The first clue should have been the three cups of shortening. I knew it sounded bad, but I read the recipe four times to make sure. Then Kelly read it. He told me it would never work, and he told me several times during the mixing process. I told him this was about trying out the recipes. Well...This one stunk! And not like in smelly. They smelled good. Even the parts that cooked tasted like they had potential. But this has to be the worst recipe ever. Another testament to why the book is not in print? Some of the recipes are great, so we'll just have to see as we go along. Here's the long of the short of it...
Batter that was the consistency of frosting...
it never settled no matter how long it sat.
They came out looking okay, until they SUNK.
Grease in the bottom of the muffin pan, and a cupcake that had no form whatsoever. Just a greasy mess. The flour tried to help, but it was overpowered.
Kelly, who had been squirming the entire time, and who has the gift of being able to just figure things out, tried to salvage the batter. We figured this was about a $15-20 batter.
He added more of everything except shortening to try to balance the levels. The new batch looked better, but were very dense and reminded me of pie crust.
What a waste! All this went in the garbage.
5 comments:
I'm so sorry your blueberry yumminess did not turn out. What a shame! What a waste! Here's hoping the next recipe is an amazing one . . . :)
That's a lot of shortening!
IT'S TRUE! There really MUST be opposition in ALL things, even muffins apparently! You cannot appreciate the really good ones if there are not any bad ones along the way right? Now you know. So glad you all continued trying to make muffins out of mush! Now the next go-round will seem even that much better, I am sure!!!
Eww gross! Sorry they didn't turn out. I've been waiting for this week's cupcake update, but it looks like it didn't turn out too well. It's a cute cookbook, though.
Oh no! So disappointing when treats don't turn out!
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