Chocolate Muffins
1 egg plus one egg white
½ cup milk
¼ cup oil
½ cup plain yogurt
¾ cup brown sugar
¼ t salt
¾ t baking soda
1 cup white flour
1/3 cup whole wheat flour
¼ cup cocoa
½ t vanilla
¼ cup chocolate chips
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Combine dry ingredients except sugar. In another bowl, combine wet ingredients and sugar and whisk until mixed. Add dry to wet and mix just until moistened. Fold in the chocolate chips. Bake 18-20 minutes, just until toothpick comes out with a crumb instead batter. Makes 12 muffins Can substitute 2T applesauce for ½ of the oil, and applesauce or sour cream instead of yogurt. If you use vanilla yogurt, decrease the sugar to ½ c. and omit the vanilla.
Maple-Pumpkin Oat Muffins by Joy Bauer
¾ c. whole wheat flour
¾ c. all-purpose flour
½ c. quick oats
¼ c. white sugar
2 ½ t. baking powder
¼ t. baking soda
¼ t. salt
2 t. pumpkin pie spice(or 1t. Cinnamon, ½ ginger, ¼ t nutmeg, ¼ t. cloves)
1 egg
2 T canola oil
1/3 c. pure maple syrup
1 t. vanilla
1 c. 100 % pure pumpkin puree
½ c milk
Preheat 375. In a large mixing bowl combine dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk egg, oil, maple syrup, and vanilla. Add the pumpkin and milk, and whisk to combine. Pour the wet over the dry and fold to combine. Makes 12 muffins. Can top with raw pumpkins seeds or sunflower seeds.
Bake 18-20 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Freeze really well wrapped in plastic wrap and zippered into bag.
On Friday 10/29/10 we went into the home of slain Sevier County Sheriff’s Deputy Franco Aguilar to re-insulate it. We had learned that Franco’s wife Jamie was spending approximately $250-$300 a month on heat bills last winter. In the attic we were able to seal it (we found birds living in the attic space) and then blow in 2 to 2.5 feet of new insulation, significantly raising the R-value. The professionals who assisted us think it will cut her heat bills by more than 50% this winter.(You can also purchase gift cards to be used at the store if you prefer shopping in person rather than online.)"
Franco is one of four police officers killed in Utah this year. They are a fraction of the 140 that have died thus far in 2010 nationwide. In addition to the police officers, there have been 71 fire fighters killed. Many of these heroes leave behind loved ones like Jamie and her kids who need help. Last week alone, there were 9 police officers killed, leaving 14 children, and 10 grandchildren.
This Christmas, if you plan to buy anything from any of the following retailers, you can help these families by purchasing your items online & through our website. It will not cost you one penny more, and you will be helping us improve life for these people.
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We will add additional stores upon request. You can find our site at www.penniesforheroes.org. Thank you!
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I know this is probably a shot in the dark, but does anyone have a gospel art kit that they don't use anymore and would like to sell. I have recently felt prompted that we need to use this resource to teach our children; however, we never bought one back when the church printed them (I thought my kids were too young). I know the pictures are available in the gospel art book as well as online, but I'd really like to have the picture with the description on the back. Please let me know if by chance you have an extra, your kids are too old for it, or maybe you've switched to just using the gospel art book. I'll pay full price!
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