Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Apologies..

Its been almost a month since my last post!! I am sorry! Its been a super busy month in October! Here's a brief photo collage of my life in the last few weeks and pumpkin muffins to keep you in the fall spirit!

Splurged at Lunds today...

Two awesome finds at an estate sale, only $1 each!!

Trying to be cool and decorate the boring white walls of my apartment with little origami pyramids.. 

Also painting a nice little penguin/polar bear scene on the walls! That little chef dude is my favorite (art/idea cred goes to Chris!)

Competed in my first race!! Such a beautiful course and amazing crowd! The St. Paul community is so supportive of the runners!


Two great button-down finds at a local store, Hunt & Gather. I could (and have) spent hours pouring over their awesome finds)


Fall time means breaking out my fav oxfords, they always make me feel classy!

Baking no knead bread from a Smitten Kitchen recipe. A little dense, but not bad considering I do not own an electric mixer!!

And finally, some warm pumpkin muffins to end a very very long 12 hr work day! Nom nom


Easy pumpkin muffins, slight adaptation from Smitten Kitchen!

This recipe made 12 regular and 12 mini muffins.

1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup canned, solid packed pumpkin
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon plus 1/2 teaspoon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon grond nutmeg
1 1/4 cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon for topping
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
large pinch of salt


1. Place rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.

2. Whisk together pumpkin, oil, eggs, spices, 1 1/4 cups sugar, baking soda and salt in a large bowl until smooth. Then add flour and mix until just combined. 

3. In a small bowl mix together 1 tablespoon and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.

4. Fill muffin tins until 3/4 full, and top with cinnamon sugar.

5. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.

6. Let cool for a few minutes until removing and putting on a cooling rack. Or if pressed for space (like me) gently tilt muffins on their sides in the pan to cool (as seen above). 

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