These muffins are not very sweet and have a healthier side to them, with fresh fruit and oats. If you like muffins for your breakfast, these would be perfect. I had intended to make jam with these plums, but as… Read More ›
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Fresh Apricot Muffins
If you follow my blog you may recall that I was very disappointed to have missed out on bringing a crate of apricots home from France recently. Well I found some here at a good price at Costco and bought… Read More ›
Lemon and Cranberry Muffins
These muffins are light and summery, even if the weather here in the UK isn’t. It’s currently 8ºC (about 48ºF) and hailing. Since I started this blog I have got a lot more adventurous with my recipes and have gained the… Read More ›
Coffee, Date and Walnut Muffins
These muffins have a delicious sticky toffee pudding taste with a hint of coffee. You could add extra coffee to give a stronger taste, or leave it out if you prefer, but I think it adds something extra. With sticky… Read More ›
Banana and Walnut Muffins
Banana and walnut is a classic combination and for a reason: they go really well together. I wanted to make muffins, rather than banana bread, for a change and wanted something different from my usual Banana and Cranberry Bread so… Read More ›
Cinnamon Raisin Muffins
These muffins are perfect any time of the day. Not only are they good with a cup of coffee in the morning or tea in the afternoon, they are also a good breakfast muffin. And with oats, raisins and wholemeal… Read More ›
Lemon and Poppy Seed Muffins
Sometimes I use baking as therapy for a bad day. I find it relaxes me. I wanted to make something quick and easy, something I wouldn’t have to wait too long for. I didn’t want something heavy and chocolate: I wasn’t… Read More ›
Banana and Chocolate Muffins
When I bake I tend to follow a basic recipe and adapt it here and there according to what I have or what I like. I have already posted a couple of banana loaf recipes but this time I wanted… Read More ›
Carrot Cupcakes – slightly more virtuous than your average cupcake!
The other day I went to visit my friend Jo and her brand new black labradoodle puppy, Reggie. He is a fluffy bundle of enthusiasm and unbelievably gorgeous. Apparently he is slightly less gorgeous at 3am but I only saw him lolloping around… Read More ›
Pumpkin Muffins – Halloween starts here
This morning the weather changed from being unseasonably warm to proper Halloween weather. Not bright, sunny, chilly Autumn weather but cold, dark, swirly leaves Autumn weather. Weather for real fires and soup. And finally it felt like it actually should… Read More ›