Customer Reviews

Miracle Muffins: Amazingly Delicious Treats Without All That Fat

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This is a great little muffin book packed with over 100 delicious foolproof recipes. About half are for muffins. Although some exotic ingredients are used, most of the recipes are quick & easy to make. Recipes have between 3-6 grams of fat, though most contain 4-5 grams. This may seem a little high, but the muffins are a bit larger than most. Baking papers are filled to top, producing nice round muffins. Recipes include a wide variety of muffins including those with fruit, savory ones, & coffee cake style. Scones, waffles, hotcakes, breakfast breads, syrups & spreads are also included. The book also discusses equipment & ingredients. Many useful hints & tips are included as well. One of my favorite recipes is the Parmesan & fresh herb muffins. I also love the banana drop scones & strawberry topping.

This is a wonderful little book chock full of healthy and tasty low fat and low sugar recipes. My family especially loves the easy-to-make scones, in all the different varities. I wanted to buy another copy for my grown daughter, but it is no longer available. I'm hoping that the publisher will reprint more copies.

I have to admit, I'm addicted to muffins! I wanted to lose weight without giving them up and this book allowed me to do just that. It contains the absolute best recipes I've ever tried. When I want a sure winner, which is often, this book is my first choice. Don't be afraid to experiment, these recipes allow you to make substitutions. If I don't have low-fat ricotta cheese, I use low or non-fat yogurt. I also substitue the oil with applesauce. If you prefer whole grains like I do, use whole wheat pastry flour. Patty Keely's formula is outstanding. You can't go wrong!

This book has the BEST recipes for not only muffins, but scones, pancakes and waffles. The Buttermilk Pancakes are the best - my kids love them! "Miracle Muffins" is also great for teaching your kids how to bake and how to use healthy ingredients. All 4 of my kids (including my 14 year old son) love this cookbook. We've used it so much it's stained with oil, flour and the binding is ready to crack! You will love this book - I highly recommend it!

I'd actually rate this book a 3.5, because of several reasons. The recipes have provided nutrition facts, and are low fat. However, I would not recommend this book to anybody with diabetes, unless they can make numerous substitutions in the recipes. Even though the muffins are low fat, there are only a few whole grain recipes, and yet only a small fraction of the flour in those are not refined; however I use all white whole wheat flour and they turn out fine. There is also way more sugar in these than normal muffins, such a 2 cups for a medium sized batch of 12. I can honestly say that I can reduce the sugar by a lot, like 1/2 to 1/4 cups per recipe and it is still to sweet for my tastes. Finally, the scone recipes include shortening, which often contains trans fat unless you use non hydrogenated shortening.

This cookbook has no pictures.
There are also scone, bread, cupcake, and cake recipes included throughout the book.

All in all, the recipes are good (not great) for those who are counting their fat and calorie intake. For those of us who are truly health conscious, we need to tweak the recipes a bit.

This is a great collection of low fat and YUMMY recipes. I had a copy for years and lost it - I HAD to get another. Once in a while I bake a bunch and freeze them. Just a minute in the microwave and hot, guilt-free breakfast! Kids love the muffins too.

I can't remember how long ago I bought this little muffin book but I practically use it EVERY week! The recipes are easy to follow and easy to translate points for Weight Watchers. Each muffin is 3-4 WW points. I just got diagnosed with high triglycerides and am THRILLED that I can still use this book. I am currently making the Buttermilk Pancakes. I would recommend it to anyone especially begining bakers because of it's simplicity.

I think this lady needs to reprint!
Great book and has the nutrition info with the recipes, not
everyone who puts a recipe book together does that, don't know
WHY they don't do that...they would sell more books!

Ricotta cheese is in every muffin recipe, along with many other ingredients that most people do not have as everyday ingredients in their kitchens. Others are oat bran, barley flour, wheat bran and buttermilk is also throughout. But what annoys me the most is to make any muffin recipe I must make a special trip to the store to purchase needed ingredients, that I do not normally have on hand in my kitchen. I would prefer some recipes that I can make without a special trip to the store using what I have. I would also like to say I do cook a lot and find it enjoyable. I thought when I read the unusual ingredients; well I will try it, they may be good; they weren't. I do not agree with the other reviews posted here.