# I like muffins **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221 "2003-03-10T04:04:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/1 "2003-03-10T04:04:14Z")
I do! I just took a batch of Blueberry-Cranberry Orange Muffins out of the oven ([recipe here](http://cookinglight.timeinc.net/cooking/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=226413) ), and I had one with a glass of skim milk. Yum. Yum. Yum. And I have 11 more left in the batch - half go in the freezer for later joy, and the rest are breakfast this week. I am a happy camper. Oh - and [these muffins](http://cookinglight.timeinc.net/cooking/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=222377) are yummy too. Susan ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/2 "2003-03-10T04:13:41Z")
Truly MPSIMS… I like it. And I like muffins. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/3 "2003-03-10T04:18:15Z")
Tomorrow at work I’ll get our recipe for pumpkin muffins and post it. I _think_ I could do it from memory, but I’d probably leave something out. Better safe than sorry. The pumpkin muffins are the favorite at the cafe I work for. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/4 "2003-03-10T04:33:52Z")
OK, Muffin… stop voyeuring on Simpson St and make a witty remark… we all know you want to 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/5 "2003-03-11T05:21:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by susan\_foster \* > \*\*I do! I just took a batch of Blueberry-Cranberry Orange Muffins out of the oven \*\* allllllrghhhhhhh… Bless your heart for linking to the recipe. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/6 "2003-03-11T06:03:35Z")
Pumpkin muffins 3 1/2 cups flour 3 cups sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon Nutmeg 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 cups canned pumpkin 4 eggs 1 cup oil 2/3 cup water Sift together dry ingredients. In bowl mix pumpkin, eggs, oil and water and blend well. Stir in dry ingredients. Scoop into greased muffin tins, filling cups about 2/3 full, whatever their size. Bake at 350 degrees Farenheit until done. Can’t really give a baking time as it will vary depending on the size of the muffin. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/7 "2003-03-11T06:34:08Z")
I like muffins. I like [pie](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm). I’m an MPSIMS Kind of guy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheOtherOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@TheOtherOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOtherOne)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/8 "2003-03-11T06:44:10Z")
MMMMMMMMMMMM…muffins… \ ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/9 "2003-03-11T06:47:53Z")
Blueberry muffins. What more needs to be said? {yum smiley} ---
**Author:** ![NiteFlower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6de8d8/32.png) [@NiteFlower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiteFlower)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/10 "2003-03-11T06:49:57Z")
Don’t you make chocolate chip ones?? _sigh_ haven’t had a good homemade chocolate chip muffin in months! wahh… i miss my mommy! ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/11 "2003-03-11T11:43:10Z")
[“Some people like cupcakes exclusively, while I myself say there is not, nor ought there be, nothing so exalted on the face of God’s gray earth as that Prince of Foods… The Muffin!”](http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/Bongo_Fury.html#Muffin) ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/12 "2003-03-11T12:44:36Z")
I love love LOVE muffins. I make up a huge container of AllMuffin mix and keep it in my cabinet. Then I’m ready…all I have to add is eggs and whatever else I have on hand. Our favorites are Lemon Lemon Blueberry, Double Banana, and Chocolate Chocolate Chip. (Yep, all those doubled names are on purpose–I like muffins with FLAVOR.) I add everything to my muffins–sour cream, yogurt, applesauce, sunflower seeds, you name it. If it’s in my fridge, it’s fair game. Mmmm…Chocolate Chocolate Chip sounds good today… ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/13 "2003-03-11T17:42:40Z")
If you like muffins, there’s really no excuse for not [going to this site](http://www.muffinfilms.com/). I believe “The Muffin Tree” is my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/14 "2003-03-11T20:15:24Z")
Chocolate chip is good. Chocolate chip/banana is even better. I use the Tightwad Gazette’s Universal Muffin Recipe, add whatever bananas and chocolate chips are on hand, and I usually substitute oatmeal for about half the flour. Mmmmm… Yeah, muffins are good. I haven’t made muffins in awhile, and I think I’ve got chocolate chips in the cabinet… ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/15 "2003-03-12T08:37:16Z")
You know, mostly I like life here in the Land of the Trolls, really I do. But up until recently, there was one unforgivable lack. You see, if you asked for a “muffins” - and no, that “s” isn’t a typo, for some reason they borrowed the plural and used it to mean the singular - anyway, if you went into a cafe and asked for a “muffins”, you would be served… a miserable… dry… tasteless… little… _cupcake_. Sometimes it wouldn’t even have icing on it, and when it did, it would be just a little dab of powdered sugar mixed with milk. Fortunately the times, they are a-changin’, and you can get recognizable muffins now. The little mutant cupcakes are now mostly served at children’s birthday parties as a quick and convenient sugar delivery device. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-muffins/160221/16 "2003-03-12T22:57:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NiteFlower \* > \*\*Don’t you make chocolate chip ones?? _sigh_ haven’t had a good homemade chocolate chip muffin in months! wahh… i miss my mommy! \*\* I do have a recipe for chocolate chip muffins that I will make - sometime. Problem is, I love to cook, so I am always looking at a list of things to make, and I never catch up! This week may be cream of carrot soup, and Lazy Daisy Cake - mostly because I have some of the ingredients for them already. Still working on the muffins - and limiting myself to one a day! Susan