I am a devourer of The Baker’s Catalogue. When it comes in the mail, I flip through it over and over, making not so subtle circles around all the things I want. At the back, there are usually a few pages devoted to mixes. As I’ve mentioned before, I am not a big fan of mixes, but I am trying to have an open mind. So, in our local grocery store, I happened upon a package of their Cranberry-Orange Muffin Mix and decided to give it a try.
A quick read of the ingredients is encouraging. Whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cranberries, orange powder, baking powder, baking soda, whey, corn flour, and milk protein. More or less what you’d put in them yourself, I suppose.
The directions are simple enough. Eggs, butter, milk, salt, and the mix. The mix makes 9 muffins, or it can be made into a quickbread. I chose muffins and made 12 slightly smaller muffins.
The muffins were actually very good. I made them for our breakfast, and Quinn had seconds. The cranberry-orange combination was a bit different for me, but I definitely liked it. Overall, I would say that these are a good thing, especially for something to have around to whip up for a quick breakfast.
September 21st, 2006 at 10:27 am
im glad it turned out well… i love the flavor combination!
September 21st, 2006 at 1:09 pm
I love that catalouge…my husband cringes when he sees it the mail because he knows I will be wanting something.
September 22nd, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Hahaha…I do the same thing circling half the things in the catalogue! It’s nice to read a review of one of their mixes because I haven’t tried any of them. I did get a free bag of blueberry muffin mix with my last order but I haven’t made it yet. Maybe I’ll copy you and do a review of it on my site one of these days.
September 22nd, 2006 at 3:42 pm
Go for it, Nicole. I’d love to hear your opinion of them.
September 23rd, 2006 at 9:30 am
I as well don’t really like mixes – you’re right it’s basically a mix of things you would put in yourself anyway, but I don’t know – it just doesn’t feel self-made…
these look really nice though!
when I was a kid I used to ‘make’ those cupcakes with pink icing and eatable picture…yum! maybe I should give them another shot…=)
September 23rd, 2006 at 4:30 pm
I love everything to do with King Arthur. Their products and their cookbooks! Unfortunately we can only get their products on-line here in Canada which makes it quite expensive.