oatmeal raisin muffins ~

I baked !  I know ... it's been awhile.  It's been a long winter and I haven't been doing much baking ~ making all those comfort foods that put on the pounds ... yet ... I'm still well insulated. lol

Today though, I decided it was time to bake something.  Something healthy, yet comforting ... AND ... I needed to check out the new element put in my oven to see make sure it was working.  That's the REAL reason why my baking has been put on the back burner.  My oven needed a new thing-a-ma-jiggy put in it so it would work again.

I made muffins!  Oatmeal Raisin Muffins ~ and I used my old olD oLD OLD heavy cast iron muffin tins.  Last year my daughter Staci gave me two of them that she found at an estate sale.  I LOVE them!

OATMEAL RAISIN MUFFINS

makes: 1 doz.

350 degree oven  30 min.

1 Cup Rolled Oats

1 Cup Buttermilk

1 Egg

1/2 Cup melted Butter

1/2 Cup Brown Sugar or Brown Sugar Twin or Splenda Substitute

1/2 tsp. Orange Extract 

1 Cup Flour

1 tsp. Cinnamon

1-1/2 tsp. Baking Powder

1 tsp. Baking Soda

1/4 tsp. Salt

1 Cup Raisins

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  Line or grease 12 muffin cups with paper baking cups.  

Combine the rolled oats, buttermilk, egg, butter and brown sugar.  

Add the orange extract.

Add the dry ingredients ~ flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt.

Stir in the raisins.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

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When I made these today, I forgot to add the baking powder ( I know... but that's how forgetful I am) ... and they still turned out really good.  They would have rose a little better, I'm sure, if I had remembered it.  None the less ~ they're delish and they'll still get eaten.  BUT ... more important ... MY OVEN WORKS!! Yippee!

Until next time...

So it goes in my neck of the woods.

~mel