Caiti Ann

I quartered the recipe (I have a tiny toaster oven) and subbed soy nog for the coconut milk, oatmeal instead of coconut, and used fresh roasted buttercup squash. It made 6 dense and very moist muffins, probably because there is no baking powder. Still delicious though.

I was really optimistic about this. I just bought a much of eggplant from the farmer's market and thought this sounded excellent. I followed the recipe as is except without the chili oil or chili pepper, but the sauce seemed too sweet to me. I'm assuming the heat from those would fix the sweetness. Next time I'll cut the sugar to a tsp. or use my stand-by sweet/sour sauce.

I just made these, and like many reviewers I changed a few things. I used 2 apples, which was about 1 1/4 c. I used 1 c. whole wheat flour and 1 1/4 c. regular flour. Added approx. 1/4 c. oatmeal. Only 1 c. brown sugar and they are plenty sweet. I also used 1/2 tsp. baking soda and 1/2 tsp. baking powder. I have yet to glaze them, but wow are they good. I only gave them a four because I changed the recipe so much I don't know who they would turn out otherwise. But they smell delicious baking and are light and moist.

These were much lighter than kringla I'm used to. But they were still good. They definitely need additional flavor. I used a tsp. of almond and vanilla. Anise would also be good. Mine needed more flour to be workable, and I ended up just scooping some even though that's not traditional.

I didn't have any buttermilk so I mixed milk and lemon juice before I started so it'd have time to curdle. Other than that I followed the recipe and it turned out wonderfully. I like the molasses and chocolate together. But next time I'll leave out the chocolate chips. They were a bit too rich for me with them.

I made these yesterday, with a few changes. Brandy for rum, lime juice for pineapple, vanilla for coconut extract, walnuts for pistachios, and 1 c. coconut instead of dried pineapple. I know that changes a lot about the recipe. But the basic ingredient measurements and baking times were dead on, so 5 stars.