can you smell what the rock is cookin'?

eli wrote up some suggestions/ideas for lunch. i liked his "egg salad with dijon" and "BLT".
chunky monkey muffin

3 cup flour

1 1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup bran

2 eggs

1 cup butter

3/4 cup milk

2 tsp vanilla

2 cup mashed bananas

1 cup chopped pecans

1 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup chocolate chips

in a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. in a separate bowl, mix together eggs, milk, vanilla and butter. make a well in the dry ingredients and then pour in egg mixture. mix until blended then gently fold in mashed bananas, nuts, coconut and chocolate chips. put in greased muffin tin or mini cupcake tins. bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes.

morning glory muffin

2 1/4 cup flour

1 cup sugar

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups grated carrot

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 cup nuts {your choice}

1/2 cup coconut

1/2 cup grated apple

3 eggs

1/3 cup applesauce

2/3 cup oil

2 tsp vanilla

in a bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients. stir in grated carrots, raisins, nuts, coconut and apple. in a bowl, beat together eggs, applesauce, oil and vanilla. stir the liquid in to the dry ingredients until just combined. spoon into greased muffin tin or cupcake tins. bake at 350F for 20 minutes.

mini muffins. they are the perfect size.

today eli and i went through the family cookbook and picked out 2 recipes to make. we needed muffins for the morning, to throw in lunches, snacks for ida, etc. i made 2 batches, cooked them in a mini muffin tin and ended up freezing 5 bags full. good deal.

we decided on aunt mame's "chunky monkey muffin" and aunt allyson's "morning glory muffin". muffin. that is a funny word all the of the sudden. muffin. say that 10 times......

so, go make your own muffins. get to it.