Muffins are easy.
Mix, bake, no frosting.
Good for breakfast, good for snacks, good for dessert.
For that reason, when they showed up as the next Baking With Julia selection I knew I would make them. I mean, really, why skip something THAT simple.
And these were super simple. And super tasty. They are topped with part of the dry ingredients – flour, brown sugar, and shortening {and I was wondering how butter would be…..} which was kind of interesting but gave the muffins a nice crispy crust. I made 1/2 of the batter and ended up with 4 Texas Sized Muffins. They were done in about 32 minutes. Look on page 207 for the super simple recipe.
If you want to join in with Baking with Julia read THE RULES and turn on your oven.
November 6, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Your muffins look beautiful. Mine tasted good but they resembled the Grand Canyon! Not a great day in my kitchen.
November 6, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Yep! Had days like that myself. These just had tiny cracks on top, not the one I blogged with, tho.
November 6, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Your crumb top looks very nice on your muffin. Mine tended to look dry. Good job!
November 6, 2012 at 4:22 PM
4 cute muffins… where have the other 3 gone… ?
Gone, just gone! They were quick to make and to eat them it has taken even less…
PS: I had to change the recipe…very much – but were still great!
November 6, 2012 at 6:58 PM
These look lovely and delicious.
November 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Are those square muffins?!?! π
November 6, 2012 at 7:07 PM
Wow, your muffin looks great. I was sort of wishing for jumbo muffin pans, but i don’t think I could have eaten a whole one.
November 6, 2012 at 7:08 PM
Your muffins look great.
November 6, 2012 at 7:54 PM
Very good idea making less of the recipe. Your muffin looks great!
November 7, 2012 at 12:38 AM
Texas-sized muffins?! Love it! π Your photo is wonderful, Margaret.
November 7, 2012 at 3:31 AM
Margaret, four Texas Sized Muffins sounds wonderful to me – glad that you really enjoyed making this recipe. The Muffin looks delicious!
November 7, 2012 at 6:15 AM
I have to agree, these were very easy to pull together. I should make muffins more often. My pants may disagree.
November 7, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Your jumbo sized muffin looks great.
November 7, 2012 at 7:10 PM
These were easy! I like how you presented your lovely looking muffin. π
November 8, 2012 at 2:08 AM
You muffins look great and I agree, very simple and easy to make!
November 9, 2012 at 3:56 PM
nice looking crumb top. i liked the ease of this one, too.
November 25, 2012 at 6:53 PM
Never skip an easy recipe… as it may hide so much taste in it.
π …who knows?!
your muffins looks great.