Muffin Top
Muffins are the perfect treat.
Whether sunrise or sunset, there’s always room for a muffin.
You can snarf one from your hand and lick the crumbs off your fingers (all the better to hide the evidence of hurried consumption and shattered resolutions!)
You can adorn a plate with plump muffin goodness. A muffin makes everything look prettier.
You can eat it from a cup or a tiny bowl. And if some ice cream/ butter/ honey/ whipped cream/ another muffin should happen to join the muffin in its tiny bowl, that’s ok. Muffins in cups should never be lonely.
You can even pluck a muffin straight from the pan and pop it into your mouth. Don’t worry, you don’t need to taste anything ever again after this muffin.
As a expert on muffins, I can assure you they are 100 percent tasty and good for the happiness of the tummy and soul.
Scientists have proven that one muffin a day can prevent crankiness, stress and depression. I should know. I live at the North Pole all year.
If you don’t have a muffin, dozens of muffins will go without cheerful kitchens to populate this year. And you wouldn’t want that, would you?
So there’s only one real question, Invisible Friends:
Have you had a muffin today?
He won’t bother you. I promise.
This is actually my mom’s recipe for Banana Nut Bread. I just made them into muffins because, well, who can resist a hot, tasty muffin?
Banana Nut Muffins
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 egg
1 cup mashed bananas ( 3 med. bananas)
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cooking oil
1/2- 2/3 cup chopped pecans
Grease bottom of muffin cups or one loaf pan, 8 x4x2 inch if you prefer a loaf bread over muffins. Stir flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nuts together. In a separate bowl, mix egg, bananas, sugar and cooking oil. Mix wet batter into dry batter until thoroughly mixed and pour in muffin cups or loaf pan. Bake for 30-40 minutes at 350 degrees for muffins, 60-70 minutes for loaf pan at same temperature. Check with toothpick to make sure center is done.
Stay tuned, Invisible Friends! Tomorrow, the Rubber Chicken continues to search for his Fuzzy Duck. This weekend, as requested, a new Twirl and a special announcement about a celebration here at the Pond, as well as a new series of stories you’re sure to love! Stay tuned!
February 5th, 2009 at 3:35 am
Your posts are too funny. Love the picture of him sneaking a peek. Rudolph is quite cute. And I haven’t had a muffin today, yet. Yours sound tempting!
February 5th, 2009 at 4:31 am
I feel terrible. I haven’t been over here in a while, sorry. I’m going to follow you-so I don’t miss anything
February 5th, 2009 at 4:36 am
You are just too funny and that picture of BEN! ROFLOL!! And Bunny!!
February 5th, 2009 at 5:08 am
I can’t believe Ben has deleted all evidence of that picture yet. LOL You’re right there is something happy and cheery about a muffin. Banana Nut muffins are A.J.’s favorite. Myabe I’ll treat him to a dozen.
February 5th, 2009 at 5:19 am
Muffins do make it all better!
February 5th, 2009 at 5:28 am
Duckie…I can’t believe no one has asked you this question yet…Do you know the muffin man?
I do cause I love a nice warm muffin! Thanks for sharing…I am going to make some of these today:) Warm banana bread goodness!
February 5th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Banananut Muffins are my FAVORITE!!
Now Im hungry!… This baby weight is never going to come off! lol
Thanks for stopping by my blog
February 5th, 2009 at 5:33 am
I love muffons and i am sure i will love these ones too.
February 5th, 2009 at 5:40 am
We love banana nut bread, We’re bound to love muffins. You are a good person. I make my muffins from a box. And as usual….how do you come up with this stuff?
Funny!
February 5th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Hey mama-muffin! Sounds good to me!!
February 5th, 2009 at 6:39 am
A muffin sounds good right about now. I haven't had breakfast & I'm starved.
Whose doggie is that or is that Bear & Bitty's stuffed friend?
~ingrid
February 5th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Banana muffins are a classic!! The tops are the best!
February 5th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Mmmmmm….looks yummy. I can almost smell them cooking.
