Do It Yourself

Simple and easy do it your self recipe

Basic Muffin Recipe
 
Ingredients

• 200g unsalted butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup milk

Method

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C in a baking oven. Line muffin or mini-muffin pans with paper cases.
• Step 2
  Using an electric mixer, beat butter, vanilla and sugar in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition (mixture will separate at this stage). Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Stir in half the flour. Stir in half the milk. Repeat with remaining flour and milk until combined.
• Step 3
  For 1/3 cup-capacity muffin pans use 2 level tablespoons of mixture. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes. Alternatively, for 1 tablespoon-capacity mini muffin pans use 1 tablespoon mixture. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Step 4
  Stand cakes in pans for 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
  
  Source:  taste.com.au
                                                                                                                        
  
  Baking Measurements
  
  

  An Old Fashion Cooking Conversion Table

  1 pinch = 1 dash = Less than 1/8 teaspoon

  1 dash (liquid) = a few drops

  1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons = 1/2 ounce

  3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon = 1/2 ounce

  4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup = 2 ounces

  8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup = 4 ounces

  16 tablespoons = 1 cup = 8 ounces

  1 cup = 8 ounces = 1/2 pound

  1/3 cup = 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon

  16 ounces = 1 pint = 1 pound

  16 cups = 8 pints = 4 quarts = 1 gallon

  8 quarts (dry) = 1 peck = 1/4 bushel

  4 peck (dry) = 1 bushel

  1 kilogram = approximately 2 pounds

  1 liter = approximately 4 cups or 1 quart

  
  

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  Dry Beans To Cooked Beans To Canned Beans

  Canned Beans to Cooked Beans

  14 -16 oz can = 1.5 cups cooked beans

  19 oz can = 2.25 cups cooked beans

  28 oz can = 3 - 3.25 cups cooked beans

  Dry Bean Yields After Cooking

  1 pound dry beans = 6 cups cooked beans, drained

  1 pound dry beans = 2 cups dry beans

  1 cup dry beans (most kinds) = 2.5 cups cooked beans

  1 cup dry beans (most kinds) = 2.5 cups cooked beans

  Chick peas, great northern beans, and lima beans: 1 cup dry beans = 3 cups cooked beans

  Lentils: 1 cup dried lentils = 3 cups cooked

   reluctantgourmet.com