Right about this time of year all the random groups of bushes in Eugene start sprouting blackberries. It's awesome! In fact, yesterday on my walk with Luna at Elijah Bristow State Park, there was probably a good half mile of blackberry brambles all along the path. I've made blackberry muffins a couple of times, but yesterday's batch was so great. The people at work are raving about them. Ingredients:
5 Tbsp butter
1 Cup of Sugar
1 1/3 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1/2 tsp of Pumpkin Pie spice
1 tsp (or more) of cinnamon
2 tsp of vanilla
1 c of milk
1/2 c (or more, I didn't measure) of chocolate chips (totally optional)
1 1/2 c (or more, again I didn't measure) of whole blackberries. If you use frozen blackberries, you'll want to let them thaw and then rinse them off.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees
line 12 piece muffin pan with cups or grease the pan
Cream butter and sugar
add baking powder, salt, and spices, milk and mix some more
add egg and 2/3 c of flour, mixing gently just until blended.
fold in the remaining flour, chocolate chips and blackberries
Pour batter into muffin cups, leaving a tad bit of room.
Bake for 25 minutes
Remove from oven and let the muffins sit in the pan for 5 minutes or so before removing.
enjoy!
These are the only pictures I have, and I had to take them with my camera phone (my digital camera broke). Sorry for the poor quality!
