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Recipe of the Week – Aunt Joanie’s Blueberry Muffins
(From the Breads Collection at www.emealsforyou.com)
Aunt Joanie's Blueberry Muffins
Still snowing in Cincy, for those of you keeping score this is the snowiest (is that a word?) February in history; and we are only at the 16th of the month. Over the weekend my phone beeped, my neighbor and friend was calling to see if he could stop by with some homemade blueberry muffins. Now this is a guy who prides himself a grill master but claims no skills at all in the kitchen. Long story short, he shows up with a basket full of steaming hot blueberry muffins.
Just looking at the muffins you could immediately tell they were not the standard mix the ingredients from a box muffins. Moist, full of berries, these breakfast treats will warm your bellies and your spirits on a cold, snowy morning. They wouldn’t be bad mid-summer either. Mark suggests using wild blueberries, he is from Vermont, and coarse sugar on top, but they are really great no matter where you got your berries. Mark claims they are his aunt Joanie’s recipe; wonder if he is holding back on any other of his aunt’s recipes?
Aunt Joanie’s Blueberry Muffins
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Breads |
| Meal: | N/A |
| 2 | large | egg |
| 1 | cup | sugar, white |
| 1 | cup | milk, whole |
| 3 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 3 | cup | flour |
| 4 | tsp | baking powder |
| 1 | cup | blueberries |
| 1 | spritz | PAM |
| 1 | Tb | sugar, white, optional |
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs and sugar together until thickened. Melt butter and add to milk and then to the egg mixture. Reserve 2 Tb of the flour, mix remaining flour and baking powder together. Fold into batter, Mix reserved flour with the berries and fold into the batter. Spray muffin tins with PAM and spoon batter into muffin tins. Sprinkle tops with sugar ( preferably course). Bake for 25 minutes. Makes 1 dozen muffins.
Recipe of the Week – Banana Nut Muffins
(From the Easy Meals I Can Cook Collection at emealsforyou.com)
Banana Nut Muffins
In our house we have differing opinions about just when a banana is right for eating. My wife likes it when they are just turning from green to yellow. The bananas are hard and crisp with a slight tart taste, perfect she would say. I, on the other hand, like them when they are getting yellow or even when they are showing some signs of black on the skin, they are sweet and soft and everything you would want in a banana. Which brings me to the reasoning behind this post.
When the bananas begin to go over the hill, soft and yellow/black with spots of brown on the inside, it’s then that most people throw them away. This is a big mistake as they are just right for banana nut muffins. These are quick to make and if you get your timing down just right you can have them out of the oven when your family comes into the kitchen to start their day. No one can resist the warm muffins. If you are having trouble getting your kids to eat something before school; try putting a plate of the muffins out on the end of the counter, where they grab their books and head out. Chances are they will grab one or two on the fly. The muffins are good cold, wrap them in plastic wrap and leave them out and watch them disappear. Just remember to hide one for yourself, warm it in the microwave and sit back for the 3 minutes relaxation you allow yourself.
Banana Nut Muffins
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Easy Recipes I Can Cook |
| Meal: | Comfy Breakfast (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 2 | cup | flour, all-purpose |
| 1.5 | tsp | baking soda |
| 0.5 | tsp | salt, kosher |
| 4 | medium | banana, overripe |
| 1 | cup | sugar, white |
| 0.75 | cup | butter, unsalted |
| 2 | large | egg |
| 1 | tsp | vanilla |
| 0.5 | cup | walnuts, chopped, toasted |
| 0.5 | cup | chocolate, chips |
| 1 | spritz | PAM |
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray PAM in muffin tins. Reserve 1 Tb of flour. Combine remaining flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Melt butter and cool. Mash the bananas in a mixing bowl; add sugar and whip until light and fluffy. Add melted butter, eggs and vanilla. Beat until blended; fold in flour ½ at a time. Mix nuts and chocolate chips with the reserved 1 Tb of flour. Fold into mixture. Scope into muffin tins and bake for 15- 18 minutes until brown and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center.
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