Mighty Math Muffins

Last Tuesday, a gubernatorial candidate visited my office and gave a press conference from the building’s conference room. For the guests and media, my boss bought TONS of muffins and drinks. For the remainder of the week, I had a muffin a day (…or more) and by Friday, I wanted to throw muffins off a balcony.

So it was kind of shocking when I really wanted to bake muffins this afternoon.

Since Samir is out of town, I didn’t want to make a huge dinner for just myself, but I still wanted to cook something. (While I do believe you can create a decadent dinner for just yourself, I’m far too lazy for such luxuries.) I went through The Recipe Club‘s recipes and came across the cranberry muffins. Perfect!

First problem came at Publix. Apparently cranberries are out of season, so they didn’t have any fresh or frozen. I opted for blueberries instead, since I really love blueberry muffins.

Next problem came when mixing the ingredients. While cooking, I had on the movie Almost Famous. I guess I was a bit distracted, because instead of putting flour into the mix…I put confectioners sugar.  I’m amazing. Thankfully, I only had two ingredients in so far, so I wasn’t too far in – and I didn’t waste too much. I hate waste.

After that, success!

I’ve made muffins before (okay, only pumpkin muffins, but still – those ARE the most delicious muffins in the world), but I was still impressed with how these came out. Honestly? Far much tastier than the ones we’ve been eating all week. They taste, well, real.

The blueberries are great, and I was especially surprised by the addition of lemon zest. It was just a bit, but it made a HUGE taste. Shocking!

I’ll definitely make this recipe again.

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