EZ bake this!

I dont know who is having more fun with the EZ bake real meal oven we gave Ruthie for Christmas. Joshua just enjoys the hot "treats" coming out of the oven. I say "treats" because they're not exactly the most tasty things. With the exception of the blueberry "muffins" we ate last night. Jeremy bought some just add water muffin mixes at the grocery store, and lo and behold, they work just fine in the oven. Just gotta cook it for a loooooooong time. Anything that can make Joshua eat a blueberry muffin and declare,"WOW! This is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD! MMM! AWESOME!" must be magic. Yes, E.Z. Bake Oven. You ARE indeed special.

So, I thought to myself after seeing that one package of E.Z. Bake mix is almost $6, that there MUST be a way to make the mixes yourself. I am a staunch believer in the "Why buy it if I can make it?" school of thought. In fact, I have a reputation for going through stores and saying "I can make that. I could make that." It does save me money, because I dont buy impulsively. However, I usually dont get around to "making that" either.

Long story short, I poked around on the internet and found a handful of e.z. bake recipe sites, and began doctoring recipes and pre-made cake mixes to work in her oven. So, ok...it kind of defeats the purpose of quick and easy...but If made up ahead of time...or even made for gifts of friends and family whose daughters (or sons) have e.z. bakes...it might not be so bad.

Happy Baking. I'm off to supervise some chocolate chip muffins.