| Ketchup is staple in my kitchen, the condiment I use for | | | | calories. Call the kids and ask them to help you make |
| hamburgers and when I run into cooking trouble. In fact, | | | | Little Pizza Muffins with Parmesan Cheese. |
| ketchup is a secret ingredient that has saved many | | | | Ingredients |
| recipes. I have added ketchup to soup to perk up the | | | | 2 cups unbleached white whole wheat flour |
| flavor. I have added ketchup to gravy to give it color. | | | | 2 teaspoons baking powder |
| Ketchup is one of the main ingredients in my Sloppy | | | | 1 teaspoon dried Mexican oregano |
| Joes. In a pinch, I have even used watered down | | | | 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder |
| ketchup as pizza sauce. | | | | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| This gave me the idea for pizza muffins. | | | | 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese |
| I make the muffins with unbleached whole wheat flour, | | | | 1/2 cup ketchup |
| a relatively new item on supermarket shelves. King | | | | 1/4 cup egg substitute (or 1 large egg) |
| Arthur is one of the companies that makes this | | | | 1 cup fat-free milk |
| product and, according to its website, the flour is milled | | | | 2 tablespoons extra light olive oil |
| from hard white wheat. This flour has a lighter color | | | | 1 cup diced pepperoni |
| and flavor than traditional red white, the website | | | | Method |
| explains, but it "still has all the fiber and nutrition." | | | | In a large mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, |
| According to the test kitchen bakers, this product | | | | oregano, garlic, and shredded Parmesan cheese |
| looks, acts, and tastes like regular white flour. | | | | together. In a smaller bowl, whisk ketchup, egg |
| When I created these pizza-flavored muffins I started | | | | substitute, milk, and olive oil together. Add the wet |
| out with a basic muffin batter. One of my bread | | | | ingredients to the dry, being careful not to over-mix the |
| recipes calls for ketchup, so I decided to add some. I | | | | batter. Coat two mini muffin pans with cooking spray. |
| did not add any sugar because ketchup is already | | | | Spoon batter into cups, filling them 3/4 full, and sprinkle |
| sweet. But these tasty morsels still contain the basic | | | | each with diced pepperoni. Bake in a 400-degree oven |
| pizza ingredients -- oregano, garlic, and pepperoni. Even | | | | for 12 minutes, or until the muffins start to pull away |
| better, you get the taste of pizza without all the | | | | from the pan. Makes 24 mini muffins. |