I have looked at these a number of times in one of my vintage cookbooks and just passed over them..They seemed too simple, too average, too mediocre. A little flour, a few eggs..some butter…yadda yadda yadda.
But something whispered to me the other morning and I thought that I would. I mean, why not? So what if they were mediocre. Some families eat cheerios every morning, surely mine could limp along on mediocrity in the form of a muffin, right?

Crumbcake. A muffin but not.
Usually when you see a recipe for crumbcake it will be baked in a square pan. I like to make them in muffin cups; little individual bites of WOW. By doing it this way you can

Muffins have to be one of my favorite foods because they are versatile and quick, two things that I really like in a recipe.
You can have them for breakfast, or lunch, or even dinner. You can use them as a snack or with a relaxing cup of tea in the afternoon….and on..and on…

I had an exhausting day of shopping yesterday and ended up getting home late, stressed and ready to tell everyone that if grazing was good enough for the horses it was good enough for them. I hate being rushed, and i hate running late, and I really wanted to make a good meal since we had been having alot of Desperation Casserole lately.
I made the Chicken, Onion, and Potato Gratin and it was superb. Had I not been in such a hurry I would have made it to serve the next day so that the gratin could soak up …read more

These look amazing.   I seriously don’t know what else to do but gaze at the picture glassy eyed while I rack up inches on my hips just looking at them…I can hear the sound in my head like a gas pump..ding..1 lb..ding..two lbs…
   In a couple of weeks the kids are going to be at Vacation Bible School for 5 days, coming home only in the late afternoon. I was wondering what to do with my time but I think I have found what I will be doing one day at least. I am going to grab a …read more