I gave this recipe a 4 star rating just because I followed the suggestion of a few other reviewers. I used about 6 sm. to med. sized red potatoes; skins on and I used 3 bullion cubes to 2 cups. water. For the water I used less than 2 cups; about 1 and 2/3 cups. I add garlic to everything and this recipe was no exception! As others suggested, I cooked and set aside the bacon in the refrigerator then sauteed the onion in the bacon grease. I got the perfect consistency (not too think or too thin)by only using about 3/4 of the half-n-half/four mixture and only 1 cup of regular milk. Just before adding this to the slow cooker I added about 2 T of butter and turned the temperature up to high for the last 30 minutes. At the same time I added 1 cup of shredded cheddar and brought back out the bacon to reach room temp to crumble for garnish. Soup was very yummy and perfect for this chilly fall evening!

Reviewed On: Oct. 2, 2009

This is my 2nd rating on these after my 2nd attempt. The first attempt resulted in muffins that wouldn't remove easily from pan after using cooking spray. Muffins fell apart and wasn't very pretty! However, it has absolutely nothing to do with this recipe. Other than that I loved them and did not made a strudel! This time I used both cooking spray and dusted with flour and used a different muffin pan as I did with banana muffins yesterday. This time I topped with the strudel using brown sugar and added about 1/4 cup of oatmeal like for a cobbler/crumble. This is an awesome base for any muffin and is a definite keeper for me!! Yum

Reviewed On: Aug. 4, 2009

Exceptionally moist, light and tasty muffins! I only had 2 large ripe bananas and still they tasted awesome. They only thing I did different was to add vanilla. I also had no problem removing muffins from pan using just cooking spray and a dusting of flour. I used a mini pan and found they were perfect at 19-20 minutes. Not sure why some reviewers rated them as flavorless? This isn't a banana spice cake/muffin recipe! I will definitely be making these over and over again! Thanks for sharing :)

Reviewed On: Aug. 2, 2009