I am so sick.
Of myself.
Do you know what I mean? I'm just fed up TO HERE with me. I feel boring, uninspired, whiny, ridiculous, apathetic, and just TOTALLY BLEH. I feel like white bread looks. Just meh. Seriously, I wish someone could just reach through this screen right now and slap me, wake me up. Or, bring me pills.
Is it a stage or something? Or am I seriously just this meh bleh eh meh? I look at my camera and shrug and go meh. I look at my stacks of cookbooks and think about what I could whip up with those babies and I go meh. I look at my dogs who want to go for a walk and I go meh bark bark meh. I look at my phone and think about all the peeps I could call for a chat and I go meh. It's just meh meh meh meh meh. Oh my god, someone pull my head out of my ass before I whine us all to death. What a snore I am!
I was just going to write "I can't seem to get hooked into anything lately!" - and I realized it wasn't quite true because you know what I thought of? Yep. Food. I don't feel meh when I think about sushi or good food or a blow-my-lid-off dessert. I get all squirrely and excited. So there you go - I thought of a non-meh thing. Gawd, let's throw a party. Throw back a shot of whisky. Run around the block naked, screaming "I LOVE SOUP" - just for the hell of it. See, now that would be exciting, wouldn't it? Or at least arresting, literally.
You know, I didn't have any real idea of what this ramble was going to be about but it actually came full circle for me, considering the recipe I'm going to toss out here. I was feeling meh and bleh a few weeks back - it was a Sunday morning and I decided to dig through my recipes to see what My Royal Boringness might throw together. Well, I came across a recipe I'd been meaning to make for MONTHS - it was from my dear friend, Joan, who comments here and she sent it to me ages ago. Why I waited so long, I cannot tell you. Just sheer idiocy.
Let me just ask you this: have you ever had a muffin melt in your mouth? No? WELL IT IS SO NOT MEH OR BLEH. So, if you've been feeling meh or bleh - I swear on my future grave you MUST make these muffins. MUST. Do it this weekend and don't look back. Swear to me now, NOW!
French Breakfast Muffins
I never knew a muffin could be so exciting. So simple, yet so exciting. Am I alone in this lack of knowledge? Does everyone else on the planet know the awesomeness of a dang muffin, but forgot to fully inform me? Whatever the case, these are incredible and I really mean it. I don't know why they're "French" and I don't care; I don't why they're called "Breakfast" because a person really should eat them all day long, as far as I can tell. I just tilted my head back in ecstasy because I just had a little muffin flashback. Well, better than an acid flashback, I suppose. Anyway, eat these warm - when warm, they pretty much just melt in your mouth and it's heavenly. You will have leftover melted butter and cinnamon sugar but FEAR NOT! Just tear off little pieces of muffin, dip in butter, then in cinnamon sugar, place in mouth and then think "Thank you, Ann's friend Joan, thank you". That's all.
[Edited 3/14/09: this is funny - Greg Huntoon just caught a fabulous typo toward the end of the recipe. See where it says "bake for 25-30 muffins" - yeah, that should be minutes, but of course I'm leaving it as is. Loving it Greg, thanks for pointing this out to me!]
1/3 c. butter, melted
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg (preferably room temperature)
1 1/2 c. AP flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 c. milk
Topping
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter, melted
1 tsp. cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350F.
In a medium-large bowl, sift together all dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and stir until combined, but still a bit lumpy. Don't overmix. Scoop batter into muffin tins that have sprayed with cooking spray. Using a large ice cream scoop, I got 8 medium-large muffins out of this batter; I think you could get 10-12 muffins by distributing the batter a little less generously. Bake for 20-25 muffins, or until they just start to turn a bit golden at the edges.
For the topping, mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Place melted butter in another small bowl. Dip the warm muffins in melted butter, then in cinnamon sugar. CONSUME, ENJOY, GO CRAZY!
53 comments:
Scrumptious muffin!!
Get well soon!!
