Better Breakfasts: Healthy Oats, Grains & Egg Preparation

Fueling your morning requires high-fiber grains like oats or barley and healthy egg preparation techniques that support metabolic and cardiovascular health.

Homemade chocolate muffins with nuts

Salvaging Overbaked Muffins

When everything works as planned, fresh-baked muffins are a moist, tender and flavorful breakfast pastry. However, despite muffins' simplicity, things can go wrong in several ways. Inaccurate measurements, stale baking powder and overmixing all can cause their texture to suffer.

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oat flakes in a spoon on wooden surface

How to Cook Old-Fashioned Oatmeal in a Rice Cooker

Old-fashioned oatmeal, slow-cooked for 20 minutes or longer to a smooth and creamy consistency, is a significant upgrade over a pouch of flavored instant oats. Unfortunately, many cooks can't afford to stand at the stove, stirring, for 20 minutes.

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What Do You Use to Make Muffins Lighter?

In theory, muffins are a very simple thing to bake, but in practice, there is a lot of variation between them. Some bakers make them high, light and fluffy, like a cake, while others make them relatively dense and close-textured.

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Pouring Cornstarch Into a Glass Jar

Cornstarch Vs. Flour Thickener

There are several starch-based thickeners available to cooks and bakers, including arrowroot, potato starch, rice starch, tapioca, cornstarch and flour. The latter two are the most widely used in America, and both are versatile thickeners.

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