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Bonfire Tea Muffins: #MuffinMonday

October 30, 2017 By Laura 6 Comments

Bonfire Tea Muffins are the perfect fall treat, full of raisins and pecans and perfumed with fall spices and Adagio Tea’s Bonfire Tea. Adagio Tea sent me some teas to play with, and my favorite so far, the Bonfire Tea, resulted in these muffins. When Adagio Tea contacted me about trying some of their teas,… 

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Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins with Cardamom Browned Butter: #MuffinMonday

February 29, 2016 By Laura 12 Comments

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins with Cardamom Browned Butter and White Poppy Seeds

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins with Cardamom Browned Butter are made with white poppy seeds, and are a delicious twist on a classic American muffin. Keep reading to see what other muffins our Muffin Monday bakers made this month! I was not planning to make these muffins. I have a cake coming up to share with… 

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Coconut Lime Mango Muffins: #MuffinMonday

January 25, 2016 By Laura 13 Comments

Coconut Lime Mango Muffins are the perfect antidote to a dreary winter day; bright with lime, sweet with mango, and rich with coconut, these muffins will transport you to the tropics! Keep reading to see what other delicious muffins were dreamt up by Muffin Monday bakers! I love citrus season! You can expect the citrus… 

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Triple Dark Chocolate Muffins: #MuffinMonday

October 26, 2015 By Laura 7 Comments

Triple Dark Chocolate Muffins are an awesome treat for kids! Fast, easy, made with almost half whole grain flour, and seriously, seriously CHOCOLATE!

Triple Dark Chocolate Muffins are easy, fast, and intensely chocolate–in the best way possible! Keep reading to see what everyone else made for Muffin Monday. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. These muffins were born of last minute inspiration and a seriously overbooked week. Octobers have… 

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Apple Oatmeal and Goat Cheese Muffins: #MuffinMonday

September 28, 2015 By Laura 25 Comments

Apple Oatmeal and Goat Cheese Muffins: 100% Whole Grain and with a streusel top: healthy, delicious, not too sweet--perfect for breakfast!

Apple Oatmeal and Goat Cheese Muffins with browned butter and a streusel top are fun, 100% whole grain and delicious! Keep reading to hear all about some awesome new photography props and otherwise scroll down for the recipe and see what the other fabulous members of #MuffinMonday made! Guys!!!!! I am so excited!!!! I feel… 

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Sour Cream Peach Muffins with Pecan Streusel: #MuffinMonday

August 31, 2015 By Laura 16 Comments

Sour Cream Peach Muffins with Pecan Streusel--easy, fun to bake with kids, delicious, and full of healthy ingredients!

Sour Cream Peach Muffins with Pecan Streusel are a delicious segue from summer into fall, and a fun treat to bake with your kids! Keep reading to learn all about Muffin Monday! Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing.  Guys!!! I have a new group! And it is… 

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Whole Grain Breakfast Blueberry Mini Bundts: #BundtBakers

May 15, 2014 By Laura 28 Comments

Whole Grain Breakfast Blueberry Bundtlette

Whole Grain Breakfast Blueberry Mini Bundts will have the whole family clamouring for breakfast! Hey guys I know I just posted yesterday, but this has just been one of those weeks, where I have had a lot of deadlines. And you know me, you know I am nearly constitutionally incapable of skipping any opportunity (commitment)… 

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Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins

May 1, 2014 By Laura 15 Comments

dog photo bombing blueberry muffin photo

Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins are simple, delicious and unrepentantly cake-like muffins that burst with blueberry flavor. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Some recipes are simple genius, and this is one of them. My girls and I scarfed these down–and every single time I have looked at the photos… 

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Chocolate Cookie-Pecan-Toffee Streusel Topped Chocolate Muffins

October 26, 2013 By Laura 4 Comments

Dark Chocolate Muffins Topped with Pecan-Cookie Streusel

It has been a weird week around here. It has been a while since I have gotten so behind in recipes. That awesome Mexican chicken soup I made fed us for 3 nights. It did its work too, as I am feeling better, instead of descending into a sinus infection as frequently happens.

Filed Under: chocolate, cupcakes, muffins, pecans, quick breads, streusel Tagged With: chocolate, cookies, cupcakes, muffins, nuts, pecans, streusel, toffee

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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