That explains my life....all I need is a muffin! Will I be cured? Have you saved my life? If so, you can have the blogging rights :)
Tee hee - Meh Bark Bark Meh. That should be the name of a new punk rock band. Ooooo! A punk rock band that throws these muffins at the crowd!
Hope you're doing better :)
You are an incredible photographer, do you know that? Believe me, it could be your next career. You have made those muffins look quite beautiful in their crystalline sugar coats.
Those look fabulous! I'll have to try them. :)
Those are beauties!!
I've made something very similar before but called a cinnamon sugar donut. I used turbinado sugar instead of regular. Loved the added crunch! That's a great idea to use the left over cinnamon sugar & butter as a dip! Brillant!!
Hope you are premanently out of your funk, at least for a little while!
~ingrid
I wonder if I could use these to bribe my new "team" at work on Thursday? Of course that means I have to get up early to bake....maybe I'll just buy something instead.
well I love you, so there
These look delicious. I'm going to go bake right now! Hope you feel less meh soon, it's quite a cruddy feeling.
January and February in Minnesota gives us all a case of the "mehs". You just can't tell because we're so bundled up we look like the Michelin Man.
I truly love the French Muffin. I made these for the teen/child some time ago, and I thought, "I'm never leaving the kitchen again."
Maybe I'll have a muffin with my tea! Perhaps it can absorb some of the whine that I, too, appear to be afflicted with of late. (I was with you all the way through your post.)
RE: "...I feel boring, uninspired, whiny, ridiculous, apathetic, and just TOTALLY BLEH.
Judging by my circles of the blogosphere, there's quite a bit of that going around. Seems as though overall activity is WAY down compared to say, a year ago. Maybe we're all growing up? Getting lives? Doing things that were available to us before there were computers? ; )
And you couldn't be boring if you tried, dear. : )
The muffins look fabulous. (!!!!)
muffins may be my favorite thing to make--the possibilities are endless! your description of these makes them impossible not to try.
incidentally, (shameless plug alert) they'd be perfect for my cinnamon celebration. :)
Oh my. Those muffins looks and sounds so damn good!
Your blog is ace and I love the recipes you post! Keep it up :)
Ok first - I hope that comment you deleted was about your muffins. LOL. I can't say that word without giggling.
I love muffins! Heheehe, see?
My friend always saves her muffins at restaurants so she can ask "Can I have a box for my muffin?" and then we fall on the floor laughing hysterically - of course hoping in vain that they will call the people with the white jackets so we can get some good sheeet to go with the muffin. I know. We are 12.
Anyway, I would like an award for my patience as I remember a Tweet a while back about how you found the fourth dimension of the muffin... after I giggled I tweeted back that I NEEDED to know this information. Radio silence. I won't hold it against you because you have obviously ponied up here.
Your Meh and your Bleh are probably just old friends popping in for a visit. Like my MIL, I usually have to give those guys a specific time frame for their visit. That way I know how many pills I need to survive it.
I just drooled on my keyboard. I gave up sugar for '09....and you do THIS to me.
I can taste the sugar and cinnamon...virtually of course!
Oh dear, hope your meh fase will go away soon! But remember meh or no meh we allways love you, specially when you bring muffins like these!
Too funny - are we all on the same meds? Or lack thereof?
This is part of an e-mail I just sent yesterday! "Bleh. I think I turned my light box off too soon this winter and am feeling a bit slumpy." So, it's goin around!
These muffins look divine as usual, and remind me of some little orange mini muffins that get dipped in butter and rolled in sugar - yeah, you get the idea! Anyway, thank you for the highly entertaining post!
Yeah "meh" phase is what I like to call WINTER. Winter has drained all of the life out of me. I miss the sun. Valium is my bestest friend in the winter time. :-) I know bad, right.
dear ann, you have described what i failed to put in words of my feelings the past month. It's probably why i've been shopping so much and yet feeling pretty empty, useless and just 'bleagh' as you have so posted. it's pretty annoying since this lull doesn't really seem to be dissipating. anyhow, i baked some lemon poppy seed cake in hopes of 'reviving' myself (think reviving a dead body in ER) and it kinda worked for a bit but the effects have since worn out. Thankfully, these muffins are cheering me up much!! :D thanks ann! u're a star. xxx
I get meh days a lot too. I have all the stuff available to be creative, and, well, the sponge is dry so to speak.
