(n.) A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.
Example Sentences:
(1) The net or apparent absorption of nitrogen, magnesium and phosphorus expressed per milligram of intake increased significantly in the oat bran period due to the added content of these nutrients in the oat bran muffins.
(2) That was the week when the Bake Off contestants were called on to make dainty biscuits and elaborate gingerbread concoctions, following previous showdowns over who could make the fluffiest muffins and the creamiest custard tarts.
(3) A 40-d control period preceded a 32-d experimental period in which subjects consumed four oat bran muffins daily as part of a constant metabolic diet.
(4) In the last 24 hours alone I have bought muffins, a second-class single to Colchester, two quality newspapers, a dish of luxury nuts and a garage punk CD called Back to the Grave 9 .
(5) Perks for staff on the phones include free packed lunches and chocolate muffins.
(6) Twenty minutes, a poppy seed muffin and a burnt tongue later, I was leaving the place.
(7) Gently manoeuvre these into greased mini muffin tins and top with 1 tsp filling.
(8) Bakery owner Bea Vo, of Bea's of Bloomsbury, who runs four cafes across London, was shocked to discover that "her" invention, the duffin, a cross between a doughnut and a muffin (what was wrong with "muffnut"?
(9) In a study to examine the effects of dietary oat bran on serum lipids, subjects who ate two oat bran muffins a day for 28 days showed a 5.3% reduction in serum total cholesterol and an 8.7% reduction in low-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol levels, while no changes were noted in subjects consuming wheat or mixed wheat and oat bran muffins.
(10) A full-term male infant was born with skin findings suggesting a blueberry muffin appearance.
(11) Spoon the mixture into 6 mini silicone loaf pans or 12 muffin cases, and bake for 30-40 minutes, checking after 25.
(12) After an eight-week diet period subjects were randomised to receive two muffins per day containing either 60 g of oatbran or the equivalent amount of fibre from wheatbran in a double blind crossover study.
(13) This April, there were maybe 100 attendees wedged into wooden theatre seats in a downtown auditorium, holding weak coffee and spongy muffins.
(14) Examples ranged from the Elaine Benes-referencing “what about a muffin place that just sold the top” (from @Seinfeld2000) to the banal juxtaposition of “Iowa is home to the world’s largest truck stop” (by @hannahchin) .
(15) People always remind me - as if I need reminding about custard gate and the elbowed muffin and things like that.
(16) I learned odd things about him: he doesn’t know the plot of Macbeth ; he hasn’t seen Blade Runner and he’s never heard of the Muffin Man who lives on Drury Lane.
(17) Meanwhile, Hampton Creek Foods , founded by 32-year-old entrepreneur Josh Tetrick, is working on a plant-based replacement for egg yolks to go in muffins, mayonnaise and other sauces.
(18) At the time of writing, the Daily Telegraph had published 73 articles about the programme since 1 August; supermarket aisles groan with muffin tins and piping bags and cake stands come Bake Off season.
(19) The advice is that two to three portions of red meat a week is probably OK and will give you some important nutrients.” Obesity is fuelled mostly by the foods eaten between meals, such as muffins, crisps, cakes and biscuits – all high in fat and made palatable by sugar, said the scientists.
(20) Line the holes in the muffin tray with the 20cm rounds, pressing them gently over the base and up the sides without stretching the dough.
Pastry
Definition:
(n.) The place where pastry is made.
(n.) Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Donors ate a typical Israeli breakfast of salad, cheese, yoghurt and pastries.
(2) Place on a large baking tray and fold over the edges to give a 1cm pastry border.
(3) Filo pastry contains very little fat itself but relies on fat being added later in between incredibly fine sheets, allowing them to separate during cooking, and so shatter in the mouth into fine delicate shards.
(4) 3 Once chilled, line the pastry with crumpled baking parchment and then with baking beans or dried pulses and bake blind for 15 mins.
(5) Gently fold the pastry surrounding the tin base inwards so it is on the base.
(6) BBQ Champ, which will be hosted by Adam Richman, the American presenter of cult TV hit Man V Food, will feature Bake Off-style challenges but swaps pastries and cupcakes for burgers and kebabs.
(7) What I enjoy doing is teaching people how to make pastry, and it really is easy, so I would like to share some of what I know,” she said.
(8) The recipe below is for 10 classic shortcrust pastry tarts but it can easily be modified.
(9) There is a big choice of salads at lunch and brunch is served at the weekend, but the best plan is to enjoy afternoon tea – with a dozen different brews to choose from, accompanied by freshly-baked pastries.
(10) This handling range is particularly important for laminated pastries, such as filo, which require layers of solid fat.
(11) 8.47pm BST Frances is wrapping little pastry horns around tiny steel cones.
(12) This air then expands on heating, giving height to your pastry.
(13) His light touch with pastry and flair for eclairs – always baked with a signature pencil perched behind his ear – have won over the hearts and tastebuds of the Great British Bake Off judges.
(14) 6 Pour the custard mix into the pastry case, then grate the nutmeg on top (do not use ready-ground nutmeg).
(15) During the last feast, Mustafa generously took the time to prepare over 30 plates of pastries for his fellow detainees.
(16) On paper, the main difference between puff and shortcrust pastry appears to be the fat content.
(17) Roll out the pastry thinly, and line the prepared tin with it.
(18) Line the tin with the pastry, pressing into the fluted edges of the tin.
(19) Feed consumed by rats fed with the corresponding commercial pastries was low except in date bars group.
(20) He was once an extravagant cook, a person who made pastry and boeuf bourguignon.