Well, I have only posted on this blog once before. Providence saw fit to turn my attentions elsewhere for a period of time. But now, I think it is a good time to give this a whirl. If you know me, then you know that I love food. Just love it. You will also know that I am a teacher. I have two full time high school students whom it is my pleasure to educate. Siblings, one a 9th grade boy and the other an 11th grade girl, they keep life full of laugher. They also like food. Like, really love it. So, after four days a week of grueling Math, Science, Literature, Government, History, Rhetoric and all manner of essay writing, we decided Friday afternoons should be dedicated to another vital part of life. Good food. For the sake of this Blog, I am going to name my dear students. The Boy we will call Burgermeister. The Girl we will call Bakerista. Having Friday Food Day, comes with it's own set of challenges. Foremost, Burgermeister hates all things cheese. "HOW?" Bakerista and I cry in horror? This challenge was overcome at first by a decision to make things on the sweet side of the food spectrum. When it comes to Bakerista and I, there are few limits to what she and I can accomplish. Burgermeister reaps the benefits and happens to make the world's best homemade hot chocolate. So last fall was full of incredible dessert successes. Accompanied by a hearty dose of Shakespeare reading, Fridays were soon our favorite day of the week. There are consequences to reading Shakespeare with siblings though. Soon I was enduring a constant battle of Shakespeare insults as Burgermeister attempts to argue with his Rhetoric wielding sister only to be told, "I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed." He swiftly responds with, "I wonder that you will still be talking. Nobody marks you." On and on it went until duty required me to remind them of their duty of sibling love. Shakespeare then turned to Dante and that brought it's own set of troubles. But that story in another post. To kick off our Friday Food Day we baked Snickerdoodle http://heatherchristo.com/cooks/2013/09/15/pumpkin-snickerdoodle-muffins/Muffins and enjoyed them with a hot cup of the Burgermeister's famous hot cocoa with Bakerista's homemade whip. I do not think you'll ever wring the Burgermeister's recipe out of him, but we are more than willing to share the muffin recipe with you.
makes 18 muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp cream of tarter
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- Topping
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 TBS of cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and prepare 2 muffin tins with paper liners.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the vanilla and eggs until well combined.
- Add the pumpkin and mix well (it will look curdled- but it’s fine!)
- Combine the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add them to the pumpkin mixture and mix partially. Add the buttermilk and then mix the batter until smooth.
- Scoop the batter evenly among the 2 dozen prepared muffin liners. Sprinkle them generously on top with the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Bake the muffins 15 minutes and then let cool slightly before eating.
Preparation time: 10 minute(s)
Cooking time: 15 minute(s)
Recipe from http://heatherchristo.com/cooks/2013/09/15/pumpkin-snickerdoodle-muffins/