Product Review: Hodgson Mill Apple Cinnamon Muffin Mix

Posted on | August 28, 2012 | No Comments

Every Monday at my house is salad night. It is one night a week where we celebrate our vegetables with a light, fresh meal. I like to serve a side of rolls, muffins or bread with our salads. When I saw this at the store for three bucks I knew this would make a great side to our salad night.

To make eight muffins I added to the mix 1/4 c sugar, 1/4 c vegetable oil, 1/2 c milk, and 1 egg. Then let them bake for 15 minutes in a 375 degree oven. I like that I add the sugar to the mix so I have control of how sweet it is, and how much sugar I consume. The vegetable oil seemed like a lot for only eight muffins. While cooking the oil crept up along the sides of the muffin liners. Ewww! I did not love that.

In the mix there are real apples that have been dried. There is a plentiful amount of cinnamon to pair with the apples. The muffin was soft, but I was disappointed to have it fall apart somewhat easily. While taking the muffins out of the liners I had bits and pieces falling off. Then when I bit it they turned to chunks. In my mouth they crumbled more than what I would have liked them to. I am a muffin snob, though. I can make pretty awesome gluten free muffins. These were not as good as mine.

Rating: 3 1/2 stars

Pros: easy to prepare, soft, great flavor

Cons: fell apart

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Ingredients: whole grain brown rice flour, dried apples, whole grain sorghum flour, tapioca flour, whole grain millet flour, milled flax seed, baking powder, cinnamon, xanthan gum, flake salt, baking soda

Nutritional Snapshot: (1/4c dry mix) 120 calories, 1.5g fat, 28g carbohydrates, 2g dietary fiber, 5g sugar, 2g protein

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