Best Muffins I've Ever Made

I have tried several recipes for muffins since I've been married and not all of them turned out as good as this recipe.  This muffin recipe can be made with any fruits (blueberry, rhubarb, banana, or raspberries). On Saturday mornings, I love whipping up a batch of these muffins with whatever fruit I have on hand or in the freezer.  Muffins are my go-to breakfast meal because my house doesn't smell like bacon hours after the breakfast dishes have been cleaned and put away.




Blueberry Muffin

This recipe calls for buttermilk, but with my lack of planning I never have buttermilk on hand.  Instead I use normal milk and add a splash of lemon juice.  This will "sour" the milk and help the muffins raise.

One thing that I found different from this recipe and other muffin recipes is the use of brown sugar instead of plain ol' white sugar.  The brown sugar seems to make the muffin a little sweeter.

This recipe makes one dozen muffins - which is enough for a weekend of snacking :) If these muffins have blueberries in them, I will gladly eat more than a couple of these. They are sooooo good!!!

Depending on how much time I have, sometimes I omit the topping part of the recipe.  It really does not change the taste of the muffins.

Muffin Recipe

1 1/2 c. Flour
3/4 c. Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp.  Salt
1/3 c. Vegetable or Canola Oil
1 Egg
1/2 Buttermilk
1 t. Vanilla
1 c. Fruit of Your Choice

Topping:
1/2 c. Brown Sugar
1/2 t. Cinnamon

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 325 F

Combine the dry ingredients (flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt)










Add the wet ingredients (buttermilk, egg, vanilla, and oil) mixing only until moist. It is important to not over mix the ingredients. 

Fold in the fruit and sprinkle topping over the muffins. (I really like blueberries, so I added more than a cup of them because I like to have a blueberry or two in every bite!)

 Bake for 20-25 minutes. Enjoy!!

The last two weeks

With less than two weeks left of my maternity leave, I decided to start a blog.  I may be crazy but I'm doing this while Silas is playing contently in his Exersaucer.  I cannot believe how quickly time has flown by with my little baby.  It really does seem like yesterday that Silas was born and Josh and I were in the hospital enjoying the newest addition to our family.  My little guy is already 10 weeks old!  His personality is starting to come out and so are the smiles along with the drool!!

Treasures Alongside the Road

Silas in his Exersaucer

I do have to say that this Exersaucer was the best find along side the road we have ever seen! We were just talking about how we should get one but brand new they are expensive.  Then driving home from the vet that same day, we saw one sitting in someone's front yard with a free sign!!! What a perfect surprise just sitting there for the taking.  As my first ever "free item" find that I acutally wanted, I was hesitant about taking it....Was this too good to be true? Am I cheap for taking someone's trash? Guess this is where the saying "someone's trash is another man's treasure".  Since I was still a little embarrased about wanting to take this new toy for Si, I made Josh get out of the Envoy and load it up. Thank goodness no one drove by, but after looking back I am proud of this find. Once we got it home and washed it up - it works just great! And I cannot complain about the price!! Silas loves sitting in here, even though he is still a little small and doesn't get how to use his arms yet to play with the toys - it still is fun to watch him gaze at the toys and smile.

I need to stop stressing out about going back to work and wondering if we are making the right decision and remember Matthew 6:34. Such a good verse to live by, but don't forget the verse right before it.

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33