Category: muffins

  • Alton Brown’s Over the Top Blueberry Muffins

    Alton Brown’s Over the Top Blueberry Muffins

    One of my oldest childhood memories is my dad taking me to a bakery near our old apartment in Scarborough, Ont., when he bought bread on Saturdays, and treating me to a freshly baked blueberry muffin. I still remember the smell of the bakery and the taste of that warm muffin. This must be why I’m not…

  • Mini double-chocolate zucchini muffins

    Mini double-chocolate zucchini muffins

    Greetings, readers. It’s been a while, I know. I’ve been back to work since the beginning of January and I’m still settling into the working-mom-of-two routine. Most days I’m up around 5, before running out the door to get to work around 6:30. Then the minute I return home, it’s full steam ahead, getting dinner…

  • Pumpkin muffins with cinnamon streusel

    Pumpkin muffins with cinnamon streusel

      I was in Boston to attend a conference last month and I entered Trader Joe’s to grab a bottle of water. I had five minutes to get in and out. In the span of those few seconds on the way to the cash register, I ended up grabbing a bottle of organic agave syrup, a store-brand brownies mix,…

  • Pumpkin and cream cheese muffins with pecan streusel

    Pumpkin and cream cheese muffins with pecan streusel

      Cream cheese is a necessity in our household. When we run out, we go into panic mode. Even when my son won’t eat anything else, he will eat cream cheese on toast. I’m no different. I love cream cheese on my bagels, in my slow cooker chicken stew, in my fettuccine Alfredo, and especially in my…