BIZZY BAKES

The mind plays strange tricks which is what explains why I bought a cake mix to make cookies.  Actually, I pride myself on baking from scratch and I really do, almost all of the time.  I did not buy this mix to save time, rather to experiment.  It is fun to have a ready to go mix and then take it apart to make something else.   I used Duncan Hines cake mix and I would guess, you could use a different flavor and build cookies from it.  The recipe, I found was for cookie bars but I wanted cookies and I stuck with them.  I used the cookie bar recipe and adjusted, as I went along.  I don't know where the recipe comes from although it is not from Duncan Hines. If you are looking for some interesting recipes, check out the Duncan Hines site and probably the other major brands, as well. Butterscotch Cake Mix Cookies Ingredients: 1 package Duncan Hines Yellow Cake Mix 1/4 cup water 2 eggs 1/4 cup margarine or butter 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 cup...

Here we are on Monday, my muffin day and also a linky for muffins at Talking Dollars and Cents. Net.  I love making muffins because they are so easy, yet they are versatile and delicious.  Muffins are better than cupcakes, in my opinion, because they are usually less sweet. For this week I made a Cooking Light recipe which was actually for Toffee Blondies.  When, I started to set up the recipe, I was also making blondies.  That is until, I tried to put the batter into the square pan.  It was too thick and and too sticky and didn't fill the bottom of the pan.  Waste not, want not, I put the batter into 6 muffin cups and I got blondie muffins.  Muffin shapes with the texture and look of blondies. Butterscotch Blondie Muffins  ( Adapted) Ingredients: 1 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 cup butter, melted  1/4 cup egg substitute  2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup all-purpose flour (I made mine gluten-free) 1/2 teaspoon baking powder...

Welcome back to Bake with Bizzy.  I am baking cookies, these days.  This morning, I made Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies and threw in some chocolate chips, for the fun of it.  Add chocolate chips to almost any dessert and you have made it better. This was a snap to make.  They are basic drop cookies with only brown sugar which gives them their flavor.  This only makes 24 teaspoon cookies.  Since, I am bringing them to school, the kids are only going to get one cookie, each and I feel badly about that. Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies  ( adapted from Cooking Light) Ingredients: 3/4 cup   all-purpose flour  1 cup   old-fashioned rolled oats 1/2 teaspoon   baking soda 1/4 teaspoon   salt   3/4 cup   packed brown sugar   1/4 cup   margarine, softened   1 teaspoon   vanilla extract 1 egg 1/3 cup  butterscotch bits 1/4 cup chocolate chips Cooking spray   Method: ...

Coconut-Butterscotch Muffins  I like to bake, almost daily and it is important to me, to have variety.  I would not be happy making pies or cakes or muffins, everyday.  It may be a platitude but I think, variety in baking is the spice of life. I had a topping mix left from another recipe and did not want to keep it, taking up space.  My choices were muffins or a coffee cake.  Muffins won.  I had not eaten lunch and was hungry.  Muffins are done quickly and easily and for some reason, sounded acceptable for lunch while a coffee cake did not. I name the muffins after the topping, a blend of coconut, dried apples, butterscotch chips and chopped almonds.  With a small amount of canola oil, I had a nice streusel for the muffin. Coconut-Butterscotch Muffins  Ingredients - 2 cups AP flour 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon instant coffee 1 tablespoon baking powder  1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 cup Brownulated brown s...