Practical Pebbles

In December of last year I started Project 50-15. It was intended to help me practice my cooking skills, more so, an excuse for me to use Mr P's imarflex table top convection oven gift. 50-15 was a challenge for me to cook/bake 50 recipes and have it posted in facebook. Here is a summary of all the foodies: 1. Chocolate Crinkles 2. Carrot Cake with Buttercream Frosting 3. Moist Chocolate Cake with Meringue Frosting 4. Chocolate Chip Cookies #1 5. Basic Muffin 6. Savory Bacon Cheese  Muffin 7. Banana Cupcakes 8. Mom's Banana Cake with Raisins 9. Chewy Brown Sugar Cookies 10. Chocolate Mousse/ Ice cream 11. Bakes Scallops 12. Flour Tortillas 13. Red Velvet Cupcakes 14. Baked Macaroni and Cheese 15. Hershey's Cake-like Brownies 16. Banana Cashew Muffin 17. Classic Banana Bread 18. Graham Crackers 19. Carrot Cupcakes 20. Bakes French Toast 21. Homemade Pizza 22. Cream-less Eclair 23. Chocolate Cupc...

Tired of all the sweet cupcakes you've been eating lately? Although most would definitely say no, I'm sure some would give a slight nod.  This recipe was adopted from onehungrymama.com. I tweaked it a bit, but you can view the original here .   Yield: 12 muffins Cooking time: 15-17 minutes Materials 2 medium sized mixing bowls metal whisk rubber spatula 1 Tablespoon measuring spoon 1 cup measuring cup (optional) 1/2 cup measuring cup 1/4 cup measuring cup or 2 (or 3) oz. spring release batter/ice cream scoop 12 cupcake liners (optional) 12-cup cupcake/muffin pan cooling rack (optional) kitchen towel (for clean-up) Ingredients  Wet group 4 Tablespoons melted butter/margarine 1 cup milk 2 eggs Dry group 2 cups all purpose flour 2 Tablespoons sugar 1 Tablespoon baking powder Star group 6 squares cooked ham, cubed 1/2 to 1 cup cheese of your choice, cubed 1 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning or pinch of bla...