An old fashioned bran muffin with a light texture and sweet molasses flavour. It wasn’t until I got to university that I understood the jokes about bran muffins being like doorstops. I grew up eating homemade buttermilk bran muffins made with natural bran. They were light textured and sweet. Mom […]

These wheat germ muffins are moist and rich tasting, perfect with a cup of tea. Wheat Germ Muffins with Currants make perfect little tea cakes. When Princess Diana visited Canada in 1983 she and Prince Charles were scheduled to do a walkabout in my little town of Rothesay. I was in […]

 Wholesome Blueberry Wheat Germ Muffins have a nutty sweetness and a lovely light texture. It wasn’t until I had children of my own that I understood the value of being inventive with school lunches. In elementary school we walked home at noon but in junior high we often stayed at school […]

This is the blueberry muffin recipe that I grew up with. It’s a classic muffin, not too sweet and not complicated. If you want to jazz it up a bit add a little lemon zest to the batter and sour your milk with lemon juice rather than vinegar.  Blueberry Spelt […]

Mini muffins made with whole spelt flour taste like doughnuts when dipped in butter and cinnamon sugar. Who doesn’t love a good muffin? I think they’re the greatest snack going if made with 100 % whole grain flour. I grew up eating muffins as an afterschool snack. We’d arrive home […]