Usually, at 7:30 on a weeknight evening, I am at home getting my little man settled in for the night. Except for the other night. I was in the car, with my sister, taking an emergency trip to the grocery store to buy sweetened condensed milk. For my mother. Why is this odd? Rewind back in time 2 weeks. My mother has purchased her newest diet craze. This one has miracle shakes, skinny vitamins, and you cut out sugar. You substitute sugar with Stevia and Agave Nectar. She got rid of all her sugar based products and replaced them with bottles of Nectar and bags of Stevia. I even bought some agave nectar for her at my house. A 7 dollar bottle to be exact!! She went on and on about sugar being bad for you and how it causes belly fat. I am skeptical of this, not because my mother can't stick to a healthier habit, but because of her serious addiction to sugar. She loves sweets, she even orders dessert instead of dinner when we go out to eat. She has been known to pay/bribe her daughters to make late night trips to the frozen custard shop. Double cherry with chocolate flakes. Fast forward back to the sweetened condensed milk. I go to pick up my son from my mom's house after work. She has gone to the grocery store. In her bags of groceries....sweets. Chocolate bars, trail mix, chocolate covered raisins, and the makings of cherry cream pie!! Really mom. Really. She didn't even make it 2 weeks! So of course I am teasing her about it. She ignores me (like only she can) changing the subject, she starts to make her cherry pie. "Oh Damn!!" she exclaims. She has forgotten her sweetened condensed milk (aka: sugar milk). So I ask her if she would like me to get her some. She insists she doesn't want me to make the extra trip. I know that look on her face. It means go to the store so I can make my pie and get my 2 weeks with no sugar fix before I go into shock. So, I got her milk and she got her pie. Which she dug into before the "chill for 8 hours". She probably finished off the rest for breakfast. She is not usually a bacon and eggs kind of gal. She is a waffle, french toast, cherry pie, chocolate croissant, blueberry muffin for breakfast kind of gal. So, in her honor I am sharing her blueberry muffin recipe. She has been making these since I was a little girl and they are amazing. Full of blueberries, with a touch of cinnamon, and a sugar crusted top. You gotta make these bad boys!
Oklolo's Blueberry Muffins
Makes a Dozen Muffins
Preheat oven to 425 Degrees
In a large bowl combine:
2 Cups Flour
2/3 Cup Sugar
1 Tbsp Baking Powder
1/2 Tsp Salt
1/2 Tsp Cinnamon
1/2 Tsp Nutmeg (I'm not a nutmeg girl, so I omitted this)
In a small bowl combine:
3/4 Cup Milk (I used skim and they did just fine)
1/2 Stick Melted Butter
1 Large Egg
12oz Bag Frozen Wild Blueberries or 1 1/2 Cup of Fresh Blueberries if available
1/8 Cup Sugar for Dusting
Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just moistened. Fold in blueberries gently. Scoop into a lined muffin tin, filling 2/3 full. Sprinkle tops evenly with sugar. Bake for 20-25 minutes until tops are golden and bounce back at the touch. Serve warm with butter. Enjoy!! Love as Always, "Big K"
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