Oooh, since you're talking about oatmeal, maybe one of you can answer a baking-with-oats question! I want to make some oat muffins (prolly using this recipe, but substituting other dried fruit for the raisins), but we don't have any milk in the house. Heavy cream, yes. Milk, no. Could I just dilute the cream with water? Or will that do something wonky during the baking?
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Spike's Bitches 34: They're All Slime and Antlers
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Atropa - Jan 16, 2007 11:46:54 am PST #1123 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
vw bug - Jan 16, 2007 11:50:45 am PST #1124 of 10001
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Jilli, that's totally what I'd do, but I have no idea if it would do something wonky. It would become one of my many culinary experiments.
Laga - Jan 16, 2007 11:53:56 am PST #1125 of 10001
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You could just add the cream as-is and (I think) all it will do is make your cookies taste richer.
Atropa - Jan 16, 2007 11:55:46 am PST #1126 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
You could just add the cream as-is and (I think) all it will do is make your cookies taste richer.
Oh, it would do that, and be very yummy. But oh-so bad for us, and I'm trying to at least wave in the direction of healthy muffin baking.
Ginger - Jan 16, 2007 11:57:47 am PST #1127 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You could cut down on whatever other shortening is in there. You can substitute butter fat.
Cass - Jan 16, 2007 12:04:42 pm PST #1128 of 10001
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I am making brownies now. I blame you all. And the angered weather gods who have made the outside cold and white.
vw bug - Jan 16, 2007 12:05:41 pm PST #1129 of 10001
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Damn. Now I want brownies. Or muffins. Or potatoes. Or oatmeal.
brenda m - Jan 16, 2007 12:08:59 pm PST #1130 of 10001
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Jilli, you should be able to do that without a problem. I do that kind of thing all the time.
vw bug - Jan 16, 2007 12:10:39 pm PST #1131 of 10001
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Oh, and in semi-related news, it can snow here now. I just bought snow boots at the end-of-the-season (what?) sale at Sketchers.
Cass - Jan 16, 2007 12:11:10 pm PST #1132 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Come here! I have things heating slowly on the stove right now but I should have achieved brownie goodness in about an hour.
And once it hits 5? Snowtini. I have a miniture Tanq 10 and I'm not afraid to sip it over snow. Because I don't have ice.
The weather gods are forcing me to eat and drink!