When I first read the title of your post, I thought you may be talking about that roll that hangs on top of your pants – well, not YOUR pants, but you know what I mean.
-FringeGirl
February 5th, 2009 at 7:17 am
You probably notice that I make a lot of muffins, especially mini muffins. They are the best, because you can eat 2 or 3 with minimal diet guilt. Of course, being young, skinny and beautiful, you don’t yet suffer diet guilt. No, I haven’t had a muffin today, but I have had banana bread – does that count?
February 5th, 2009 at 7:30 am
About once a week I make a quadruple batch of muffins and stash some in the freezer. You never know when you will need a muffin.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Mmmm, we love muffins around here. I agree they are the best. A couple of years back my hubby and I decided to start eatin’ even better than we already did so we started eaten’ muffins for breakfast instead of over sugared, over processed cereal. I make ‘em with oats and flax seed and always nuts and we eat ‘em every morn.
Thanks for the new muffin recipe, it sounds perfect.
You have a very funny sense of humor and I really enjoy visitin’ with you.
Have a great day!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:39 am
i love muffins. I just wish they didn’t have so many calories.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Yum! I will have to make some muffins!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:00 am
I love muffins! And the muffin top episode on Seinfeld.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:00 am
These look so yummy!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Your muffins look delicious Duckie! What a good idea to make your bread recipe into muffins. You are so clever!
XOXOXOX
Jen
February 5th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Yum. They look really tasty. I made banana muffins recently and plan to make more today. They are easy, delicious and comforting.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Mmmm……love muffins and cupcakes (had to thrown that in there). They are perfect little packages of yum.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I agree. A good muffin is a perfect food for any time! I love that muffins come in so many flavors too! Yummy!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:57 am
anything you snarf must be good!
February 5th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Muffins are wonderful, but I refuse to make them without the paper baking cups because I’m so lazy about cleaning the muffin tins. :}
February 5th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Yummy. I love muffins. They are probably my favorite food. Because, they can be sweet, or semi healthy (my mom made a mean zuchini muffin) and ohhh so yummy with honey butter. Mmmm. I think we’re food soul mates!
February 5th, 2009 at 9:16 am
i cam eby from everyone has a story to tell…thought you had a cute name!
so funny that you posted about muffins…my girlie pies were begging in the car only minutes ago that i fix some for after dinner tonight!
maybe this is my sign…i think i’m going easy peasy today though with box mix. sad, i know, but, will they know? not today!
nice to meet you!
February 5th, 2009 at 9:23 am
i’m sick, but i’d really like one of the muffins.
maybe you can dispatch the cookie stealing bunny to send me over some muffins in san diego! i’ll reward him with some cookies
February 5th, 2009 at 10:22 am
I like muffins. Especially Bran or Poppyseed (ooh, poppyseed). Mind you, last weekend my friends and I made muffins, set off the fire alarm (but they weren’t even burning!) and the whole dorm had to evacuate.
Sigh.
Muffins are sometimes cantankerous.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:23 am
I have a Rudolph too!! Who is that adorable little husky puppy? My favorite kind of doggies!! The muffins look scrumptious!! I have like ten bananas right now that need to be eaten.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Mmmm … whether in bread or muffin form, banana goodness is the best! YUM!
February 5th, 2009 at 10:25 am
I love that your ‘stud muffin’ awaits the arrival of the latest batch!
February 5th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Well, now I want a muffin!
February 5th, 2009 at 10:32 am
YUMMY!!! I want a muffin now real bad!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Sounds delicious! I actually did have a muffin today, yum
February 5th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
YUmmmmm! THose muffins look amazing…(might have to try to backe this weekend.)
February 5th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
those muffins do look good, and I wish I had a muffin today! Thanks for the recipe
February 5th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Yum!! These look DELICIOUS!!!
February 5th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
It’s so hard to resist a muffin–no matter what time of day it is!
February 5th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
This is in regards to your Tuesday post:
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
I love the pictures of her glaring eyes! I love it!
And those muffins look delish. I’ll have to muster the strength to bake one of these days.
