French Toast Muffins

Yesterday we had our parent teacher conference at our son's school. Our son's lead teacher told me to feel free to bring coffee and such to eat while we met as it was a morning meeting. Since I love to bake I figured I would take this opportunity to try out a new muffin recipe I had been eying for a few weeks now. French toast muffins. What an interesting idea to make french toast in the form of a muffin, how could I resist but give this a try. I must say they were not too difficult to make and were quite tasty and when they were baking my whole kitchen smelled like french toast, that yummy smell of cinnamon and maple syrup. This is one recipe I will definitely be repeating. Thanks must be given to Kris Holechek and "The 100 best vegan baking recipes: amazing cookies, cakes, muffins, pies, brownies and breads." This has quickly become my favorite cookbook. Everything turns out really great and tasty and no one ever knows the goodies are vegan unless I tell them.

Lemon Almond Bling Muffins

I have made these muffins before and one of our friends really loves these, she said these are the best muffins she has ever had. I tried this recipe when I was in the process of majorly trimming back my lemon tree, I baked and cooked all kinds of things with lemon. I also made lots of lemonade and lemon soda at that point in time. Now that the lemon tree is healthier and isn't quite so full of lemons I can use them at a more sane pace, but I still love these muffins and a few other recipes I found during that lemon period. This recipe is in The 100 Best VEGAN BAKING Recipes book on page 66. Seriously I know it seems like I only make things out of this book, honestly I don't, but it is an excellent book. I love this book very much and recommend it to all my friends who are looking for vegan baking recipes, this has definitely become one of my favorite cookbooks.

Raspberry Lime Muffins

I know for a 3 year old's birthday party you need to have lots of cupcakes and of course I will, 4 dozen cupcakes. But then I thought what about something a little less sweet for those who maybe find cupcakes to be too sweet or for those who might be watching their weight and so I decided to make 2 kinds of muffins as well. I saw the recipe for Raspberry Lime Muffins in The 100 Best VEGAN BAKING Recipes (page 68) and thought that these would be a nice alternative to a cupcake with frosting, something a little sweet with the raspberries but not overly sweet and no frosting necessary. I can hardly wait to try these at the party, I'm even kind of hoping they don't all get eaten so I can have some for breakfast next week. I guess if they all get eaten though that would be a good thing, it would show people enjoyed them. I guess either way I'll be happy.