Banana
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Cinnamon Streusel
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Banana
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Knock Knock
(GF, SF, TNF, PF CF) Knock knock. Who’s there? Banana. Banana who? Knock knock. Who’s there? Banana. Banana who? Knock knock. Who’s there? Banana. Banana who? Knock knock. YEAH, I GET IT. BANANA WHO? I’m sorry, I have a serious medical condition. I forget things very easily. I’m just a banana muffin. |
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Knock Knock No Milk
(GF, DF, SF, TNF, PF) Knock knock. I don’t want to do this – I’m opening the door anyway! Um… why is there a cow on my front porch? Knock knock. Ummm… Okay. Who’s there? Interrupting cow. Ok, I'll bite. Interrupti- These banana muffins have no milk. Moo. |
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Knocked Out
(GF, DF, SF, EF, TNF, PF) When creating the recipe for these muffins, we started off with left over pieces of some of our older muffins (the Funky Drummer brownie, the Gangster Boogie buttercream, the Trip to Your Heart crispas, The Humpty Biscotti, and our holiday themed Rock the Balls. We threw that out and let momma knock this one out. Still a good banana muffin. |
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Gone Bananas
(GF, SF, PF, CF) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. You’ll like these muffins – they have nuts. |
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Gone Bananas No Milk
(GF, DF, SF, EF, PF, Sugar Free) I did a film project once using a lesser known play by Woody Allen, first published in “Without Feathers.” In it, a man dies and is visited by Death. To try and cheat his fate, the man challenges Death to a game – if he wins, he gets another day on Earth (if he loses, of course, it’s off to the afterlife with the Grimm Reaper, right on schedule). Death agrees under protest due to the man’s persistence – the game they finally decide to play? Pinochle. Throughout the game, he pleads for a soda (“it’s hot in here, buddy – and trust me, I KNOW hot! But, hey, you will too!”). Would have worked better if he asked for a milk, got it, then remembered that he was lactose intolerant. Dang. |
Cinnamon Streusel
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Barkenbite
(GF, SF, TNF, PF, CF) My husband and I took a trip to Germany and had dinner with a nice couple in a typical Schwarzwald (Black Forest) restaurant. It was like a fairy tale – quaint, middle of a forest, with delicious veal and staff that came and sat with us for hours. Best part of the meal, though, was the bottle of schnapps, which they happened to make on site. From what we remember, it was delicious. We bought a bottle to take home and share with friends. The TSA decided we needed to share the liquid with the drain before getting on the flight instead. We still have the cool bottle and memories of the Schwarzwald. And, of course, these muffins which I imagine they would serve there in the morning alongside with a cup of strong coffee. And more schnapps. |
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Barkenbite / No Milk
(GF, DF, SF, TNF, PF,) When I was a kid, there was this huge white dog named “Milk” that used to live down the block from school. 3 o’clock was “go time” – if the dog was locked up, it was a leisurely stroll down the street. But if the dog’s owner forgot to close the backyard gate… you could hear the screams for miles, as the entire 2nd grade class made a break from the playground, scattering to the wind, survival of the fittest. Except me – I would skip calmly down the street, just as I would every other day. I knew that if I wasn’t afraid of him, I’d be okay. “No, Milk! You’re all bark an’ no bite!” |
Lemon Poppyseed
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Lemonicious
(GF, SF, TNF, PF, CF) Little guy, about a foot tall shows up to my door one day. “Hey.” I chose not to say anything, as I’m honestly not sure what’s going on here. “Hey, I want a giant cake, bigger than my head, made out of these massive lemons I found on this huge tree growing in my yard.” I didn’t want to tell him the lemons were from a dwarf lemon tree because… well, I didn’t want to go there. Made him some muffins – he was happy, paid, and skipped off into the hedge. Best part of the story? I short changed him. |
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Lemonicious / No Milk
(GF, DF, SF, TNF, PF) His mom came back the next day. She asked for another huge cake, made without milk. I didn’t say a word, and gave it to her for free. Kept the recipe… but I cut back a little bit on the amount of poppy seeds, just in case. |
Brownie Bites
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Homunculus
(GF, TNF, PF, CF) A “brownie” is a small, magical creature, born of the Scottish highlands, considered to be the “spirit of nature.” Don’t anger a brownie, though - or it becomes the nasty version of itself, a “boggart.” A Homunculus is another name for these small, human-like creatures. Moral of the story? Don’t let any of your little homunculoids bogart your brownies. |
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Homunculus / Egg Free
(GF, EF, TNF, PF, CF) When my oldest was born, I met a beautiful woman. She must have been a few months shy of a century - so, I naturally listened to her to hear what wisdom she may have. She took one look at my little girl, and she said "aww... you know, she has all the eggs she'll ever have." From that point on, I began ensuring I had egg-free recipe options. |