February 5th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
This looks like a great banana muffin! And as always, thanks for my Cookie Stealing Bunny fix.
February 5th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
My stomach is SO growling right now. I haven’t had a muffin… in…. I don’t know… YEARS!! Adorable pictures too!
February 5th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Duckie –
I just had to say – every time I look at my side bar and see your heading today I have to giggle. I am thinking of a different muffin top entirely. It makes me think I need to stop checking blogs and get on my stairmaster!
hahaha! Thanks for the laugh!
Jen
February 5th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
The top is the only part of the muffin I can eat!
February 5th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Hahahahahaha!
February 5th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Muffin Tops…how cute!
February 5th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Your posts are so fun, and this one’s delicious too
! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you’re doing well!
February 5th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Cute hubby pic!
February 5th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
I love muffins and to have just the tops would be heaven. Thanks for the recipe
February 5th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Great idea to make the banana bread into muffins Miranda, they look yummy!!
February 5th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Muffins are perfect portion control for me! Love your pics.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I love muffins…just get to lazy to make them sometime. I think I feel a sudden burst of energy now. Thanks for the visual, just what I needed to get me motivated.
Thanks for stopping by, sorry about your friends dad, Funerals are always so hard.
We just found out that he died of a heart attack (he had a heart murmur since birth.) He had severe flu symptoms and the coughing and throwing up caused his heart to stop. You never would imagine that a 16 year old athlete would die of a heart attack.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
I just love banana muffins, I have bananas in the kitchen right now that need to ripen!
February 5th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Oh muffins. I just love muffins. Very cute post!
February 5th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
I so agree – muffins make the world go round, and these look especially yummy!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Love muffins…any kind. These look so cute and are just enough!
AND I LOVE, LOVE the puppy pic!
February 5th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
I love muffins too. I had store bought banana bread this morning. I'm sure your home-made muffins were much better. There's my bunny again, I'd love to see a new pic & what other types of cookies he steals.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
I love muffins! I am going to try your recipe my hubby loves banana nut bread. Thanks for sharing!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Mmmmm! Lovin’ the muffin recipe! Thanks!
Jen
Creative and Curious Kids!
February 5th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
My favorite Banana Bread Muffins!! The pictures were so awesome I could feel their heat and smell their aroma – thanks for sharing!!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
I think perhaps I’ve never tasted a real muffin, but they must be soo good!
February 6th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Those sound yummy! I am going to have to try them!
February 6th, 2009 at 3:16 am
As if the riveting story wasn’t enough, you gave a scrummy recipe at the end! You give so heartily!
I heart muffins
February 6th, 2009 at 3:25 am
LOL! I love this post! I want a muffin now!
February 6th, 2009 at 3:34 am
I am so hungry now! You crack me up and thanks for the tasty recipe
February 6th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Nothing more yummy delicious than a soft crumbly muffin top! I’d like s couple now with my coffee please!
February 6th, 2009 at 9:16 am
I’ll take a muffina and the puppy!
February 6th, 2009 at 10:54 am
You’re right – muffins ARE the perfect treat!
February 6th, 2009 at 11:22 am
I am convinced. I resolve to eat a muffin a day. IF someone will deliver them to me, maybe a little fluffy bunny.
February 6th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I love muffins! They are such a happy food! Brings a smile to my face just saying the word!
Muffin… muffin… muffin!
February 6th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Yums! those look delish.. banana nut is my weakness and throw a few white chocolate chips in. oh my!
February 6th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Hmmm, banana nut muffins sounds delicious.
Cheers,
Elra
February 6th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Mmmmmm! Those muffins look YUMMY!
February 6th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Oh yes, muffins are irresistible!
February 7th, 2009 at 11:03 am
You are so popular! Wow 78 comments. I am so jealous! Muffins, muffins, muffins, you know I go crazy over muffins. The latest installment of muffins beat the blahish zucchini ones hands down.
Always something interesting at your site!
February 18th, 2009 at 8:44 am
It’s true! No one can resist a hot tasty muffin!