Spiced Bran & Blueberry {Muffins}

Happy Monday everyone! I hope your day has been lovely so far! I worked 8-4 today. A man eating at the restaurant and I started up a small conversation & he told me that I had a beautiful accent! I was quite flattered! I am typically more embarrassed of my accent & I rarely get compliments on it. Then he went on to ask me if I was from Ireland! haha. I said no I am from Ontario, I'm an anglophone. He was shocked. haha he thought I was European. I met someone at the mall a few months ago and he asked me if I was German. He said I had a thick German accent when I spoke French. I laughed and said " well that's funny, because I'm English!". I must have a pretty interesting accent!
Here I am posting YET ANOTHER muffin recipe. It had been two weeks since I last made muffins. It felt wrong. I had no after work snack & I felt lost.
So I fixed that and made muffins!
Here is what you need:

• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup white flour
• 1 1/2 cups oat bran
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 4 T canola oil
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground clove
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 3/4 cup milk
• one dry pint of fresh blueberries (551 ml)

Step one:
Preheat oven to 400F. Place muffin cups in your muffin pan. Makes 12 muffins.
In a large mixing bowl mix together the flour, w/w flour, oat bran, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, & nutmeg. Make sure it is combined well.

Step two:
In a separate medium sized bowl mix together your wet ingredients. Honey, sugar, egg, apple sauce, oil & milk.

Step three:
Add the dry ingredients to the the wet. Stir until fully combined. Stir in the blueberries.

Step four:
Pour the muffin batter into the muffin cups. Bake for 15 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.

STEP FIVE:
ENJOY!

Here are pictures from our weekend!

It took us 2 hours on the bike to get to I'Isle aux Coudres. It's an island on the St Lawrence river. So beautiful!

Me on the ferry to the island.
I got some pretty funny looks from people. I guess I'm pretty intimidating ;)

Finished the day with my pj's on, sitting in front of the fire! Bliss..

Did you guys do anything fun & exciting over the weekend?

xo

Bran & Currant Muffins

Here I am with yet, another muffin! The cookbook I'm putting together should be just muffins I think! haha. I made these bad boys today & LOVED THEM! I have been wanting to make bran muffins for quite some time..and now that I did I shall be making them ALL THE TIME! Today has been quite the productive day. Laundry {check}, 4 loaves of bread made {check), clean bathroom {check}, read 1/4 of the Catching Fire book(the hunger games are HIGHLY addictive), delicious muffins baked {check} gardening {check}, dishes done...um..not so much. haha I hate doing the dishes. Whenever I bake (which is often) I have to do the dishes like 3 or 4 times. uggggg who in the world likes devoting that much time to dishes. If one of you reading this happens to be that person who LOVES dishes, please feel free to come over anytime ;) haha. I will pay you!
Muffin time:

• 3 tbsps oil (preferably olive oil)
• 1 cup unprocessed wheat bran
• 1/2 cup of skim milk
• 1/2 cup of unsweetened apple sauce
• 1/2 cup of dried currants
• 3 tbsps molasses
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• a little bit of brown sugar to sprinkle on top

Preheat oven to 400F. This recipe makes 9-12 muffins. I made 9, but you can make 12 small muffins.

Step one:

In a bowl or mixer combine the wheat bran, oil, milk, apple sauce, currants, molases, egg, & vanilla.

Step two:

In a separate small bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, salt & baking soda. 

Step three:

Add the small bowl of dry ingredients & mix. Do not over mix.

Step four:

Spoon the muffin batter into muffin cups. Sprinkle a bit of brown sugar and wheat bran on top of each muffin. It will make it look pretty! Bake at 400F for 20 minutes (or until fully baked).

enjoy.

ps: Ohhh I almost forgot to tell you all! I am going to Edmonton next week! I have never been out west & I am super stoked! I am going with my friend Victoria to my friend Katie's wedding! yayy! 

QUESTION:
What did you guys bake this week? Please feel free to comment! I would love to hear from you guys!

xo