Hancock Shaker Village

blueberry muffin morning

Instead of a lullaby last night, he got promises of baking his own muffins in the morning. 
Luckily, he slept in while I did an early grocery run.


Otto's Blueberry Muffins
makes 12 small (just under 2 ounces each) muffins

Preheat oven to 400°.

Line muffin tins with paper cups. 

BATTER:

DRY whisk together in one bowl:

1 cup King Arthur white whole wheat flour

1 ½ t baking powder

½  t sea salt

2 dashes ground nutmeg

WET combine in a second bowl:

1 large egg, beaten

3 T unsalted butter, melted

1/3 cup dark brown sugar, packed

¼ cup 1% milk

¼ cup plain whole milk yogurt

1 cup fresh blueberries

Add Wet to Dry and stir only enough to combine.

TOPPING in a glass measuring cup melt

2T unsalted butter

Add following and mix with fork until comes it together in clumps:

¼ cup rolled oats

¼ cup AP flour

2T cinnamon sugar

2 pinches sea salt

Put about 1 heaping Tablespoon of batter in each lined cup. (The cup should be no more than half full.)

Sprinkle with a generous amount of topping.

Bake 13-15 minutes until just turning brown at edges and fork comes out clean.

Based on a half recipe of easily adaptable Basic Muffin Recipe in the Joy of Cooking.

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Summer Soccer Skills and Drills

This week the grass was baked until crispy. Monday, the clover was so lush, that flip-flops were banned because of the number of bees. By Friday, it crunched under foot.

He did make the shot. And being the last day, there were popsicles for all.

His turn with the camera

The shy photographer

Waterfalls and shipwrecks

 A little excitement when a dead bat was found. 

Rounding and rounding

much better than standing in line at Starbuck's

Red, white and blue

Nose. Nose? Nose!