I can answer your baking questions! Let share fun recipes!

[MistyWeeg13]

Yum! I just made an apple pie, and a Pumpkin cheese cake! I bet it was delicious! It sounds amazing!

 

[flowerbug]

a very easy no bake cheesecake recipe involves cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk and some flavorings of choices. what you put it in can vary as can the various flavorings and layers used. this was taken from an old recipe from the cereal box of corn flakes or frosted flakes called Cherry Breeze.

the basic amounts are 8oz cream cheese, 1 small can (i think they are 14oz now) sweetened condensed milk, 1/4 cup of lemon juice is what i make the most often.

method, microwave the cream cheese for a few seconds and then fluff before adding the rest of the ingredients. oh, and you can whip this really good to get more air in it and that makes it lighter.

variations, cutting back on sweetness a whole can of sweetened condensed milk is too sweet for me, i've used condensed milk, sour cream, whole milk yogurt, etc.

also i love lime juice instead. have also made peanut butter version. good vanilla, various liquors for flavors. layers of different flavors. etc. we normally do not use crusts we just like the filling and put it in serving glasses instead.

right now i'm contemplating macaroons. i like them plain, but i also like them with some butterscotch chips, walnuts and chocolate chips added.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

DS14 wants to mix shredded apple with the zucchini instead of adding sugar.

Sounds like a great idea.

 

[Cecilia's-life]

Can you share the bad recipes with us? I need to bake "cupcakes" for my kids' breakfasts. I need to use zucchini. DS14 wants to mix shredded apple with the zucchini instead of adding sugar.

I’m going to be honest. I’ve tried those. They taste like barf. 😂

 

[Cecilia's-life]

Can you share the bad recipes with us? I need to bake "cupcakes" for my kids' breakfasts. I need to use zucchini. DS14 wants to mix shredded apple with the zucchini instead of adding sugar.

https://www.jaroflemons.com/blueberry-banana-protein-muffins/
I really hated this one.

 

[tortoise]

https://www.jaroflemons.com/blueberry-banana-protein-muffins/
I really hated this one

Thanks for the warning! 😁

 

[MistyWeeg13]

Uff dah. Well, I mixed it up and thought "there is no way this runny batter will set up as cookies"

I added flour and forgot to add nuts.

They look okay but are bland and a little too crumbly.

The cookbook is supposed to be healthier foods so I think some of their substitutions made it "off". These are for my kids so I'm going to look up a normal oatmeal cookie recipe with butter and sugar and add the fruit and nuts to it.

What happened with the batter? Who did eh substitutions make it runny? I am happy to help you figure it out! Oh! Andhere is my go to 5 minuet super heathy oatmeal cookie recipe! I am a minor, and I still love them!
https://runningonrealfood.com/flourless-peanut-butter-banana-oatmeal-cookies/ - you can use honey as a sweetener too, i use it all the time!

 

[tortoise]

The recipe calls for "neutral flavor cooking oil" and sweetened with maple syrup. The bones of the recipe are 1/2 cup oil, 1/2 cup syrup, 1 cup oats, 1 cup flour, 1 egg

 

[CrealCritter]

I LOVE MUFFINS

 

[MistyWeeg13]

I think a stick of butter and 1 cup sugar would work better. Cream it, add the egg, add the spice/vanilla/leavening, then flour, oats, fruit and nuts.

Ya, that sounds better. I have never had any good luck with using oil. It is to soft. This is how google put it, but a good rule of thumb- Cookies (Oil Option) – Use half the amount of oil in cookie recipes that call for butter, but add liquid as needed. So if your recipe calls for 1 cup butter, substitute 1/2 cup oil and add liquid until the dough comes together and looks properly hydrated. It is possible that the recipe didn't cut the oil content in half, and that resulted in the thin batter. That is what I would guess.