Posted on 12/19/2022 6:10:12 AM PST by Red Badger
NATIONAL OATMEAL MUFFIN DAY
Enjoy a delicious breakfast or snack on National Oatmeal Muffin Day. It’s an excellent way to celebrate on December 19th annually.
#OatmealMuffinDay
Known for its health benefits, millions of people start each day with an oatmeal muffin. Oatmeal includes health benefits for our hearts. Finding ways to incorporate it into our diets increases the opportunities to reap those benefits. Oatmeal muffins are another way to enjoy oatmeal.
The American muffin is similar in size and shape to a cupcake. Recipes for oatmeal muffins began to appear in American cookbooks in the mid-1800s. Raisins, bananas, blueberries and other healthy fruits often compliment oatmeal muffins. Add nuts for even more health benefits and texture, too.
HOW TO OBSERVE OATMEAL MUFFIN DAY
Bake some oatmeal muffins to enjoy. Share them with your family and friends.
Try these oatmeal muffin recipes: LINKS AT SITE...........
Spiced Peach Oatmeal Muffin
Oatmeal Muffin
Use #OatmealMuffinDay to post on social media.
NATIONAL OATMEAL MUFFIN DAY HISTORY
National Day Calendar will be experimenting with tasty recipes while we continue seeking the origins of this baked up holiday.
Oatmeal FAQ
Q. How many calories are in an oatmeal muffin?
A. A 4-ounce oatmeal muffin contains approximately 160 calories.
Q. Are oatmeal muffins healthier than other muffins?
A. Oatmeal muffins can be healthier than other muffins depending on the ingredients used to make them. Adding oatmeal to a muffin recipe increases the fiber content, which is a good thing. Oatmeal is also known to be good for the heart. Combining oatmeal muffins with fruit will allow you to reduce the amount of processed sugar used, too.
December 19th Celebrated (And Not So Celebrated) History
1843
Chapman & Hall of London publishes the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The holiday classic continues to be a perennial favorite.
1918
Robert Ripley begins writing his “Believe It or Not” column for the New York Globe.
1973
During his monologue on the Tonight Show, Johnny Carson jokes about shortages. “You know what else is disappearing from the supermarket shelves? Toilet paper! Ha, ha, ha! You can laugh now. There is an acute shortage of toilet paper in the good ol’ United States.” In the days preceding Carson’s monologue, Representative Harold Froehlich (R) of Wisconsin predicted a toilet paper shortage due to paper pulp shortages and pulp exports. But he also predicted shortages of all kinds of paper products. Shortages did materialize and shoppers faced empty shelves from coast to coast. Suppliers and purchasing agents were unable to fill orders.
1980
Raging Bull, starring Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, and Joe Pesci, is released nationally in the United States. Directed by Martin Scorsese the film follows the life of professional boxer Jake LaMotta who held the world middleweight boxing title from 1949-1951. The film won Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Film Editing.
1984
Twenty-three-year-old Wayne Gretzky, playing for the Edmonton Oilers, becomes the youngest and the 18th National Hockey League player to score 1000 points.
December 19th Celebrated (And Not So Celebrated) Birthdays
Mary Livermore – 1820
Livermore took up her pen to further social reforms such as women’s suffrage and temperance following the Civil War. She also volunteered her time and led several organizations.
Carter G. Woodson -1850
The American historian and journalist was the second African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard. As an author, he wrote several historical works including The Mis-Education of the Negro and A Century of Negro Migration. He also founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
Rudolf Hell – 1901
The prolific German inventor revolutionized print technology. From scanning and printing to transmission, Hell’s inventions involved all areas of the print world.
William C. DeVries – 1943
In 1982, the American heart surgeon implanted the Jarvik-7, the first permanent artificial heart, into 61-year-old Barney Clark. Clark was terminally ill and survived for 112 days following the surgery.
Muffin Top Ping!................
It’s also:
National EMO Day
National Hard Candy Day
National Look for an Evergreen Day
National Harry’s Day
National Heroes & Heroines Day
I focus on edibles only................
OK...Which is it??? National Oatmeal Muffin Day or National Hard Candy Day???
Of course, it COULD be National Blueberry Waffle with Chocolate Chip and Raisins On Top Day...
That’s next September.....................
LOL...
Yesterday morning, I was looking for something to fix for breakfast for my wife. (she has a cold)
She and I share the kitchen both of us are good cooks. We both have huge libraries of cookbooks.
I found an oatmeal scone recipe that is absolutely perfect.
https://www.food.com/recipe/oatmeal-scones-58403
I used raisins and dried cranberrys.
Note: they have the recipe protected so you cannot copy it. You could do a screen capture.
I decided I would just open up an editor and reduce the size of the editor display where I could type the recipe into the editor as I looked at the recipe as background.
So now I have it in text form so it can be shared.
Maybe this will tide you over until then:
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
Name: Blueberry Muffins
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Total Prep: 45 minutes
Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
2 1/2 cups blueberries
Glaze
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons lemon juice
Inspiration:
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease muffin tin or line with paper muffin cups.
In a medium bowl, beat together softened butter and sugar until creamy. Add one egg at a time, mixing well.
Stir in baking powder, salt, and vanilla.
Incorporate flour and milk alternately, stirring just enough to combine making sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
Mash 1/2 cup of blueberries. Add all the blueberries to the batter. Mix gently just dispersing the berries throughout the mixture.
Distribute the batter evenly into the muffin tins.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until they are golden brown. A toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin should come out clean.
Remove from oven and let rest on a cooling rack.
GLAZE
Mix confectioners’ sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice in a small bowl.
Drizzle over semi-cooled muffins.
Sprinkle lightly with granular sugar.
INGREDIENTS
UNITS: US
1 3⁄4 cups flour
1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
1⁄2 teaspoon salt, necessary
1⁄3 cup sugar or 1/3 cup Splenda sugar substitute
3⁄4 cup unsalted butter, cold, cut into bits
1 1⁄3 cups old fashioned oats
1⁄2 cup dried currants, raisins or 1/2 cup dried cranberries
1⁄2 cup milk (I use buttermilk) or 1/2 cup buttermilk (I use buttermilk)
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 cup apple butter (served with)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine first 5 ingredients in a food processor or bowl.
Add butter and process until it resembles coarse meal.
Add oats, currants and buttermilk and stir mixture until dough just sticks together.
(DO NOT over mix) Transfer to a floured work surface and knead about 5 times.
Roll out dough to 1 inch thickness.
(in circle) cut into pie shaped pieces or cut with cookie cutter.
Arrange on a slightly greased baking sheet.
Gently brush scones with egg and bake 20 minutes or until golden.
Serve with Apple Butter.
Enjoy.
Thanks. I typed it up. Guess they did not like my browser (Pale Moon).
I use BRAVE Browser...........
I appreciate that, Red Badger, but my own personal recipe for Blueberry muffins is “Food Lion Grocery Store”....;^)
Oatmeal Muffin at 8:00 AM
Bathroom break at 10:00 AM
We don’t have any of those here, just WalMart, Winn-Dixie, Publix and a Piggly-Wiggly................
LOL...My guess is that each of those has Blueberry muffins readily available....
They probably do, but I don’t eat blueberries. My wife loves them.......................
I like just about any of the berries...My wife prefers jellies or jams without berries...
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