Blueberry Muffins

I've been making these muffins for awhile now, and the problem with not blogging about them right away is now I don't remember where I originally got the recipe from. Which is particularly unfortunate in this case because the story behind where they came from was really cute. Apparently this recipe is from some kids book (maybe a version of Little Red Riding Hood?) where the character has to safely deliver these muffins and keep the "secret" recipe safe. Well, at the end the book gives the recipe for the muffins, and in my opinion there are two secret ingredients: sunflower seeds and almond extract! The sunflower seeds offer a nice nutty flavor to balance the fruit, and the almond extract further enhances this (I secretly think almond extract is amazing and I love finding recipes that use it). Enjoy!

Blueberry Muffins
(yields 12 muffins)

2 eggs
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 cup wheat flour
1 cup white flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups blueberries
1/4 to 1/2 cup sunflower seeds

Grease a muffin pan and preheat oven to 350*. Mix eggs, butter, sugar, and almond extract in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine flours, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to egg mixture. Stir until just combined (the dough will be thick). Gently stir in the blueberries and sunflower seeds and scoop the batter into the prepared muffin tin. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

I used frozen blueberries this last time, and although the taste and everything was still fine, the blueberries were quite large and therefore difficult to mix into the thick dough. So a few got squished along the way, which is why the muffins have a decidedly purple tint to them. But definitely not anything that will take away from the taste!

And not to make a totally random jump, but I have to share this picture of our first "snow" that fell over the weekend.

Darrell and I think we should figure out a way to permanently fill the cracks in our patio with something white because it looks pretty awesome. For now though, little dustings of snow will have to do (it's only a matter of time before the entire patio will be covered in mounds of snow!)