What Happens when I read books about food....

I finished The Irresistible Blueberry Bakery and Cafe and this is what happened. 

Yummy Blueberry Muffins.

Seriously I spent the whole book just daydreaming about blueberry muffins. I had to make them. It was an intense need to finish the book and then make the marvelous muffins. Never mind what time it is...never mind if we have already eaten...I MUST MAKE THE MUFFINS.

This is not the first time this has happened to me. 

Every time I read cozy books that involve bakeries or food I am suddenly in my kitchen measuring out flour, butter, and sugar. I simply cannot help myself.

TV and movies do this too....for example I have been watching a lot of British TV lately and I now find myself craving high tea type moments. I want lovely cuppa with a biscuit.....What is that? I'm not British. However they make it sound so lovely I just want to join in...

It always happens. I am so susceptible to suggestion. Does anyone else suffer from this? 

In any case...Here's the muffin recipe I found via Little Sweet Baker. They taste lovely. 

Bakery Style Blueberry Streusel Muffins

• 2 & ½ cups (310g) all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp (13g) baking powder
• 1 tsp (5g) baking soda
• ½ tsp (2g) salt
• ½ cup (114g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1 cup (200g) sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup (250ml) milk (any kind, whole or buttermilk is best)
• 1 tbsp (15ml) vanilla extract
• 1 & ½ cups (230g) blueberries
• For the streusel topping
• ¼ cup (50g) sugar
• 1 tbsp (8g) all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp (10ml) unsalted butter, melted
• ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425F and spray or line a 12 cup muffin baking pan. Prepare the streusel topping by mixing all the ingredients together in a small bowl.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk the melted butter with the sugar, add the eggs, mix, then add the milk and vanilla, mix again.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and gently combine using a rubber spatula until moistened. Fold in the blueberries until just incorporated.
5. Divide the batter into the 12 muffin cups, top with streusel and bake for 5 minutes at 425F, then keeping the muffins in the oven, reduce the heat to 375F and bake for another 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

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Friday Favorites: The last one of August!!!

Good Morning Everyone!

It is Friday!!!! 
Ready for some Favorites?? 

 

Then let's get to it! 

Beauty Favorites: 

Fashion Favorites:

 

 

Favorite Workout: 

Nerdy Girl Favorite: 

(Night Vale is a Podcast. If you have never heard it, GO NOW.)

Recipe:

 

Song of the Week:

That's it for me this week, I'm off for a weekend of fun celebrating my friend's Dirty Thirty! Peace! 

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Baby Pancakes!

Good Morning Everyone,

This morning I thought I would share with you all a recipe that I use almost weekly for Kyra's breakfast! 

I call them Baby Pancakes! 

First we gather all our ingredients! 

Pancake batter
2/3 cups of water
cooking spray
syrup
your choice of fruit, blueberries were what I had on hand! 
 a muffin tin

Now it is time to make the Pancakes!

Preheat the oven to 350.

Mix up your batter as per your pancake instructions and fill up each space about 3/4 of the way full. 

Add your fruit. I did half fruit and half plain because blueberries are really messy and I don't always want to have to do a bath right after breakfast! 

Then add syrup to each little pancake, a drizzle is fine, I went a little overboard here! 

Now pop the pancakes in the oven for 12 minutes and then boom! DONE.

This recipe is SUPER SIMPLE and tastes really great. I love that these can be frozen or refrigerated so that they can last the whole week making it a very economical breakfast as well as a quick one! 

Hope you all enjoyed, I know that Kyra loves them!

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