![]() ![]() (See that last picture? I'd forgotten the sugar. Add the wet ingredients to the dry mix, and stir just until the batter is evenly moist and thoroughly combined. In a small mixing bowl or large measuring cup, whisk together the oil, milk, and egg. Whisk together the scone mix, salt, and sugar. *Bet you didn't know how much space muffin papers actually take up I find that when I use muffin papers, the recipe yields more muffins than when I don't use papers. Depending on the mix you choose, and whether or not you use muffin papers,* you'll be making 12 to 14 muffins, so plan accordingly. Lightly grease a standard muffin pan or line it with papers, and grease the papers. Studded with chopped dried strawberries plus raspberry and blueberry bits, this mix sounded like an interesting way to get started.Ģ to 3 tablespoons (7/8 to 1 1/4 ounces) sugar, optional, for a sweeter muffin or bread Note: Keep in mind you can use any of our scone mixes in any of the following recipes just pick whatever flavor sounds good to you for whatever treat you're making. So, nothing like a nice batch of warm muffins first thing in the morning, right? Let's start there. Whether I want a quick batch of muffins for my husband and his fellow Saturday-morning trail-clearing volunteers a coffeecake to bring to my mother-in-law, or pancakes – just because I feel like treating myself – I'm now a mix-master.Ī contrite, humbled, happy-to-be-proven-wrong mix-master. So, next time I'm at the store, I'm restocking my pantry. As were the strawberries and cream shortcake biscuits.Īnd, for someone whose KitchenAid and Cuisinart get a good workout most days, it was quiet and kind of nice to be able to mix up the batter for all of these recipes using nothing more than a bowl and spoon. To close the circle on this baking experiment, the pancakes (which, in a serendipitous twist, I made using French toast scone mix) were delightful. They make THE BEST muffins, coffeecake, and quick bread - I'm assuming the pancakes will be just as good. "I know I was joking about scone mixes, but I'm blown away by how good they really are - I am totally going to keep scone mixes in my pantry from now on, for emergencies. In fact, I was SO pleasantly surprised, I emailed my fellow Web team members the following: Was amazed by 1) how quick, 2) how easy, and 3) how GOOD said comestibles turned out to be. Found the recipe online telling how to use the mix to make not scones, but pancakes, and coffeecake, bread and muffins and shortcake.įollowed the recipes. To make a potentially long story short, I brought the mixes home. As I loaded my cart, I felt the first gentle breeze of interest riffling across my mind. And the boxes had a pleasing heft these mixes weren't lightweights, capable of producing a miserly 6 or 8 tiny scones. First thing I noticed - wow, we have a LOT of different scone mixes - 21, to be exact. ![]() Or maybe I can take it with me – angel food cake, anyone?Īnyway, I dutifully hied myself over to the King Arthur Baker's Store here in Norwich, VT, and picked up six scone mixes, pretty much at random. Truth be told, when I finally go to that big kitchen in the sky, they'll have to wrest the bag of King Arthur all-purpose out of my hands before I pass through the pearly gates (excuse the mixed metaphor). I start with FLOUR and I ADD MY OWN INGREDIENTS, thank you very much. It was musical chairs, and guess who was left standing? I didn't want anything to do with the topic of this blog post: "King Arthur scone mixes, and everything you can do with them." I was volunteered for the job when my fellow bloggers suddenly all disappeared – not at their desks, out-of-office email messages firmly in place. And I'm screwing up my fortitude, right now, to admit A BIG MISTAKE I made recently. Well, as any of you know who's ever taken a wrong turn in Boston traffic lazed on the beach for hours without applying sunscreen to the tops of your feet or – been there, done that – spilled an entire half-gallon of vegetable oil on the kitchen floor, mistakes happen. There's something about our human nature that simply doesn't want us to admit being found anything less than perfect. ![]() Do you know how hard it is to say those words? Sure you do. ![]()
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