Blog Archives: March, 2008
Cadbury Creme Egg Muffins
Cadbury Creme Egg muffins My friend Laura, knowing my affinity for Cadbury Creme Eggs, sent me this recipe (originally from bakingbites.com) for Cadbury Creme Egg Muffins. When baked, the muffins are kind of plain looking, but they’re delicious with a nice treat waiting inside. Best served warm; reheat in the microwave for a few seconds before eating. A great way to make use of discount Easter candy now on sale!
Cadbury Creme Egg Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅜ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- ⅙ cup butter, melted and cooled
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup milk
- 6 mini Cadbury creme eggs
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 6-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, melted butter and vanilla until smooth. Whisk in milk.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until just combined and no streaks of flour remain.
- Evenly distribute muffin batter into prepared pan. Place 1 mini Cadbury creme egg in the center of each muffin. You can use a small knife to pull a bit of batter over the top of the mufin, if you like.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes, until the top of the muffin springs back when lightly pressed and the edges are a light gold.
- Cool on a wire rack before slicing.
Makes 6 muffins.
Easter Candy
Easter Candy My parents came up to visit me this Easter weekend and brought some treats with them. And in the Stebila family, we take candy and baked goods very seriously: here are some chocolate chip squares, chocolate chip cookies, shortbread, chocolate, Peeps, cookies, and more chocolate (plus a few cookies from another friend). Can you say “sugar overload”?
Certificate in University Teaching
I have just completed the Certificate in University Teaching offered by the Centre for Teaching Excellence (formerly the TRACE Office) at the University of Waterloo.
The Certificate is designed to help participants prepare for and improve at university teaching. It consists of a few different courses:
- GS 901: Preparing for University Teaching. For this course I attended a number of workshops and submitted short response papers.
- GS 902: Preparing for an Academic Career. This course requires the most work. It consists of the preparation of a teaching dossier and a research paper. My teaching dossier describes my teaching philosophy, techniques, and experience, and includes extracts from course evaluation forms submitted by students. My research paper was about my proposal to use tutorial periods to have students present solutions to certain types of problems that are designed to improve formal reasoning and proof skills.
- GS 903: Teaching Practicum. For this course, observers from the Centre for Teaching Excellence came into the classroom three times during a course I taught (MATH 136, Spring 2006), provided me with a written report on strengths and areas for improvement, and I wrote response papers.
In doing the Certificate and in teaching two courses (MATH 136, Spring 2006 and Spring 2007), I have realized that I enjoy teaching and want it to be a part of my career. The Certificate could be improved in some ways, but overall it provides decent preparation for university teaching and causes one to think more seriously about the role of teaching in university.
I’ll receive the Certificate at graduation, assuming I ever finish this PhD thing.
