2 "muffins" Posts

  • Sundays with Macrina: Fresh Fruit Muffins, Strawberry

    by: Renée via Baking Experiments on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:50:00 -0500

    Keywords: Muffins , Macrina , Strawberry


    This is the first time I was unhappy with something I made from the Macrina Bakery & Cafe Cookbook. It was completely my fault though. I thought the muffins looked done, toothpick test came out clean and they were in the oven longer than the recipe said. I don't know if it was the weather that day or just me not doing something right but they didn't bake all the way through. Of course I didn't realize this until AFTER I'd given some to Vina and her husband.... ugh. The flavor of the muffin part was good, but I really didn't like the flavor that the strawberries added. They also made the cooked part of the muffins soggy and wet (I HATE the texture of soggy bread). I would probably make these again, maybe with blueberries or cherries, just to see if they come out better.

  • Sunday's with Macrina: Morning Glory Muffins

    by: Renée via Baking Experiments on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:24:00 -0500

    Keywords: Muffins , Breakfast , Macrina

    This week's pick from the Macrina Bakery & Cafe Cookbook was Morning Glory Muffins. They sounded hearty and energizing and I thought they would make a great on-the-go breakfast. The recipe is supposed to make 12 muffins, but I made jumbo muffins so it only made 6.


    I don't usually start off with a picture of the ingredients but in this case the sheer amount of them is definitely worth the top picture. These muffins contain: raisins, nuts (once again I swapped pecans for the walnuts called for), carrot, apple, pineapple, flour, sugar, raw sugar, salt, canola oil, eggs, baking soda, coconut, cinnamon, and lemon juice, butter and vanilla. And then the prep work....

    I soaked the raisins in hot water to make them plumpy...

    Toasted and chopped the nuts....

    Shredded carrot....

    ... and apple...

    Juiced this amazing lemon...


    Don't even get me started on how I forgot to take pictures of my first ever chopping of a fresh pineapple....
    Mix it all together in the super secret Macrina way...

    Fill the tins to the tippy top....

    (and I mean full!)

    Then bake!

    Ok that picture isn't the best but I really couldn't wait to eat this muffin! They smelled SO good baking! I can't even begin to describe how tasty these muffins are. I thought that all of the different ingredients would be overwhelming, but they weren't. My only complaint is that they were kind of crumbly.... don't get me wrong that didn't stop me from gathering all the crumbs up and squishing them so I could make sure I got all the scraps :P Chris loved them, I loved them, they were absolutely worth all the work that went into them. I will definitely be making these again!

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