This post is for Catherine! I commented on her blog that I'd been baking a lot of muffins lately, and she came here and didn't see any. As usual, there's a lag between when I eat something and when I get around to blogging it, but I hope that she and all of you enjoy these muffins.
First, we have these blueberry muffins, the recipe for which comes from AmyArgh over on the PPK. (Here is the recipe- scroll down on the page. I left out the almond topping since I had none.) I was going to go shopping with a group of co-workers one day, and I wanted to get brownie points by baking everyone breakfast muffins. The recipe had to be suitably impressive, since I had a group of non-vegans to impress. This recipe, with its professional bakery-style topping was a hit. All these decadent muffins were gone quickly!
Second, we have these cranberry-orange-walnut(+chocolate) muffins, the recipe which I thought up one morning when trying to create a yummy yet healthy breakfast goody. They are whole grain, not-too-sweet, and if you omit the chocolate chips, totally free of refined sugar. Here's the recipe:
Pre-heat oven to 350. Line muffin pan with liners or lightly spray with oil.
In a bowl or measuring cup, mix together the following and set aside:
- 3/4 C unsweetened soymilk
- 1 TB flax meal (ground flax seeds)
- 3 TB olive oil
- 1/4 C agave nectar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp orange extract
- 3/4 C whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/4 C cornmeal
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- dried cranberries (unsweetened if you can find)
- walnuts
- chocolate chips if you're feeling naughty!
*Note: I made another batch of these muffins, replacing the whole wheat pastry flour with barley flour and the cranberries with chopped dates, and those came out just as well. Feel free to mix up your ingredients to suit your tastes.*
By the way, thank you all for your blog suggestions in my last post! I am slowly making my way to visiting all of them. In celebration of all this new-found blogging energy, I promise to blog every day this upcoming week, with lots of recipes and photos that I have backlogged!
15 comments:
Glad to see you posting again, Bazu :0)
Blueberry muffins AND Cranberry-Orange-Walnut muffins??? YUM!!!
hey! im new to your blog.. but oh wow, your food looks amazing!!!! these muffins look beautiful! I cant wait to try them!!!
:)
Chef Ramsay did a lot of yelling because the contestants weren't able to spot the meat analogs in the dishes. He was very disappointed! Good question. :) Oh, and your muffins look wonderful!
YAY MUFFINS!
I'm going to have to bake again this week . . . I have bananas that are just about spotty enough!! :)
P.S. I'd never thought to add chocolate chips to cranberry-walnut muffins . . . what a delicious idea!
hooray, a post from B and muffins too!
Thanks for your visit.
Those muffins look mouth watering, I must really get around to making some .
Those look fabulous! Always happy to see an agave nectar recipe as well. Really enjoy your blog.
omg muffins!
I might make your muffins tomorrow (if I can get Alex to do dishes for me). I don't have any cranberries but I do have some delicious looking dried blueberries that I need to use up. And everyone knows blueberries and orange are wonderful together.
Mmm, muffins. Those look so good. I'll definately be trying those orange-cranberry ones, as I've been on a cornbread kick lately. (I made a really tasty orange-fig polenta cake last week; it was so good I'm seriously considering reviving my blog just to post the recipe!)
Hi Bazu!
I just stopped by to catch up since I've been away from blogging for a while. Your muffins look amazing. :) Thank you for posting the recipes for all of us hungry vegan folk.
I'm so glad you're still blogging and I'mm looking forward to seeing what you post this week.
So, you are back. I like you post always. This also is my favorite. Thanks for your post.
Mmm, muffins! I was just looking for a good blueberry recipe.
you're a brave soul, asking for more blogs to read (although I know, I know... it means more amazing things to see!)
And I love the cranberry-walnut-chocolate-orange muffins, mostly because there's so much going on and yet I bet the flavours get along great. They *look* great!
We can never have too many muffin recipes, especially for ones that turn out like yours did!
Wow...your homemade breads look lovely! I really like your cooling rack set-up. Are you just using a kitchen cart, or is it specifically designed for cooling baked yumminess?
The weather in Portland is the same, we go from 95 degree days to 59 degree days in less than a week! My whole balance is messed up now!
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