Thursday, January 21, 2010

WWTBCD? (What would the barefoot contessa do?)

I have finished at work for the week, and I am so ready to be done.
It has been a very long week. I have been feeling under the weather lately, and I have also not been able to get much sleep. this added onto the amount of work I need to do is a little overwhelming. I am just glad I can stay home and focus on my work, sleep, and getting better.

Here is the recipe for some muffins I made a while back, I think I got it from Rachel Ray:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons lightly salted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a standard muffin tin and set aside.

Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together into a medium bowl. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter and 1 1/4 cups sugar and cream at low speed until the mixture is smoothly blended. At low speed, add the eggs, one at a time, and blend. Add the flour mixture and the milk a little at a time, alternating one with the other, and beat until blended, then remove the bowl from the mixer. Add 1/2 cup of the blueberries and gently fold them in with a large wooden spoon. Add the rest of the berries and gently fold them in. Ladle the batter into the muffin tins, filling each hole almost to the top. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup sugar over the muffin tops, then bake in the center of the oven for 25 to 30 minutes, until the muffins are puffy and golden brown. remove from the wire rack and cool.
I wish you all an easy Friday.
Catch you on the flip side.

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