Zucchini Muffins

They makes me happy. And I don't feel very guilty for eating them because it has a VEGETABLE in it! Nevermind the butter on the top.

Here is the recipe I use. I found it online, but I made some adjustments. I like more nutmeg and cinnamon than the original recipe I found. So, here is MY recipe:

Ingredients

• 3 cups grated fresh zucchini
• 2/3 cup melted butter ( I like salted)
  
• 1 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
  
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• Pinch salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg

You can add nuts or dried fruit if you wish. I like "girl" bread and muffins. No nuts. Nothing worse than biting into a warm, fluffy, soft muffin....only to have something weird and crunchy come out of nowhere and smack you upside the head!

Method

You don't need a mixer for this recipe.

1 Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). In a large bowl combine the sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in the grated zucchini and then the melted butter. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the zucchini mixture and mix in. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Stir these dry ingredients into the zucchini mixture.

2 Coat each muffin cup in your muffin pan with a little butter or vegetable oil spray. (I'm lazy and I use those cupcake/muffin paper thing-a-majiggers) Use a spoon to distribute the muffin dough equally among the cups, filling the cups up completely. Bake on the middle rack until muffins are golden brown, and the top of the muffins bounce back when you press on them, about 25 to 30 minutes. Test with a long toothpick or a thin bamboo skewer to make sure the center of the muffins are done. Set on wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from the tin let cool another 20 minutes.

Yummmmmmmmmmy!

(and Harper likes them too!)
(and they make the house smell great!)
(and they're easy for Tuli to grab and take a few with him to work!)
(and I get to feel domestic!)

Oh, I have a staph infection. Isn't that wonderful? But...the good news is, I don't have cancer!

(I'm practicing finding the silver lining in things, can you tell?)