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December 18, 2006
Do You Know The Muffin Man?
I would say that Jan is truly the Muffin Man Aunt. She makes loads and loads every year for her family's Thanksgiving gathering. Me, I'm not all that crazy about muffins. They're good but I don't get excited about muffins the way I do about a donuts. Or mashed potatoes and gravy. Ahem.
Now and again, though, I do bake muffins. And last week, when I had an early morning meeting with Scrooge and Marley (aka the Town Administrator and Town Accountant) to discuss the library's FY 2008 budget, I decided that blueberry muffins would be a thoughtful bribe gesture.
The recipe is from an old Penzey's catalog and I think they are the best blueberry muffins I've ever had. Not too sweet and bursting with blueberries.
Blueberry Muffins
1 3/4 cups flour
1 TB baking powder
4 TB sugar
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1/4 cup milk
5 TB butter, melted
2 cups blueberries
Preheat oven to 425. Combine flour, baking powder and sugar in a bowl, set aside. In another bowl mix the eggs, milk and melted butter. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix until just moistened. Fold in the blueberries. Insert paper muffin cups into a 12 cup muffin tin. Fill the cups to the top with batter. Sprinkle generously with more sugar. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Eat.
Posted by Carole at December 18, 2006 7:00 AM
Comments
Oooh, yummy. I myself am having apple pie for breakfast.
Posted by: Lucia at December 18, 2006 6:49 AM
Oh, yum. I baked muffins with Jan's recipe for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning and they were a big hit.
Posted by: Kathy at December 18, 2006 7:02 AM
Yummy, though I also am not a huge muffin fan.
Posted by: Manise at December 18, 2006 7:03 AM
they look lovely. but like manise i'm not much of a muffin girl.
did they work on softenly scrooge a bit though?
Posted by: maryse at December 18, 2006 7:04 AM
Penzey's has got some fab recipes! Those look delicious.
Posted by: Julie at December 18, 2006 7:15 AM
Mmmmm Now THAT'S a bribe! (Thoughtful gesture)
Posted by: Carol at December 18, 2006 7:17 AM
Ooooo. I wish that muffin man would move in nextdoor to me! Yum.
Posted by: Annie at December 18, 2006 7:31 AM
Yum! So, did the bribe/gesture work?
Posted by: Karen at December 18, 2006 7:37 AM
Those look delish, Carole! I may have to give your recipe a whirl next time.
Posted by: Jan at December 18, 2006 7:39 AM
Yum, yum. I'm a big muffin fan if they aren't sweet and the blueberries look heavenly! Smith reads the Penzey's catalog and does our ordering (and cooking). I wonderf if I can talk him into being a muffin man.
Posted by: margene at December 18, 2006 7:45 AM
Those look divine. I bought and froze several pounds of blueberries this summer. Thanks for sharing a luscious recipe, being a muffin girl, I can tell before tasting that they'll make a lovely Christmas morning breakfast!
Posted by: Lark at December 18, 2006 7:56 AM
Mmmmm. Thany you for posting the recipe. I looooove muffins!
And good luck with Scrooge and Marley, too!
Posted by: LizW at December 18, 2006 7:59 AM
They look delicious. Mmmmmm, and they smell good, too! Pass one of those around, please Carol?
Posted by: Carla at December 18, 2006 8:11 AM
Yummy. Thanks for sharing. We have two blueberry bushes that have just produced wonderfully every year that we've had them. (One of them produces blueberries that are the size of a nickel and we have gotten a few from the bush nearly quarter-sized.) Tons of blueberries and always looking for more ways to use them.
Posted by: Alison at December 18, 2006 8:18 AM
Oh, I miss good blueberries.
Posted by: susan at December 18, 2006 8:22 AM
Oh, give me a muffin over a donut any day - those look great!
Posted by: Chris at December 18, 2006 8:48 AM
Oh my god, I had no idea I could want blueberry muffins as much as I want them right now. Those look so good!
