Tuesday, October 13, 2009

TWD Allspice Crumb Muffins.....

I'm finally back to baking, just too much going on and it's not even the holidays, yet. Despite having a wedding to attend on Saturday I was able to bake for a few hours on Sunday. I made this weeks TWD recipe and Martha's Brown Butter Toffee Blondies. The muffins were easy to put together and I had no issues, except I forgot I had only 1/4 tsp of allspice left in the jar. As I was searching the spice cabinet I remembered I had whole allspice berries, so I got my spice grinder out and made my own powdered allspice! Wow, what a difference it made using fresh allspice, no comparison to the pre-ground; I always grate my nutmeg fresh and now will do the same for the allspice. The muffins looked so good and the topping was the crowning touch! I can't tell how they tasted because I have to really be good (I hate being good) with my eating; so off they went with my DH to work this morning. He just came home and said the entire office loved the muffins and blondies; actually they renamed the muffins "Crack Cocaine". Many thanks to Kayte of Grandma’s Kitchen Table for a great recipe pick of the week!

5 comments:

chocolatechic said...

Beautiful muffins.

Eliana said...

These look super delish!

Pamela said...

Whoa...that's some high praise for the muffins! Nice job.

margot said...

They look wonderful and it sounds like they made people really happy!

Kayte said...

These look really nice...and I appreciate knowing that freshly ground Allspice is much better, so I am going to have to invest and investigate! We loved them, too, so happy to hear that you did as well. Thanks for baking with me this week!