in which i bake...

[wrennette]

combination of things led to me heating my apartment with my oven this evening...
» i was feeling autumn-y
» my roommate went apple picking recently, and we still have more apples than we really know what to do with
» i bought a squash at the supermarket, but a whole squash is a bit much for one person

therefore, i decided to bake. i made:
» apple coffee cake
» squash & spice muffins



will be linking this to bakebakebake so to save time, recipes and more pictures here
apple coffee cake:


ingredients - cake:
» 1 1/2 c. flour
» 1/2 c. sugar
» 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
» 1 tsp. cinnamon
» 1 egg
» 1/2 c. milk
» 1/4 c. canola oil
» 1 1/2 c. chopped apples
» 1/2 c. raisins (optional)

ingredients - topping:
» 1/4 c. brown sugar
» 2 tbsp. flour
» 1 tsp. cinnamon
» 2 tbsp. butter

instructions:
» prepare and 8 or 9 inch cake pan and preheat oven to 400f
» mix dry ingredients for cake, then mix in wet ingredients, apples, and raisins.
» pour cake mixture into pan
» mix topping ingredients, cutting in butter as for pastry
» sprinkle topping on top of cake - more is better
» bake for around 30 minutes at 400f or until toothpick comes out clean

notes:
» i used a slightly smaller casserole dish than i was supposed to, resulting in this sort of looking like a giant muffin and requiring about 40 minutes of baking time total. also, due to the fact that my baking powder is low quality and tends to give baked goods an unsatisfactory aftertaste, i used only 1 tsp. baking powder, and substituted 1 tsp. baking soda.

squash & spice muffins:


ingredients:
» 1 c. white flour
» 3/4 c. whole wheat flour
» 2 tbsp. wheat germ (optional)
» 3 tsp. baking powder
» 1/4 c. sugar
» 1 tsp. cinnamon
» 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
» 1/4 tsp. each cloves, ginger, allspice, mace, or other spices
» 1/2 c. raisins
» 1 egg
» 1/3 c. canola oil
» 1/2 c. mashed squash (or pumpkin or sweet potatoes)
» 2/3 c. milk
» cinnamon sugar to garnish

instructions:
» preheat oven to 400f
» mix dry ingredients, then add raisins
» in smaller bowl, mix wet ingredients and squash
» stir wet ingredients into dry, mixing until just blended
» spoon into 12 medium or 6 large lined muffin cups
» sprinkle muffin tops with cinnamon sugar
» bake for 20 minutes

notes:
» i used an acorn squash, which i halved, cleaned, and baked for about an hour at 400f in preparation. after i had eaten the toasted seeds as a snack, i realized they would have made an awesome garnish for the tops of the muffins. in any case, the squash i had wasn't very flavorful, nor very orange, so these were paler and blander than when i've made them before. also, like for the apple coffee cake above, i substituted out some of the baking powder for baking soda to avoid the bitter aftertaste.

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[xhereonearthx.livejournal.com]

only if you do the dishes. if you'll do the dishes, we are soooo getting married.