Almond Poppyseed Huckleberry Muffins +

We have a love hate relationship with muffin-tops.  One seems to be the cause of the other!

Today . . . I think I’ll talk about the one we love.  Warm, sweet berry filled muffins. These are so good, they’ve been requested twice this week.

The treadmill will be your best friend in order to avoid the other muffin!

This is an amazing muffin, that’s impossible to resist.  The smell is over the top with almond, vanilla, poppyseed and sweet huckleberries. It’s a great basic recipe.  Don’t despair if you’re not a fan of the flavors you see here.

I love this recipe, because it’s so versatile.  You can change it up!

Instead of Almond extract, poppyseed and huckleberries, you have options galore. Use some imagination.

For instance:

For every 1 cup of batter, fold in:

1/4 cup Chocolate Chips and 1/4 cups nuts  (or)

1/4 cup dried cranberries and 1 teaspoon orange peel

1/4 cup chopped crisp bacon, 1 tablespoon maple syrup, 1/4 tsp black pepper

1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract, 1 tablespoon poppy seeds, finely shredded lemon peel

You can substitute Blueberries, strawberries or Blackberries and lemon extract or other flavoring.

Add Coconut and Coconut Extract to the batter. Add pecans, chocolate chips, cinnamon chips etc.

Dried fruit is also a perfect mix-in.

Make a Streusel Topping:

Stir together 1/4 cup packed brown sugar, 2 tablespoons rolled oats, 2 tablespoons sliced almonds, 4 teaspoons all purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 3 tablespoons melted butter.  Before baking, sprinkle tops with streusel.

or

Glaze the warm muffins when they come out of the oven:

3/4 c. sugar

1/2 tsp. butter

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1/2 tsp. almond,coconut, orange or lemon extract.

Heat all ingredients until dissolved. (remove paper liners) Let glaze cool slightly, then drizzle or dip the tops of muffins in the glaze. Let rest of wire rack.

These muffins freeze well.  Just make sure that you let them cool.  Place in a tupperware type container and seal with a tight lid.  Grab one in the morning and take it with you as you head out the door.  You can also pop one in the microwave for a few seconds, and it’s like brand new! Butter isn’t even necessary.

Some of you have asked me:  “Where have you been, and is everything o.k.?”  My answer:  “I’m good.  Life get’s busy and some things just take a back seat for awhile.

one thing,

I served on a jury for a few days.  That was an eye opening experience indeed.

a much more important thing,

We have another sweet baby grand-daughter.  She is a miracle baby.  A baby boy is due in July.  How blessed are we! That will make 12 sweet muffins.

. . . I’d like you all to meet BAILEE

 

Life . . . it gets hectic, and sometimes we feel bogged down.  Then . . . we are humbled. Quickly we are reminded how blessed we are, when a baby comes from heaven.

 

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