelized Oatmeal Raisin Mini Muffins

I saw this recipe on Allrecipes.com and knew I had to try it!

Of course, I modified it slightly.  And made it mini.  Because that's what I do.

My take on the recipe is below.


Caramelized Oatmeal Raisin Mini Muffins

1/4 c butter
2/3 c rolled oats
2/3 c brown sugar, divided
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
2/3 c water (or liquid whey)

1 c all purpose flour
1/2 c whole wheat flour
1/3 c rolled oats
1 Tbsp baking powder
4 Tbsp flax seed meal (I used beveri)
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 c liquid whey or skim milk
1 1/3 c raisins
1 Tbsp  flour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  Lightly grease a mini muffin pan, or use paper liners.

Browning oats, spices, and brown sugar

Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook 2/3 cup oats, 1/3 cup brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg until golden brown.

Bubbling away with whey and remaining brown sugar

Stir in 2/3 cup whey or water and remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar. Cook until slightly thickened. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Mmmmm. Caramelized goodness

In a large bowl, combine flour, 1/3 cup uncooked oats, baking powder and flax seed meal. Whisk together egg and whey or milk. Make a well in the center of flour mixture, and pour in egg mixture and cooked oatmeal. Mix just until combined. Dredge raisins in 1 tablespoon flour, then fold into batter. Spoon into muffin cups.

Bake in preheated oven for ~15 minutes.

Lunch: 9.17.10

Friday's snack was a Z-bar (leftover from girl scouts), a string cheese, and a juice.

Lunch was a mini bagel sandwich with ham, half a kiwi, a granola bar, carrots, a chewy granola bar, and a couple cherry almond princess cakes, all packed in our Easy Lunchbox container.

Lunch: 9.16.10

Lunch: 9.16.10

She ate really well yesterday, so today's snack is the same - homemade granola with homemade yogurt that has some vanilla syrup stirred in, and a juice.

And lunch, in an Easy Lunchbox, is a piece of cornbread, some dried plums, a turkey sandwich on flower pain de mie, half a kiwi, and a string cheese.

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Lunch: 9.15.10

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Snack is homemade yogurt with granola with some juice.

Lunch is in a Easy Lunchbox container, and it's turkey sandwich on homemade flower pain de mie, a granola bar, half a kiwi, a couple cherry almond princess cakes, and a chewy granola bar.

Lunch: 9.14.10

 Tomorrow is the drawing for my latest giveaway, so don't miss it! Enter the King Arthur Flour giftcard giveaway by following the link.

For snack, the girl has a string cheese, half a kiwi, and a cherry almond princess cake, along with a juice.

In an Easy Lunchbox for lunch, she has leftover boiled slobbages and oompa loompa coins, along with a turkey sandwich on flower pain de mie, a couple dried plums, and a couple digestive biscuits.

Recipes: A Menu in Honor of Roald Dahl

I don't know how many of you all read my Adventures in Reading blog, but we love Roald Dahl.  Love.

I didn't hear until this morning on NPR that it was his birthday.  Oops.  So, no lunch festivities.  Oh well.

So, I made a dinner in his honor.

Oompa Loompa coins, Boiled Slobbages in tomato sauce with cheese, Charlie and the Chocolate Milk

James and the Giant Peach Cobbler with Snozzberries

First off, Boiled Slobbages.  I modified this from a recipe I found online, and it's from James and the Giant Peach, I believe.

Basically, they are spaetzle.

And they are super fun to make and delicious!  I will be making them again for sure.  Might just call them spaetzle next time, though...  I served them with plain jarred tomato sauce and cut up string cheese.  You could be more creative.  I wanted my kids to eat them.  It worked.

I also made Oompa Loompa coins, which were crinkle cut carrot coins, boiled briefly in lightly sugared water.

To drink, we had Charlie and the Chocolate Milk.  I know, how creative of me.

And, for dessert, we had James and the Giant Peach Cobbler with Snozzberries.  Those would be raspberries for the uninitiated.

Onward, to the recipes!


Boiled Slobbages in Tomato Sauce

Dough
2 eggs
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 c flour
1/4 c skim milk
1/4 c seltzer (optional - can use all milk.  The seltzer makes them fluffier)

To boil:
2 c chicken or vegetable broth
4 c water

To fry:
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp butter


For sauce:
1 c  tomato sauce (can make homemade)
3 sticks string cheese, cut up

Combine the ingredients for the dough together well.  Let rest for about 10 minutes.

In a large pot, boil broth and water.

This part is fun

Pressing the dough through

Filling up with slobbages

Using a spaetzle maker or a collander, press the dough through holes into the boiling liquid. 

My pot was a little too small

Stirring.

Boil for about 2-3 minutes, or until they all float, stirring occasionally.

Into the cold water!

Remove from the boiling liquid and submerge in a bowl of cold water for about 30 seconds.  This keeps them from sticking.

Heat oil and butter in a large frying pan.  Saute the slobbages briefly in the pan.

The string cheese got all melty before we ate. Mmmm.

Stir in sauce and pieces of string cheese and serve.


James and the Giant Peach Cobbler with Snozzberries

1/2 c butter
3/4 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 c sugar
1 pinch nutmeg
3/4 c skim milk

1 28-oz can sliced peaches in light syrup
1/2 c snozzberries (or raspberries, if you can't find snozzberries)

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Melt butter in the oven in a 9"x9" pan.

Combine all remaining ingredients except for the fruit.  Pour over the melted butter (do not stir). 

Pour the snozzberries and peaches over the top (do not drain).

Ready to go into the oven

Bake for about 45 minutes, or until the crust has risen around the fruit and is browned along the edges.

(Of course, I forgot to take a picture of it all baked and not scooped out)

Happy Birthday, Roald Dahl!