I love the look of these muffins, they look like a gorgeous baby that a cupcake mummy and a sugar doughnut daddy had! ;)
First of all -- those muffins look divine, literally. I'm seeing little muffin halos left and right. Of course, having been made by you -- I'm thinking that they are divine.
Hope the "Meh"s go away soon. Perhaps a trip to Georgia is in your future, eh? hintity hint hint
LOl!
Blessings,
Lacy
I've had "meh" weeks myself. I think these muffins would pull anyone out of their "meh". They look AMAZING! DELISH!
It must be the time of year, I've been feeling like that for a while.
The muffins look so good, I'd love to rip that sugary top off and dive head first into the soft, pillowy middle.
Ann, I feel JUST like that exactly once a month : )
Usually dark chocolate, red wine, and extra strength tylenol gets me through it, but I'll ned to bookmark this muffin recipe as an added weapon in my arsenal.
My bleh could beat up your bleh anyday.
Just look at that muffin, I think it winked at me!
Mmm, I've made french breakfast muffins before, they came out great. so comforting, no?
My girlfriend made these many years ago when she invited me to coffee. They were soo yummy. I will try these tomorrow.
Big sigh here,,,, it is just the time of year, January and February are always "bleh" months in my book. But this too shall pass, spring is getting closer every day. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
OK OK I will make the muffins :)
These muffins were incredible! I added a little cinnamon to the batter as well.
They really do melt in the mouth!
You sold me on these muffins! I can't wait to make them now! I hope you are having a better day! I always have bleh days too!
Muffins as the cure for the February Blahs (or is it the February Mehs)? That's the kind of medicine I'm more than happy to take. :) Thanks for sharing... I'll be making these this weekend.
I just made these and they're amazing! Thanks for the recipe!
I made this in my high school cooking class once and they were a big hit. These look great.
I made this in my high school cooking class once and they were a big hit. These look great.
Thanks! I made these in mini muffin tins and they were absolutely delicious.
Where are you? If you simply can't find the time - get your ultra-funny husband who probably has too much time on his hands to post! ;-)
Time for some new muffins, Muffin. : )
These are the Pioneer Woman's French Breakfast Puffs! The ingredients are halved. I've made them. They're delicious.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/12/french_breakfast_puffs/
These are simply wonderful!!!!
These look so DAMN good and how simple. These will cure whatever ailes you!!!
These look beautiful! They'd lift anyone out of these horrible winter doldrums!
Thanks -
Michelle
http://oneordinaryday.wordpress.com/
Yummy and I need to bake these!! Great photos and thanks for sharing!!
You now what? I've been feeling like that too. My life is always the same. School, home, school, weekend then it starts again. I have to make these muffins. I LOVE MUFFINS! I really love muffins however I don't have a muffin pan thingy.Hmmm . . . . .
I made lemon curd and clotted cream muffins today...
I just couldn't help but think of you and wish I could run them over for you to enjoy.
Blessings,
Lacy
Ann, there's a small, but fantastic typo at the bottom of the post: "bake for 20-25 muffins..."
I love it.
These muffins are awfully mouth-watering! And would keep me busy in the kitchen, again. My cousins are going to visit our place next week. I think this would be just perfect for them and these muffins sound so tasty.
I am going to make these today for my kids when they get home from school! Sounds good whether it's breakfast or not!
My mom made these all the time, and we actually call them melt-in-your-mouth muffins. :P But we use boxed yellow cake mix for the muffins and then top them the same way ^_^
I made them as soon as i saw the recipe and i think i put too much flour in it. . . but next time im guna try 1 1/3 cup AP Flour and a tsp of vanilla extract
I have made these muffins for years. I found the recipe in a Country Living magazine and they are called "Feather-Light Muffins".. These are unbelievably good. Friends and family constantly begged me to make them.
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