RECIPE: Pistachio-Chocolate Muffins For St. Patrick’s Day

[1] The chocolate remains hidden until you dig into the muffin (photo courtesy Agnese Italian Recipes. [2] You can buy pistachio flour or grind your own from pistachio nuts. See the technique below (photo courtesy Gourmet Food World). [3] For more festiveness, look for green foil muffin/cupcake liners (photo courtesy Fox Run).   February 26th…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Breakfast Cupcakes

What’s the difference between a cupcake and a muffin? Cupcakes have a finer crumb (from using cake flour versus all-purpose flour), a bit more sugar and are iced, adding even more sugar. While muffins do have somewhat less sugar, don’t let the name lull you into a sense of “better for you”: They are cake…
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PRODUCT: Duncan Hines Triple Chocolate Muffin Mix

Muffin or cake? You be the judge. Photo courtesy Duncan Hines. New! 100% Whole Grain Triple Chocolate Chunk Premium Muffin Mix. That message, on a box of Duncan Hines mix, caught our eye. Sure, we all should add more whole grain to our diets (in this case whole wheat flour replaces the white flour). But…
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