country blueberry muffin mix

I am thankful that this is mix week because it is also Holy Week.  As a church musician, that means little free time between singing for the Triduum services in addition to my regular work responsibilities.  Simplicity is the motto that has gotten me to the end of the week still upright and fairly coherent!

Blueberries are a favorite at my house making King Arthur Flour’s Country Blueberry Muffin Mix seemed like a nice treat to have around during the busy weekend.  The mix requires that you add to it oil or butter, eggs, and milk.  I used almond milk and oil.  All of the ingredients are mixed together, poured into a prepared muffin tin, and baked for 18-22 minutes.  That’s it!  It doesn’t get much simpler than that!

We are still being careful about eating too many sweets and snacks at my house, so I decided that rather than making the dozen regular sized muffins that the mix makes, I would make mini muffins.  I got 60 mini muffins. I used about a TBS or a little more for each muffin.  They baked for only 10 minutes.

This is a great mix to keep in your pantry “just in case.”  Whether you need a quick breakfast or a snack, these muffins are quick and easy to make…and delicious!  They have a strong flavor of blueberries, which is what you want from a blueberry muffin, right?

To those of you that celebrate Happy Easter.

Happy spring to everyone!

from Tracey G.

Lemon Coffee House Cake Mix

Well, this week has been quite the adventure, with Easter coming up, an unexpected illness or two, so let me say I was extra double happy that it was Mix Week! Not only was I in need of a yummy treat, I was also in need of something fast and easy!

This Lemon Coffee House Cake Mix from King Arthur Flour was all of those things rolled into one – easy, fast and yummy! It’s a lovely lemon pound cake-style cake, with a yummy lemony icing they provide to top it with.

The cake mix required very little by way of extra ingredients  for the cake you provide:

• 3 eggs
• 1 stick of softened butter
• 1/3 cup milk

For the icing:

• 1 tbsp of butter, melted
• 1 tbsp of milk (or more depending on the desired thickness of your icing)

Everything gets dumped into the mixer to be combined, then poured in the pan and baked about 45-55 min, mine needed about 50 minutes. You let it cool, mix up your icing ingredients and spread or pour it on. Done. Slice and eat! I should mention that, they also have an alternative preparation with involving these ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil instead of butter
• 1/3 cup water instead of milk

I did notice that online, the back of the package has those amounts for oil and water reversed, but the product page has the ingredients as I listed out, which made more sense to me.

But that’s all there is to it. It’s very easy way to have a yummy informal treat that does go great with coffee! I have a feeling that on their next mix sale I will be picking up a couple to have around on hand!