I wanted to share this rather successful baking experiment today~ 🤗 I have a tiny #toasteroven in my tiny kitchenette, which I bought way back when I was stuffed into a little shared barracks room & that has served me well for almost ten years, so this recipe is for others trying out #toasterovenbaking ❤️ I started with a #BettyCrocker oatmeal cookie mix (17.5 oz) but I've been on a big muffin kick recently, so I did some poking around online to see how to make muffins (or cupcakes, or cake, etc.) from cookies. Basically: more liquid, more proteins, and a little more leavening. You want to make batter instead of dough, and you want it to have a good bready, muffiny texture at the end. You will need: •1 Betty Crocker oatmeal cookie mix (17.5oz) •Vegetable oil as directed on mix (1/3 cup) •1/8 tsp Cream of Tartar •2 eggs (1 + what's called for by the mix) •1/2 cup milk (I did 1/3 cup initially, then added another ~1/4 cup when it was still too thick, sooo 7/12 cup, or 1/2 cup for simplicity's sake, but feel free to keep adding until the cookie dough seems batter-like enough) •1 bag (12oz) chocolate chips (I used #Ghiradelli semi-sweet – you can use whatever flavor you like, or chopped fruit, nuts, etc. since oatmeal will pair well with just about anything!) I have found that mini muffins work best in an oven this size, and filled my silicone baking cups with 1 TBS of batter each. I didn't grease them & the muffins still come out fine, but ymmv – do whatever you usually do with your baking equipment! Set the toaster oven to 'Bake' setting & bake for 15 mins. I also like to put my oven on 'Toast' for another 30secs-1min to make sure the tops are fully cooked & crisped up rather than still sticky (as my oven will burn the bottoms before the tops crisp up when on the bake setting). JUST MAKE SURE TO SWITCH IT BACK TO BAKE BEFORE PUTTING YOUR NEXT BATCH IN, OR YOU WILL HAVE CHARCOAL!! #personalexperience 😥 And that's it! These came out pretty perfect for a somewhat blind experiment :) #happybaking ! 😊 #baking #recipes #bakingexperiment #muffins #oatmeal #food #breakfastfood #chocolate https://www.instagram.com/p/BxiDt4JJJMG/?igshid=19vhhnhpvcram
