Day 7 of 12: Pumpkin Muffins :)
So, I’ve kind of been slacking on updating my “12 Days of Cookies.” Actually, I’ve been a complete bum about it. It’s just, you see, I’ve been a little discouraged. Discouraged, I say? Why so? Well, the other day, my camera died on me — while I was trying to capture the little goofy moments of my brother’s 22nd birthday. I went into my mom’s room to look for the camera battery charger, but it was nowhere to be found. :( I thought we had a spare charger at home, which is exactly why I didn’t bring mine home from school. Now I’m in Portland and camera battery charger-less. Of course, I can still use my phone to record the results of my baking spree, but the quality is just disgusting… I promise my food doesn’t look THAT bad.
Anyway. Onto a few brighter notes…
Today’s Christmas! Merry, merry Christmas, everybody! I hope it’s full of lots of high quality, ridiculously delicious food — and even higher quality family time. :)
Because I’ve been slacking on my posting so much lately, I’m going to be doing a few speed posts today (to catch you up with all of my baking projects). I’ve decided to change these “12 Days of Cookies” into “12 Days of Baking/Cooking.” To be honest, making cookies was getting a little repetitive. Don’t get me wrong, I love baking cookies; cookies are probably my favorite thing to bake. But I thought I would stray off the cookie route and explore some other recipes I’ve been dying to try (my brother bought me a muffin pan when he got home, so I definitely had to incorporate that into my holiday baking).
Pumpkin muffins, the first thing I made in my new muffin pan. :) I got this recipe from Smitten Kitchen. These were pretty delicious. So perfectly soft and fluffy, just the way I like my muffins. I do wish these muffins were more pumpkin-y; I feel like the sugar just kind of overpowered everything else in this recipe. But, toasted up or eaten at room temperature (or even cold), these pumpkin muffins make for a great breakfast bite. :)
Sorry for the horrible picture quality. I really wish my camera was working; this photo doesn’t even come close to capturing the true essence of the muffin…
