Cooking
Alex is a fruit monster. Cartons of berries disappear the day they're purchased. Melons last only as long as it takes to cut them up. The kid inhales fruit.
One of his favorite fruits is blueberries.
While shopping over the weekend, Matt noticed both strawberries and blueberries at the grocery store. They not only looked good, but were reasonably priced. So, he grabbed a couple cartons of both. You know, now. When the weather finally starts behaving accordingly. Two weeks ago, my flower bulbs were breaking through the ground. Today, I'm freezing.
Alex came home and informed me that he wanted blueberry muffins, because we now had the berries (earlier requests had been met with 'well, that's nice, but it's not blueberry season').
Turning once again the Williams-Sonoma Baking book, these gorgeous muffins made their debut to an appreciate audience. Words like 'yummy' and 'delicious' were being thrown around.
By an almost-four year old, mind you, but still praise.
Fairly basic recipe, although the addition of 1 tsp. cinnamon surprised me.
Their recipe 'made' 16 regular muffins. Using my jumbo pan, I got six. Someone's math is off.
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Baking + Muffins + Blueberries + Cookbooks + Williams-Sonoma
- Blueberry Muffins:recipe
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Blueberries are intense. Intense color that stains your mouth purple. Intense sweet and tangy juice so rich it almost tastes like wine. Unlike other fruit, such as apples, they don't even need vanilla or cinnamon to give them a boost. They are the...
- All About Blueberries
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- Chocolate Chip Muffins: Not For Breakfast
When I get a new cookbook or cooking magazine, I grab a pad of sticky tabs, and mark the pages of (all) the recipes I want to try. I don't always get to them (all), but it saves time flipping through, thinking 'I know there's a recipe for...
- What Am I? A One-woman Bakery?
I can hear you from here; you're saying "Another muffin? C'mon, Stephanie...you're in a rut!". Another breakfast treat for Matt, and another recipe from this book; Chocolate (Mini) Chip Muffins. Such a simple muffin; dry ingredients, wet...
Cooking
'B' is for "Brrrr' and 'Blueberry'
Alex is a fruit monster. Cartons of berries disappear the day they're purchased. Melons last only as long as it takes to cut them up. The kid inhales fruit.
One of his favorite fruits is blueberries.
While shopping over the weekend, Matt noticed both strawberries and blueberries at the grocery store. They not only looked good, but were reasonably priced. So, he grabbed a couple cartons of both. You know, now. When the weather finally starts behaving accordingly. Two weeks ago, my flower bulbs were breaking through the ground. Today, I'm freezing.
Alex came home and informed me that he wanted blueberry muffins, because we now had the berries (earlier requests had been met with 'well, that's nice, but it's not blueberry season').
Turning once again the Williams-Sonoma Baking book, these gorgeous muffins made their debut to an appreciate audience. Words like 'yummy' and 'delicious' were being thrown around.
By an almost-four year old, mind you, but still praise.
Fairly basic recipe, although the addition of 1 tsp. cinnamon surprised me.
Their recipe 'made' 16 regular muffins. Using my jumbo pan, I got six. Someone's math is off.
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Baking + Muffins + Blueberries + Cookbooks + Williams-Sonoma
- Blueberry Muffins:recipe
My latest warehouse find was an enormous package of blueberries imported from Canada. Looking at the package I saw the word "bleuets". Apparently in French speaking Canada blueberries are called bleuets. Isn't that a sweet word? Much more charming...
- Mom's Blueberry Tart: Recipe
Blueberries are intense. Intense color that stains your mouth purple. Intense sweet and tangy juice so rich it almost tastes like wine. Unlike other fruit, such as apples, they don't even need vanilla or cinnamon to give them a boost. They are the...
- All About Blueberries
When I was growing up, Summer vacation meant camping trips. My family would head north and up the Oregon coast to play in the dunes, go beachcombing, and enjoy spectacular scenery all along the way. One stop we used to make on our trips was blueberry...
- Chocolate Chip Muffins: Not For Breakfast
When I get a new cookbook or cooking magazine, I grab a pad of sticky tabs, and mark the pages of (all) the recipes I want to try. I don't always get to them (all), but it saves time flipping through, thinking 'I know there's a recipe for...
- What Am I? A One-woman Bakery?
I can hear you from here; you're saying "Another muffin? C'mon, Stephanie...you're in a rut!". Another breakfast treat for Matt, and another recipe from this book; Chocolate (Mini) Chip Muffins. Such a simple muffin; dry ingredients, wet...