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| The Ultimate Muffin Book: More Than 600 Recipes for Sweet and Savory Muffins | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bruce Weinstein, Mark Scarbrough
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 40287
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0060096764
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8157
EAN: 9780060096762
ASIN: 0060096764
Publication Date: August 1, 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
 Really delicious! October 10, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I find the book very very good. I loved those of cappuccino with Oreo and to my children also. I also found those of Pina Colada delicious. I have not wanted to make more because the whole day could pass eating them. I recommend it thoroughly
Something for every meal, something for every season . . . July 2, 2005
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I purchased this book about a year ago and have used it so often, the pages are adorned with flour and sugar stains, splashes of milk and vanilla!
My three year old son and I embark on bi-weekly "cupcake" adventures, and so far, we've made the chocolate chip muffins, low-fat chocolate chip muffins, applesauce muffins, beer muffins, blueberry muffins, cheddar muffins, graham cracker muffins, cocoa muffins, corn muffins, and peanut butter muffins. They have all been delicious, depending on one's preferences. In fact, they've been so good that we frequently re-make the recipes we've already tried instead of moving on to attempt new ones (usually my son's vote).
Additionally, there are so many recipes listed, one can sit down with the book prior to a special event and select many recipes to complement that day (for Christmas this year, I made batches of the peanut butter, chocolate chip, graham cracker, and blueberry muffins--we had three guests and the muffins were gone in TWO days). Additionally, there are a number of recipes that could accompany dinners (we made the corn muffins one evening when we had chili and the beer muffins on Thanksgiving). I am eager to try the Quiche Lorraine muffins for breakfast the next time we have weekend visitors and am considering making the cheesecake muffins for an upcoming picnic.
One of my favorite things about this book is the way that nutritious ingredients are often incorporated into the recipes. The carrot muffins are a nice way of getting a child to eat carrots, and many of the recipes are made with applesauce (my son does not touch fruit, so even though the amount of applesauce is negligible, I count this! He also will not blueberries by themselves but will inhale a blueberry "cupcake!") There are also several variations listed for each recipe (i.e. the graham cracker muffins can be made with a layer of jam spread inside or with chocolate chips), and there are many recipes for "toppings" at the end of the book; we haven't tried any of those, yet, but would like to make the cinnamon streusel topping in the future.
I highly recommend this book. Between it and "How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman, I feel like I'm running a gourment kitchen and bakery all in one.
 disappointed May 21, 2005
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
I considered buying this book after borrowing a copy from the public library. However, my decision has since changed after I tried two recipes from this book. I tried the coconut muffin and the chocolate chocolate chip muffin. The coconut muffin was dry, which I predicted after mixing in my dry ingredients and the chocolate chocolate chip muffin lacked flavour. I wouldn't waste my time and ingredients on another recipe to prove to myself that the book is worth buying.
great muffins--cranky reviewers January 24, 2005
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
What's with the reviewer here who didn't like the book. I haven't tried the recipe she did--but I have made the apple muffins and the beer ones. I loved them both--and they were great for my wife and me when we had company one weekend. I know that woman must have been mad because things didn't work out--but the authors reply was kind and apologetic. Clearly, she's a nut and not worth the time of day. I like this book. I haven't made a lot from it yet, but it's well written and funny and we ate a lot of those apple ones when I made them.
Buyer Beware December 17, 2004
18 out of 25 found this review helpful
Apple Muffin recipe - great. Black Forest muffin recipe - in the TRASH(after buying almond extract, eggs, milk, sour cherries, chocolate). Baked beautifully - smelled great - tasted - too horrible to describe. Like one of those Little Rascal episodes where someone pours the wrong ingredient into a cake batter. When I contacted one of the authors, Bruce, he (or someone answering his email) replied: "Yes - there's 3/4 cup of sugar missing...you might enjoy ... our other books...."
Aside from the ingredients and TIME and energy wasted - this recipe was obviously not tested after publication. How much more should we waste on other recipes in the book? Here's the reply:
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First off, I am truly sorry that you had a bad experience baking one our recipes. I am sorry that you had to spend money on ingredients for that recipe. Yes, there is a mistake. There is no sugar listed and there should be. There should be 3/4 cup sugar added to the egg yolk, milk, and sour cream mixture. This error will be fixed in future printings.
I am glad that you enjoyed th apple muffins. They are a variation on an apple cake that my grandmother used to make me. I am sure she'd be delighted that people are enjoying it. I hope you have also tried some of our other books. You might really enjoy the ultimate ice cream book or the ultimate brownie book.
Take Care
--Bruce Weinstein
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