Tell you what, every year at Thanksgiving you send me your share of Jan's muffins and I'll send you my mashed potatoes and gravy. Deal?
Posted by: Rachel at December 18, 2006 8:48 AM
Mmmm, I think I just found something for Christmas morning breakfast! They look wonderful, Carole. And I hope they worked as intended. ; )
Posted by: Vicki at December 18, 2006 8:51 AM
Yum.... one of those would go great with my coffee this morning. Your Christmas wreath is beautiful too.
Posted by: Maureen at December 18, 2006 8:53 AM
Those look so good!! I hope your meeting went well.
Posted by: Karen at December 18, 2006 8:58 AM
Mmmm, mashed potatoes and gravy... Though those muffins look good too. :)
Posted by: Monica at December 18, 2006 9:10 AM
Yum....I love blueberry muffins! Can't eat them all the time, but every now and then...yum. Yours look scrumptious!
Posted by: Kim at December 18, 2006 9:10 AM
ROFLMAO
Scrooge and Marley.
LOL.
Good luck!
Posted by: pippi at December 18, 2006 9:21 AM
scrooge and marley must have been happy guys that morning - those look delicious.
Posted by: Teyani at December 18, 2006 9:34 AM
Oh my... I'd rather have a muffin than most anything. Yummm....
Posted by: Judy at December 18, 2006 10:07 AM
now I known what to bake for christmas morn breakfast
Posted by: blogless sharon at December 18, 2006 10:34 AM
Oh, yum. I am writing that recipe down right now because I love blueberry muffins (and so does Travis, even though he's on the naughty list right now).
Posted by: Stephanie at December 18, 2006 11:07 AM
I lovelovelove good muffins! Especially blueberry. Can't wait to have a houseful of family again this weekend so I can bake some and not applythem all to my hips.
Posted by: Chris at December 18, 2006 11:14 AM
Does this mean you'll be serving blueberry muffins at the 2007 Town Meeting, too? Maybe that will get attendance rates up!
Posted by: Martha at December 18, 2006 11:37 AM
Slick moves. Back when I met with town officials regularly I would employ the same methods. Worked wonders.
Posted by: Bookish Wendy at December 18, 2006 12:20 PM
What's with all the non-enthusiasts around here? Hmmm? Blueberry muffins are the food of the gods. YUM. The more blueberries the better! And serve 'em piping hot, with butter! Delish. :-)
Posted by: Beth S. at December 18, 2006 12:53 PM
They look delicious! Those blueberries look like they are about to burst out of the muffins! Yummmm.
Posted by: Kirsten at December 18, 2006 1:09 PM
Muffins are a little hit or miss. They're either fabulous or just eh. Those, with the bluberries looking like they might burst, sound yummy.
Posted by: hillary at December 18, 2006 1:34 PM
Those look amazing. Thanks, Carole. I'm craving muffins now.
Posted by: Cookie at December 18, 2006 1:50 PM
Mmm, those look fantastic. Was the, ahem, bribe effective?
Posted by: BigAlice at December 18, 2006 2:04 PM
Oh yum! Blueberry *Anything* is my favorite! It was funny when I moved to southern states and people told me they didn't know how blueberries grew or even.... what a fresh blueberry looks like!? Can't imagine.
I only recently learned about Penzey's. I need to subscribe to their catalog if they're giving away great recipes like that! :)
Posted by: Laura at December 18, 2006 2:43 PM
Mmm, that DOES sound good!
Posted by: --Deb at December 18, 2006 9:18 PM
They sure look good, though muffins aren't my faves either. Now you and Glenn will have to get together sometime and talk over the virtues of donuts...
Posted by: Birdsong at December 18, 2006 9:26 PM
Oh, crap. I think I looked at the muffin photo and just gained 3 lbs. :-)
Posted by: Bossygirl at December 18, 2006 9:30 PM
Yum! Those blueberries look so good.
Posted by: brooke at December 18, 2006 10:14 PM
