Muffins for the Morning or in the Afternoon or Even in the Evening and Underneath the Moon

The glorious day has arrived! I have begun work again in earnest and I'm LOVING it. I love routines and deadlines and meetings and it's terribly weird of me, but is just the truth. I am now officially Professor Woodward, Esq., though I haven't yet convinced Camden to make this his main manner of addressing me haha. Also, we are officially having a little baby boy and my goodness what an exciting adventure that will be! 

To celebrate the momentous nature of this week and the crazy business that has begun, I have baked my new favorite muffins. These little muffs were a way to get out my wiggles of excitement with some solid mixing and pouring and impatient oven-watching. (Baking was a necessity for otherwise I was going to be banished to the basement as my dancing was simply not conducive to creating a good work atmosphere). Credit for these little puffs of goodness goes to the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook (one of my favorites as my mom used it when we were little so it tastes like sweet memories).  I slightly modified the recipe (as can you!) to fit our dietary needs and taste preferences. Here it is!

Ingredients:

1) 2 cups all-purpose flour (we used King Arthur Gluten-Free flour and it worked great!)

2) 3/4 cups sugar (we did a little less because we don't like super sweet).

3) 2 1/2 tsp baking powder

4) 1/4 tsp salt

5) 2 eggs lightly beaten

6) 3/4 cup milk

7) 6 tbsp melted butter

8) These are optional and can be changed out for other fruits/nuts,  but we did about 1/2 cup craisins and 1/2 cup oatmeal as added flavor/texture

9) A tbsp of brown sugar for sprinkling lightly on top of muffins

Instructions:

1) Preheat oven to 375

2) Grease or line with muffin cups a 12 cup muffin tin.

3) Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl and make a little well in the center of the mixture into which to pour the wet mix in step 4.

4) In a separate bowl, mix together the eggs, milk and melted butter and then pour the mix into the well created in the flour mix.

5) Stir, though it will stay lumpy. Once all is wet, add in your extra taste ingredients such as craisins and oatmeal.

6) Ladle batter evenly into the muffin cups and then sprinkle each lightly with the brown sugar.

7) Bake for 18-20 minutes or until it gets that happy golden look.

8) Cool a bit and then serve. Great as a side or snack or dessert or breakfast...whatever you might need haha. 

I only have a picture of one muffin now....as the rest were demolished by the two boys in my life, sweet Camden and Baby Yoda. But let this picture stand as a testimony to their tastiness haha.  Enjoy!

The last muffin standing