Batter breads (patty smith)

18 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ cup Skim milk
3 tablespoons Vegetable oil
1 large Egg
1¼ cup Flour
½ cup Whole wheat flour
¼ cup Rolled oats
½ cup Brown sugar, packed
¼ cup White sugar
¼ teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Baking powder
⅛ teaspoon Cinnamon

Directions

The Houston Post food feature this past week was on batter breads.

This is a basic recipe with many variations. I thought you might like to take a look at them.

Basic Batter

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray muffin tins or loaf pan with cooking spray. In food processor or lg bowl beat milk, oil and egg.

In separate bowl, blend flours, oats, sugars, salt, baking powder and cinnamon. Stir dry ingredients into the wet ones until just moistened. Add variation ingredients. Fill regular small or mini muffin cups half full or fill loaf pan. Bake muffins 15-18 minutes or until top is golden. Bake the loaf 25 30 minutes or until top is golden.

Makes about 18 sm muffins, 30 mini-muffins or 1 loaf.

Variations: Blueberry: Fold 1 c fresh or frozen blueberries (thawed and drained) into batter.

Apple: Fold 1½ c peeled, shredded apple, 2 Tbsp walnut pieces and a dash of ground ginger into batter.

Carrot: Fold 1 ½ c finely shredded carrot, ⅓ c raisins and 2 Tbsp walnut pieces into batter.

Zucchini: Fold 1 ½ c finely shredded zucchini, ⅓ c raisins and 2 Tbsp walnut pieces into batter. Peach: Peel and finely chop 1 ½ c peaches. Fold peaches into batter.

Banana: Decrease milk to ½ c Fold ½ c well mashed banana and 2 Tbsp walnut pieces into batter. Pumpkin: Decrease milk to ½ c Fold in ¾ c canned pumpkin, ⅛ tsp nutmeg, 2 Tbsp walnut pieces. serving.

Toppings: Pecan Topping: 2 Tbsp pecan pieces, ¼ c whole wheat breakfast cereal flakes, 1 Tbsp brown sugar and 1 tsp butter.

Almond Topping: 2 Tbsp almond slices, 2 Tbsp rolled oats, ½ tsp butter and 1 Tbsp sugar

Crunch Topping: ¼ c whole wheat breakfast cereal flakes, 1 Tbsp flour, 2 Tbsp white sugar and 1 tsp butter Cinnamon Sugar: 2 Tbsp white sugar and ¼ tsp cinnamon. Blend all toppings in mini-food processor or blender and sprinkle on just before baking.

The Houston Post, September 18, 1991

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