Wednesday, September 16, 2009

homemade...a to z muffins


Okay, I think a recipe is well overdue. Yesterday, though I didn't plan it, ended up being an apple themed day. Jude and I started off in the kitchen making muffins and the day just kept leading us back to apples. I guess that has something to do with the fact that it is apple season. Below is a little recap of our appley day that comes complete with a craft project and a song.

This is my own recipe that we invented so I decided to call them a to z muffins. Because they have apple and zucchini in them, and they turned out really good. There are only 3 left and that is only because I am trying to constrain myself a bit so we have them for breakfast tomorrow.

a to z muffins

what you need:
muffin tins for 12 muffins
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup white whole wheat flour or white flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup sucanat (you could probably adjust these to use more sucanat or only sucanat)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon nutmeg
3 eggs
3/4 vegetable oil (I would have loved to use almond oil)
1 cup grated apple (or unsweetened applesauce)
1 cup grated zucchini
2 teaspoon vanilla

what you need to do:
1. preheat oven to 375F
2. add dry ingredients (flour-nutmeg) to a large bowl and blend thoroughly
3. beat the eggs with the oil and vanilla in a medium bowl
4. add the apple and zucchini to the egg mixture
5. add egg mixture to the flour blend
6. pour into muffin tins
7. bake for 25 minutes or until an inserted fork comes out clean

Enjoy!

After we made the muffins, my neighbors showed up with bushel of Empire apples.


It was then, we decided to stick to the theme. We painted a giant apple tree using our thumbs and leaves (and shirts) as a stamp. I traced my arm and hand to make the outline for the trunk.




Then, we made sandwiches for lunch...grilled cheddar, swiss chard and....apples (of course).






After lunch we made up a counting song...

it's a fine day for picking apples

it's a fine day for picking apples
it's a fine day for picking apples
one, two apples in my hand
one, two apples in my hand

it's a fine day for picking apples
it's a fine day for picking apples
one, two, three, four, five apples in the tree
one, two, three, four, five apples in the tree

it's a fine day for picking apples
it's a fine day for picking apples
one, two, three, four, five, 6,7,8,9,10 (sing 6-10 faster)apples on the ground
one, two, three, four, five, 6,7,8,9,10 (sing 6-10 faster)apples on the ground

it's a fine day for picking apples
it's a fine day for picking apples
one, two, three, four, five, 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 apples in my basket
one, two, three, four, five, 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 apples in my basket

cause it's a fine day for picking apples
it's a fine day for picking apples

it's a fine day for picking apples

Hope you are having an apple-y kind of day and tomorrow is my giveaway. I've been planning this one for a while so I can't wait to share it with you.





6 comments:

  1. I love the things you do in your home : )
    A to Z muffins sound really yummy and the name is great! Certainly a recipe your family will always remember! Apple picking season is coming up soon for us too, a favorite season of mine!

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  2. oooo...those muffins (and that sandwich) look delicious!!! can't wait to try them....

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  3. I love all the apple inspired things you came up with!! We have loads of grated zucchini in the freezer, and our apples are looking almost ready to start picking-will definitely try this recipe!!

    And that sandwich--never thought to try chard that way--and we have a ton of that too-- thanks for the great idea!!

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  4. What a great blog entry. All the apple stuff is awesome. That painting came out so nice, too!

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  5. Hi, I just dropped by your blog to say hello and to say how much I enjoyed reading your notes. I just love apples and have bee lucky enough this year to have been given so many. I have made Spicy Apple Butter and Apple Chutney this year. I have a recipe for Apple Crumble Slice which I hope to post on my blog next week.

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  6. how lovely! toasted apple and cheese is one of my favourite sandwiches. what a beautiful spot you live in and I love the little song you made up with your sweet little person. And the idea of using your arm and outspread hand for a tree trunk is wonderful!

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