Magic Muffins

Recipes with the basic mix that is universal for many types of bread, muffins, scones, or other baked goods are amazing. I found this Magic Muffin recipe below which is just perfect and who could go wrong with the name.

Menu:

Breakfast – crunchy corn bran

Lunch – baja fiesta salad with quinoa, avocado, papaya, red leaf salad and mango papaya dressing

Snack – wasabi rice crackers

Dinner – Grilled chicken with apricot mango chipotle dressing and green beans

Dessert – soy chocolate milk

Happy Thoughts: Magic Muffins with Bananas and vegan chocolate chips.

Special Stuff: http://www.celiac.com/articles/1185/1/Magic-Muffins---Universal-Gluten-Free-Muffin-Mix/Page1.html

Other Notables: Gelson’s now makes little orange tags at the grocery store so you know what products are gluten free….Thank You!

Magic Muffins - Universal Gluten-Free Muffin Mix

Just start with basic mix then add fruit of choice. Basic mix recipe and variations below:

Basic Mix
½ cup brown rice flour
½ cup white rice flour
¼ cup Tapioca flour
¼ cup Potato starch flour
¼ cup Flax seed meal
2/3 cup Sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
¼ teaspoon salt
1/3 cup Shortening

To this you need to add:
1 cup of something wet (sour cream, banana, yogurt, apple sauce)
2 eggs

Variation:

Banana Chocolate Chip
Use 1 Cup mashed banana for the wet ingredient (plus 2T milk, soy or almond milk)
add choc. chips. or nuts if desired

Use 1 cup plain yogurt for the wet ingredient
1 apple cut into small chunks
add in cinnamon with dry ingredients

Then bake at 350F for about 25 minutes.