Tip: Warming Gluten Free Muffins

We just returned from our exhausting but truly delightful week as counselors at Camp Hodia. I had 11 Celiacs in my care, including me and the boy. I prepared the replacement portions of the meals for the Celiac crew, baking, stirring, broiling, browning and grilling. I shopped before we left at Harmons for all the tasty bars and snacks we would need, as well as some mixes to make my work easier.

On the breakfast menu twice were muffins. Gluten free muffins, that I prepared in my own kitchen, bagged up, and drove to camp. They were beautiful and pristine when I took them out of the oven at my house. Seriously - they could have been in a magazine. They were bagged in gallon freezer bags the same morning, and then layered on top of each other in a plastic bin for their multi-state road trip.

Have you ever seen a gluten free blueberry muffin after it's traveled 300 miles, and then been refrigerated for a week? It looks a little sad, I would say. But I came up with something perfect to make it possible to serve warm, delicious muffins that got rave reviews.

Turn the oven on to 350 degrees and allow it to preheat. On a baking sheet covered in foil (especially if you are not sure where the baking sheet has been, or belongs to someone else), set out the muffins, allowing space between each one. Put the tray of muffins in the oven for about 15 minutes. The time in the oven serves to warm the muffins, crisp them a little bit, and remove that glossy soggy look to the tops of them (from being in a freezer bag).

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