The last recipe of the day – and this time it’s gluten-free!
Ingredients:
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup avocado oil (or other vegetable oil)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp baking powder
Zest from 2 oranges
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F and oil a 12 serving muffin pan.
In a large bowl, thoroughly mix together eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine the pizza crust mix, sugar and baking powder.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet and fold together, being careful not to overmix.
Fold in the orange zest and chocolate chips.
Pour into the prepared cups, filling 3/4 full. Bake at 350F for 20-22 minutes until golden and the tops spring back when lightly touched. Serve warm or at room temperature.
This is our third muffin recipe of the day, from Nathanael.
Unfortunately, according to Nathanael, this muffins were just too rich. I think leaving out either the orange or mint would have helped – both together was a little much!
Ingredients:
1 egg
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 cup buttermilk (or 1/2 cup milk with a little lemon juice or vinegar stirred in – let sit for 10 minutes)
Grated zest of 1 orange
1 tsp mint extract
1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F
Whisk egg with sugar. Whisk in melted butter. Whisk in 1/2 cup buttermilk.
Stir in grated orange zest and mint extract. Stir well until smooth.
In a separate bowl, combine whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients briefly until just incorporated.
Fold in chocolate chips.
Spoon into prepared muffin cups or loaf pan(s). Bake at 375F until a toothpick comes away dry or with a few moist crumbs when inserted in the center (typically 15-25 minutes for muffins, longer for loaves).
To create this recipe, Nathanael used the “Muffinator”.
This is the second recipe in a series of four – one from each member of the family.
This is the recipe that Hannah invented, and apparently it was a big success.
Ingredients:
1 egg
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup cocoa powder (Hershey’s, of course)
Grated zest of 1 orange
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp oatmeal
1.5 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Maraschino cherries, cut in halves
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F
Whisk egg with granulated sugar. Whisk in melted butter. Whisk in milk.
Stir in vanilla extract and cocoa powder. Stir in grated orange zest. Stir well until smooth.
In a separate bown, combine flour, oatmeal, baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients briefly until just incorporated.
Fold in chocolate chips.
Spoon into prepared muffin cups or loaf pan(s). Put 1/2 a maraschino cherry on top of each muffin. Bake at 375F until a toothpick comes away dry or with a few moist crumbs when inserted in the center (typically 15-25 minutes for muffins, longer for loaves).
To create this recipe, Hannah used the “Muffinator”. Try it! 🙂
A little while ago we had a muffin-making bonanza. For our family time together, we decided to invent our own muffin recipes and bake them.
I promised to share those recipes with you. So – ladies first – we’ll start with Shari’s recipe. The rest will follow later today.
Ingredients:
2 eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Grated zest of 2 oranges
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
80g oatmeal (about .87cups)
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Optional: 224g blueberries, sugar and cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F.
Whisk eggs together with granulated sugar. Whisk in melted butter. Whisk in milk.
Stir in vanilla extract and cinnamon. Stir in grated orange zest until mixture is smooth.
In a separate bown, combine flours, oatmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients briefly until just incorporated.
Fold in blueberries.
Spoon into prepared muffin cups or loaf pan(s). Optional: cook another 224g of blueberries, along with a little sugar down to make a jam. Divide the jam among the muffins or loaves and swirl a bit with a toothpick of chopstick. Sprinkle with a little brown sugar mixed with cinnamon to taste.
Bake at 375F until a toothpick comes away dry or with a few moist crumbs when inserted in the center (typically 15-25 minutes for muffins, longer for loaves).
To create this recipe, Shari used the “Muffinator”. All who tried these muffins thought they were yummy. 🙂
Ok, here it is! This is your chance to see what our first service was like at the new property in Jesús María. 🙂
A few disclaimers are probably in order first. The video is only 12 minutes long, so I obviously left out a lot. For example, many people shared their thoughts about having a service at the property for the first time, but I only included a few. Some parts didn’t record as well as others, or were hard to hear, etc.
Also, I’ve included some “subtitles” – sort of – in the English version of this video. They are only paraphrases and summaries of what was said (or sung). I didn’t have the time to translate every word, and sometimes parts were cut off or difficult to hear. So if you understand Spanish, you’re a step ahead. If not, you’ll get the general idea. 🙂
I was thinking today that this was actually the first time we’ve had a place that we’ve fit into. The first Sunday we met, it was in a rented house, and it was packed out. When we rented the salon, we frequently ran out of room.
Admittedly, we were a little short on chairs on Sunday, but we had lots of room and we have space to build a bigger room.
This morning we had our first service on the new property! More pictures and video are coming, but I want to give a quick report with a few pictures.
Four years ago, there was no church in Jesús MarÃa. So more than anything, we thank “our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us … to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works” (Titus 2:13-14)!
I don’t know what you think of when you think of a church plant, but you may find two things interesting.
First, there was no missionary leading the service. A missionary didn’t preach, or teach Sunday school, or lead the music. No missionary planned the songs or arranged for the food that appeared after the service. I happened to be playing keyboard, but I don’t do that every week.
Now sometimes we do those things, but our goal is to equip others. And, in fact, we can’t even say that we did that alone – apart from God who truly gives people the power, believers (many still young in the faith) have helped others to get involved.
Jesus builds His Church. We’re honoured to serve Him.
That being said, here’s the other amazing thing. There are many, many, many people who have been involved in this work. Even looking just at the land and the building, there have been people from many parts of the world who have helped.
Thank you to the many who have prayed for these people, and who have given and even come and helped with the construction!
But speaking just of people here in Mexico City, there have been so many people who have given sacrificially of their time and money to make this property and building a reality. I’m talking about people working late into the night, people praying, people washing cars to earn money, people selling food … looking around during the service, surely almost everyone we could see (except for new people) had helped to get us to where we are.
So the work is all the Lord’s – and yet He invites so many to be involved! A great community of people, leading others to worship and praise and celebrate!
It’s exciting that the church now has property that belongs to them – a place to make disciples.
But the neat things is, the church itself (or, I should say, ourselves), belongs to Christ – purchased with His blood – united forever to Him.
