I can’t decide if these muffins qualify as sweet or savory. Sweet muffins are the type that you want for breakfast. Savory are more dinner fare. These are good anytime of the day, if you ask me. There’s a bit of chopped pistachios on top of the muffin, but there are also pulverized nuts added [...]
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My Best of 2012 list was long and difficult to narrow down. Larry and I had a spirited discussion about what made the cut and what didn’t. At the end, we were left with eleven items that needed to be on our final favorites list. There was a lot of good food last year, though. [...]
I had high hopes for these muffins. Alas, I probably stirred them too long because they were a little tough. I’m not going to take all the blame, though. I think 400 degrees is too high a temperature to use for muffins. Especially when the muffins are made with fresh fruit and are topped with [...]
For this month’s Bake Together, we had a choice in which direction to take the recipe – sweet or savory. I automatically assumed I’d be on #TeamSweet. I love corn and sugar together so it just seemed like a given. But then we were making chili for dinner, and I thought about these muffins, and [...]
Sometimes, I feel like baking something but I’m not sure what to make. So I hand Larry a favorite cookbook or two and ask him to pick something. He’s got an odd attachment to bran muffins so I wasn’t surprised he asked me to make these. These muffins are interesting in that they don’t contain [...]
I haven’t given up on mesquite flour – mainly because there’s still some left in the box. This time, I went the muffin route. These contain both chocolate chips and cacao nibs – the mesquite pairs well with chocolate. A bit of coffee in the batter helps even out the odd mesquite flavor, and we [...]
I think a number of us in the Baked Sunday Mornings were skeptical about these muffins. I know I was. Pumpkin muffins, okay. But with cheddar and cayenne? Not so sure. But I’ve baked enough out of Baked Explorations to know that I should just trust in the recipe and go for it. So I [...]
I think cornmeal is one of the best ingredients around. It’s versatile and hearty and is equally good in sweet and savory applications. These muffins are published in the “breakfast” section of the cookbook, but I think they’d be great with chili. They’re easy to make and not too sweet. I used a buckwheat honey [...]
My second attempt at finding a great bran muffin is from one of my favorite sources, The Cheese Board in Berkeley. They’re known for their fabulous cheese counter (it has pretty much every cheese imaginable), but they’ve also got great baked goods. We weren’t disappointed, these are much better than the last ones. The addition [...]
I’m not ready to wax poetic about Plum Gorgeous yet, but it’s getting close. It’s a beautifully made cookbook and is really right up my alley. See the more in-depth review I wrote for Cooks&Books&Recipes – plus there’s a recipe for an outstanding ricotta-grape-tomato flatbread included. I’m particularly drawn to sweets with polenta. Cookies, muffins, [...]
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