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Do You Know The Muffin Man?

December 18, 2006 By Carole

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.

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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.

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  1. Lucia says

    December 18, 2006 at 6:49 am

    Oooh, yummy. I myself am having apple pie for breakfast.

  2. Kathy says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:02 am

    Oh, yum. I baked muffins with Jan’s recipe for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning and they were a big hit.

  3. Manise says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:03 am

    Yummy, though I also am not a huge muffin fan.

  4. maryse says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:04 am

    they look lovely. but like manise i’m not much of a muffin girl.

    did they work on softenly scrooge a bit though?

  5. Julie says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:15 am

    Penzey’s has got some fab recipes! Those look delicious.

  6. Carol says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:17 am

    Mmmmm Now THAT’S a bribe! (Thoughtful gesture)

  7. Annie says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:31 am

    Ooooo. I wish that muffin man would move in nextdoor to me! Yum.

  8. Karen says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:37 am

    Yum! So, did the bribe/gesture work?

  9. Jan says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:39 am

    Those look delish, Carole! I may have to give your recipe a whirl next time.

  10. margene says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:45 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.

  11. Lark says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:56 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!

  12. LizW says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:59 am

    Mmmmm. Thany you for posting the recipe. I looooove muffins!

    And good luck with Scrooge and Marley, too!

  13. Carla says

    December 18, 2006 at 8:11 am

    They look delicious. Mmmmmm, and they smell good, too! Pass one of those around, please Carol?

  14. Alison says

    December 18, 2006 at 8:18 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.

  15. susan says

    December 18, 2006 at 8:22 am

    Oh, I miss good blueberries.

  16. Chris says

    December 18, 2006 at 8:48 am

    Oh, give me a muffin over a donut any day – those look great!

  17. Rachel says

    December 18, 2006 at 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?

  18. Vicki says

    December 18, 2006 at 8:51 am

    Mmmm, I think I just found something for Christmas morning breakfast! They look wonderful, Carole. And I hope they worked as intended. ; )

  19. Maureen says

    December 18, 2006 at 8:53 am

    Yum…. one of those would go great with my coffee this morning. Your Christmas wreath is beautiful too.

  20. Karen says

    December 18, 2006 at 8:58 am

    Those look so good!! I hope your meeting went well.

  21. Monica says

    December 18, 2006 at 9:10 am

    Mmmm, mashed potatoes and gravy… Though those muffins look good too. 🙂

  22. Kim says

    December 18, 2006 at 9:10 am

    Yum….I love blueberry muffins! Can’t eat them all the time, but every now and then…yum. Yours look scrumptious!

  23. pippi says

    December 18, 2006 at 9:21 am

    ROFLMAO
    Scrooge and Marley.
    LOL.

    Good luck!

  24. Teyani says

    December 18, 2006 at 9:34 am

    scrooge and marley must have been happy guys that morning – those look delicious.

  25. Judy says

    December 18, 2006 at 10:07 am

    Oh my… I’d rather have a muffin than most anything. Yummm….

  26. blogless sharon says

    December 18, 2006 at 10:34 am

    now I known what to bake for christmas morn breakfast

  27. Stephanie says

    December 18, 2006 at 11:07 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).

  28. Chris says

    December 18, 2006 at 11:14 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.

  29. Martha says

    December 18, 2006 at 11:37 am

    Does this mean you’ll be serving blueberry muffins at the 2007 Town Meeting, too? Maybe that will get attendance rates up!

  30. Bookish Wendy says

    December 18, 2006 at 12:20 pm

    Slick moves. Back when I met with town officials regularly I would employ the same methods. Worked wonders.

  31. Beth S. says

    December 18, 2006 at 12:53 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. 🙂

  32. Kirsten says

    December 18, 2006 at 1:09 pm

    They look delicious! Those blueberries look like they are about to burst out of the muffins! Yummmm.

  33. hillary says

    December 18, 2006 at 1:34 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.

  34. Cookie says

    December 18, 2006 at 1:50 pm

    Those look amazing. Thanks, Carole. I’m craving muffins now.

  35. BigAlice says

    December 18, 2006 at 2:04 pm

    Mmm, those look fantastic. Was the, ahem, bribe effective?

  36. Laura says

    December 18, 2006 at 2:43 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! 🙂

  37. --Deb says

    December 18, 2006 at 9:18 pm

    Mmm, that DOES sound good!

  38. Birdsong says

    December 18, 2006 at 9:26 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…

  39. Bossygirl says

    December 18, 2006 at 9:30 pm

    Oh, crap. I think I looked at the muffin photo and just gained 3 lbs. 🙂

  40. brooke says

    December 18, 2006 at 10:14 pm

    Yum! Those blueberries look so good.

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