Gluten-Free Cinnamon Muffins

I love these muffins. Sometimes I just make them as a quick bread, but when I am feeling brave enough to clean the muffin tin the kids get spoiled with muffins.

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cup Pamela's Baking Mix (this can probably be substituted if needed)
1/4 c. coconut oil
1 cup milk
1/4 cup granulated splenda (I guess you could use sugar if you wanted to)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

Mix together milk, melted coconut oil, eggs, and vanilla. In another bowl mix together the flour, splenda, and cinnamon. Then mix the two together. It's pretty simple...dry, wet, combine, bake.

Add fruit if desired. My daughter is not a fan of fruit in her bread so we have to go plain. But I love a good blueberry or strawberry or mixed berry muffin.

Now I try to avoid things like shortening, but between the evil muffin tins and gluten-free baking it is a must here. You could use cooking spray if you want to stick with the healthy theme though.

Bake at 350 until the tops start to turn a golden brown. 20 minutes or so for muffins and more like 40 for a bread pan.

Oven Fried Ranch Chicken

This was a winner. Served with PW's skillet cornbread and a salad. Scored points with the family.

First, a note on the cornbread. I swap the flour for Pamela's baking mix and butter for the shortening. This is a big hit with the fam and a great option for gluten-free eaters.

Onto the oven fried ranch chicken:

This is a simple meal. Great for a busy evening as long as there is time for the baking part.

Ingredients:

• Chicken. I used 3 chicken breasts. But you could use any part or combo that you would like.
• 1 cup Cornmeal
• 1 packet ranch dressing mix

Directions:
Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.

Put the cornmeal and ranch mix in a plastic bag or seal-able container.

Add the chicken and shake. This reminds me of being a kid. We made shake and bake chicken all of the time when I was a kid.

Bake until the chicken is cooked through. It depends on the size of your chicken pieces, but it will probably be about 40 minutes.