Kizzy, I find that if the muffin seems a bit dry, adding a bit more fat helps. I like either butter or coconut oil for mine. Adding the cocoa powder probably added to the dryness. BTW, I love to make a chocolate OMM, then soften a bit of cream cheese sweetened with some Splenda or sf syrup, and split the muffin and fill it with the cream cheese. A little goes a long way, too. You can wrap it and keep it in the fridge, take it to work with you, save it for breakfast or a snack, or whatever. I also like a spice muffin filled with cream cheese.

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Great Eddie keep up the work the diet is really fun and anyone can do it!

I spent at least an hour reading this entire thread today ... i was drooling by the end .... so I did the only reasonable thing ... I went to Wal-mart got some flaxseed and made one... I put a little vanila flav. DaVinci's SF and about a tsp of cocoa powder... . I think I will try a savory on for breakfast as I have a hard time eating a lot in the morning. What a wonderful concotion... WOOT !!!

Wow... I read this and thought ew...
I made the muffin and thought... nasty
I tasted it and thought SWEET MOTHER'S MILK, I CAN EAT MUFFINS AGAIN!!!! I made mine with Stevia and a tablespoon of peanut butter

I saw a variation on the OMM that I made this morning to bring with me for lunch. The basic recipe is:

1 egg
1/4 c. low carb bake mix (I used Dixie Diner Bakemix)
1/4 c. flaxseed meal
1/4 c. sf syrup

Beat the egg, beat in rest of ingredients with a fork, nuke for 2 minutes (time varies with your oven). Makes a good size muffin!

This morning, I added 1 T. pure pumpkin, splash vanilla, couple dashes cinnamon, and for the syrup, I used 2 squirts each of SF DaVinci gingerbread, caramel, & sweetening syrup. It was delicious!! I made a small bit of cream cheese frosting to go along with it .. talk about a yummy lunch!

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Do you add the syrup to the mix or pour it over the top? What are the carb counts for the heart smart bisquick does anyone know? Susan

Where can I buy online low carb baking mix? I made this with heart smart bisquick but has gads of carbs in it. Susan

Make your own lc baking mix. I'm sure the recipe is in the recipe section.

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Mix the syrup right in with the muffin. I bought a biscuit-type mix from Dixie Diner on Netrition. The carb count they give is for one biscuit instead of by the tablespoon or cup, so I went by that.

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OMG... this thread is what brought me to this site, and I just tasted my very first (but it sure won't be my last) OMM.

I made a chocolate version with cocoa to have for my evening snack, but didn't even get to that one yet. I also decided I should make a blueberry muffin for breakfast tomorrow, and because I have some fresh blueberries that need using up before they go bad. Of course, I wound up taste testing by gobbling up the blueberry muffin.

I didn't find it at all dry, and in fact, loved the texture. It did have a slight egg flavor, but I only used about 1 1/2 teaspoons of granulated splenda, so I think just a touch more splenda would take care of the eggy taste. I thought it should be a bit sweeter anyhow.

Thank you all for posting your own variations. This is going right into my recipe box and I suspect it's going to become a standby for me.

Anne

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I tried making one with golden flax instead of regular and like it even more. Changes the flavour. I make mine 6 at a time and freeze them...too tempting to leave them sitting around.

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