Mini Cinnamon Sugar Honey Puffs


Breakfast, Muffins, Recipes

Maybe a little redundant with the sweeteners in the name, Mini Cinnamon Sugar Honey Puffs, but that reflects what it’s all about here with this recipe. Now sure, they’re not too far off of the Cinnamon Sugar Breakfast Puffs, heh, but these are in fact different.   First off, it’s an entirely different recipe. Second, […]

March 6, 2021

Mini Dutch Baby Pancakes


Breakfast, Holiday, Muffins, Recipes

Ah darn it, I had something else planned for you but turns out my photos were mmm, crap.  So instead, schedule switcheroo, Mini Dutch Baby Pancakes! I’ve got a few variations of the theme on the docket so I’ll probably sound like a broken record but I gotta tell ya, when they’re so simple to […]

November 28, 2020

Upside Down Pecan Sticky Muffins


Muffins, Quick Bread, Recipes

Wow.  …….Wow.    Wow. Ok, before I get going on this, these Upside Down Pecan Sticky Muffins by Yvonne Ruperti from her book One Bowl Baking,* two things: Buy that book.  Now.  Next?  Skip to the recipe below after the online shopping trip, add anything you don’t have onto your grocery shopping list right this […]

October 2, 2019

(Blueberry Cheddar Bacon) Honey Cornbread Muffins


Berries, Muffins, Quick Bread, Recipes, Savory

When I was a kid, my mom would make the Jiffy box muffins* and we all loved them.  We were always excited when she made them, they were special.  My dad and I would pour maple syrup over those warm cornbread muffins and shovel ‘em in.  What?!, maple syrup, that’s weird and/or gross, you’re thinking.  […]

June 26, 2019

Cinnamon Sugar Breakfast Puffs


Breakfast, Muffins, Quick Bread, Recipes

Despite the miles between, it appears Jen and I share the same baking brain.  Jen with her fabulously flexible Everyday Basic Muffins and then me with Cinnamon Sugar Breakfast Puffs.  Huh.  Guess we’ve got breakfast goodies on the brain! Please tell me you’ve already baked Jen’s Maple Coffee Cake with Oat Streusel and are in […]

February 20, 2019

Everyday Basic Muffin Recipe


Apple, Berries, Bread, Breakfast, Fruit, Gluten Free, Muffins, Quick Bread, Recipes

I don’t make muffins very often—I’m more of a coffee cake or quick bread kind of gal mostly because they’re less work. Not that muffins are labor intensive, mind you. Nope, I’m just lazy. I’d rather grease and flour one cake or bread pan and pour all the batter into it than grease the edges […]

February 17, 2019

Maple Coffee Cake with Oat Streusel


Breakfast, Cake, Gluten Free, Muffins, Recipes

In my house, maple syrup is akin to liquid gold and the ONLY kind of maple syrup is Vermont maple syrup. (This is what happens when you marry a Real Vermonter.) The first time I made this recipe was as muffins, and Steve looked slightly panicked, slightly accusatory that I’d used maple syrup in baking. […]

February 3, 2019

Pumpkin & Peanut Butter Pupcakes


Cake, Cupcakes, Dog Treats, Muffins, Quick Bread, Recipes

Let us not forget our furry four-legged barrels of fun this pumpkin season, shall we?  It’s Pumpkin & Peanut Butter Pupcakes!  Yay! Yes, going for a non-bipedal treat today.  You could eat these yourself though if you wanted to. Finn, our dopey nutcase, came into our lives right near exactly four years ago at a […]

October 30, 2018

Bleu Cheese Popover Muffins


Appetizer, Bread, Muffins, Quick Bread, Recipes, Savory

Hey, it’s block party season in Chicago!  Woot! This will make sense, hang on. Truthfully, I was cloooose to sharing a chocolate goodie with you and no doubt we’re gonna be sharing A LOT of chocolate goodies with you and Jen shared her awesomely fun Best Damn Chocolate Cake last week so I thought I’d […]

August 15, 2018