There is a time for baking things from scratch and there is a time for shortcuts. After testing multiple recipes, doing a little research for an upcoming gluten-free challenge and writing three blog entries I had one more thing to do. I had to bake muffins for a bake sale at my son's school. Now I've made muffins for these kids before...from scratch. I baked healthy ones with oatmeal and raisins and they didn't touch them. I baked chocolate muffins and hid zucchini in them but my son snitched and they wouldn't touch them. I give up! Double Chocolate Muffins it is but I'm not doing it from scratch again and that's okay. One of the delightful things I've discovered is that most gluten-free mixes are free of addatives that you don't want to feed your family. They are actually just good ingredients. Imagine that! It's okay to start with a box. We're not all supermoms you know! And with a few added ingredients no one will ever know, except my readers that is. And don't tell the kids but there is actually one healthy addative...shhh...don't tell.
Double Chocolate Muffins
One gluten-free chocolate cake mix (I used King Arthur Flour)
2/3 cup vegetable oil (use what your mix calls for)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract (this mix called for it)
4 large eggs (or what your mix calls for)
1 1/3 cup secret healthy ingredient...drum roll please...orange juice (if using another brand just substatute the orange juice in equal amounts to the liquid it calls for)
1 cup chocolate chips
Mix and bake according to package directions.
*I made mini muffins and it yielded about 6 dozen
*feel free to get creative with add ins. I think I'll add in orange zest next time for go a different direction and add blueberries and cinnamon. Try something new and let me know what you do.
*Link to King Arthur Flour
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/landing.jsp?go=Home&utm_source=MSN&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand%20Broad&utm_content=King%20Arthur%20Flour%20%2d%20Broad&utm_term=king%20arthur%20flour%20at
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