Saturday, June 9, 2012

Berry Muffins

Before I gave birth to my daughter I started a stash of freezer meals so I wouldn't be subjected to Taco Bell every night. One of the things I made were Whole Wheat Berry Muffins, they were truly yummy heated up in the microwave with a mug of coffee. It almost made the long night I'd had and the angry baby seem not so bad.

I've made them a handful of times since then, for a friend post-partum and most recently my Monday playgroup. They've always been received pretty well, my husband being the biggest fan requesting that I "make them all the time! I'm serious, all the time". He's not much for compliments, his favorite food gets a "yea, it's good" response.

I found the recipe here: How Sweet Eats>, please leave a compliment to the original site.

Berry Whole Wheat muffins:

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (optional: sub 1/2 cup for regular flour)
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup canola oil
1 egg
1 cup berries of your choice, fresh raspberries come out really tart and taste like summer (yum!) frozen berries are also just as good.
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 400

Combine dry ingredients, and wet ingredients and mix. Gently fold in berries, and spoon into a muffin tim. You do not need liners, but they do make for easy clean up. Bake for 15-20 mins. Can eat immediately, store in fridge or place in freezer safe bag and store for a month. Enjoy!

I tried to pretend I was a food blogger and get cute pictures of the muffins on a pretty plate, but I had a 14 month old following me and yelling belligerently for the food I was withholding. So instead I leave you with pictures of baby El stuffing muffin in her face. What you can't tell is that she's doubling fisting it in each pic.