Baking with a mix and no eggs:
I woke up in the late phase of a migraine where I'm not actually in very much pain and I'm frantic to catch up with all the time that I missed curled up in bed.
Time for Inadvisable Kitchen Science!
Don't at me. I know we're mad at Target right now. This can of soda has been in my fridge for a while and I might as well use it up.
Anyway, I got down a bag from the megabox of Krusteaz brand pumpkin bread mix. I got this can of strawberry flavored non-cola soda out of the back of the fridge. I got the big mixing bowl and a soup ladle.
Baking mix dumped into bowl; soda poured into bowl; apply ladle for alternate stirring and dredging.
Oh yeah, I ought to preheat the oven.
And get down a couple of muffin pans.
And insert silicone reusable liners.
I understand that the batter improves if I leave it alone for ten minutes after I finish mixing. Is that still true when using carbonated soda instead of milk + butter?
I still dunno, because I probably did not take ten minutes to prepare and fill the muffin pans. Not even with a deviation to put hot soapy water in the dish pan.
I maybe did take ten minutes to heat up the oven to three-seventy-five? But most of those minutes, the batter was already ladled into place.
The box says nineteen to twenty-two minutes for a dozen standard-ish muffins. I had six regular size and six large. I found that neither subset was done baking until 28 minutes.
The bottoms did not burn. Progress!
They have a very soft mouthfeel.
I am not sure if I taste the strawberry as much as I smell it.
Let's see if Wookieegunner and CBairdAsh have opinions, once they wake up.