Extra to Your Ordinary

After a long Sunday of shopping, measuring, spilling, baking, and licking the bowl... The interns completed our first Bake Sale yesterday. We had 2 locations: MUSC main hospital and Ashley River Towers Hospital. Our creative bulletin boards, ribbon-wrapped baked goods, and beautiful smiles made for some awesome sales! Our donations jar allowed us to make a $300 profit. Not too bad for our first time! Our zucchini brownies were the best seller... even with some accidental "problems" in the j&j kitchen.

Here's the recipes for our faithful readers...

2 Ingredient Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 29 minutes
Serving: 18 muffins

1 Box Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix
1 12oz can pumpkin puree

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray muffin pan with non stick spray or use cupcake paper.
Place ingredients in a bowl and stir or beat until mixed well (takes some arm strength to mixed completely).
Divide mix evenly into 18 muffins. Bake 17-22 minutes.

White Chocolate Chip Cookie

1 cup all purpose flour

¼ cup wheat germ

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground ginger

1 large egg

¾ cup packed dark brown sugar

1/3 cup canola oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ cup oats, quick cooking or old-fashioned (not instant)

2 ounces white chocolate, chopped

1/3 cup dried fruit- antioxidant mix of blueberries, cranberries, plums.

1. Position racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 375°F.

2. Whisk flour, wheat germ, baking soda, salt and ground ginger in a small bowl. Whisk egg, brown sugar, oil and vanilla in a large bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients; stir to combine. Add oats, chocolate, blueberries and crystallized ginger; stir just to combine. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto 2 ungreased baking sheets, 1 1/2 inches apart.

3. Bake the cookies until puffed and barely golden around the edges, about 16-20 minutes. (?)

Beet Cake

2 Jars baby food beets or 1 whole beet cooked and pureed

2 squares semi-sweet baking chocolate melted

1/2 C oil

1/2 C apple sauce

1 1/2 C sugar

1/4 tsp vanilla

3 eggs

2 C flour

1 1/2 tsp soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together and pour in greased 9x13 bundt pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool and frost with your favorite frosting.

Recipe makes about 12 servings.

Zucchini Brownies

1 cup flour

3/4 cup whole wheat flour

1/3 cup baking cocoa

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

Combine in large bowl

Stir in

2-3 cups shredded zucchini

Combine in separate bowl and beat with fork.

1 egg

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 brown sugar

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1/2 cup oil

1 tsp vanilla

Stir in zucchini mixture. Spread evenly in greased 9 x 13 pan.

1/2 to 1 cup semisweet chips

Sprinkle on top of batter and bake in preheated 350 oven for 35-40 minutes.