Thursday, March 3, 2011

The (bis)quick and the bread part 2 - Honey Mustard Bacon Garlic Muffins

Every once in a while I get a last second improvisational urge to bake something with dinner, and do not have the time or patience to knead or breadmachine something out, wait for it to rise, etc etc etc

Bisquick is the answer.  This time I started playing around with the ratios of bisquick to milk and adding some new awesome ingredients.  My parents, who I love mind you, think its hilarious to respond to the question "What's in this?"  My dad: "ingredients, really good ingredients"  He's so funny. ahem. so.....

but there is a kernel of truth in that.  who can resist honey mustard, bacon, and garlic in a recipe?  so this is an approximate sketch of what I ended up doing.

the new ratio of more liquid makes the batter smoother and less 'tacky' therefore harder to shape onto a piece of parchment paper to be free standing so I employed some muffin tins.

1 1/2 cups bisquick (the heart healthy kind)
2/3 cups milk
2 strips turkey bacon, cooked then crumbled
1 tbls honey
1 tbls smokey brown mustard
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp cayenne pepper

mix the batter together, spray a muffin pan (i used a 6 muffin pan, but 12 would work, you'll only fill 7-8 at the most...this batter doesn't rise much so you can fill all the way up to the top)



then bake at 450 for 10 minutes.  again I used a stone to retain heat in the oven and placed the muffin tin right on top of the stone.  bake until the muffins look like this (below) and are 'hollow' sounding when you tap the tops.


Feel free to perhaps add more honey, mustard, or garlic salt depending on what flavor you may want to feature more...just be aware the more honey or mustard you add you may need to add a little more bisquick so as to not make the batter too soupy!

UPDATE: Added new information to the Troubleshooting your Bread Machine page

Boom. Posted. and happy Thursday.

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