I made these muffins yesterday. They didn’t come out exactly right but it was my fault. I wanted to use buttermilk instead of whole milk but I didn’t have any in the house so I used a powdered buttermilk combined with water. Big mistake!! I put frozen blackberries in because that’s all I had. I also used a regular muffin tin because I don’t own the jumbo kind. I got 18 muffins from the mix by filling each cup ½ full. The muffins rose just below the level of the paper cups. In the first 12 muffins I forgot to add oil. I did add about 2 ozs of applesauce but that wasn’t enough, evidently. I also forgot to put the topping on the first 12. I made cinnamon and sugar and then put it on after they came out of the oven. Another big mistake!! I put some oil in the last of the dough and made 6 more. I put the topping on them and they came out alright except they weren’t very big. The paper cups seem quite small. The cups in the pan seemed larger. I have one question I ’d like someone to answer. When you use the paper cups do you spray oil inside the paper cups? The dough sticks to them pretty good. I also reduced the baking powder as you would for high altitude. Another big mistake!! Next time I will use real buttermilk, the full amount of baking powder, and put more dough in each cup. I ’ll use oil instead of using any applesauce. The texture of the first batch was coarse and the second with the oil added was fine textured. But they tasted go

Reviewed On: Sep. 23, 2009

For some of the people who said they couldn't taste the chocolate flavor, try using chocolate milk instead of white milk and also use the Hot Chocolate Sauce that came with the Gingerbread Waffles. Update: I made these waffles this morning and used a European Style of Cocoa, chocolate milk, and 1/2 t. cinnamon, to enhance the chocolate flavor. I don't think I really needed that cinnamon. The cocoa was strong enough added to the chocolate milk. They were really cholatety. But next time I will try it with white milk and no cinnamon to see if that cocoa is strong enough.

Reviewed On: May 23, 2009

My wafflles turned out GREAT! I was in a bit of a hurry so didin't separate the eggs and just put them in whole. The waffles still turned out very fluffy. I also used buttermilk powder and water instead of fresh buttermilk. You put the buttermilk powder in with the dry ingredients and then put the water in with the wet. You don't make up the buttermilk first. I will definitely make this recipe again.

Reviewed On: May 23, 2009