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A warm strawberry marzipan muffin.
No. Really.
I got a full dozen both times I've made them. I'm not sure why the recipe tells you you'll only get ten. If you make them, trust the recipe. The batter does not look like it will work, but it does. The strawberries add a little moisture and makes everything turn out just fine.
Oh, and I cut the strawberries a bit finer than I normally would for a course chop. Strawberries can get a little weird when you back them. Small pieces help to limit that weirdness.
Oh, oh, and please forgive the cupcake paper. I don't trust my muffin pans to actually let go when the time comes.
Yes, I have trust issues.
So what?
The muffins more than make up for that.
Trust me.
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Good looking muffin - I'll bet they smell good, too! I always use paper liners. So much easier that way. Life is too short to clean all that stuff out of your muffin tins.
Posted by: Nora | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 01:14 PM
Agreed--paper liners were invented so we could spend more time with our muffins and less time washing dishes.
Looks yummy!
Posted by: Abigail | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 01:38 PM
I has muffin pan trust issues too.
They is damn shifty little fuckers. o.0
*hugs on all the TypePad BS* I haven't checked it out yet. They better get it fixed if you are irritated though.
Posted by: KnittyOtter | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 01:58 PM
Oh and recipe? :D
Posted by: KnittyOtter | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 01:59 PM
Mmmm, copied that little sucker...er...recipe right out!
I baked blueberry buckle today :^)
I use the paper liners.. 99% of the time. oh yeah.
Thanks for the recipe.
Posted by: marianne | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 02:13 PM
My printer went into action immediately - and I just added marzipan to my grocery list for tomorrow...along with strawberries...
Oh, you are supposed to use muffin tins without those little paper cups??? Not moi...
Posted by: Sara | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 02:57 PM
Thanks for the website. YUM! I think I'll be trying the chipolte shrimp tomorrow. Trust is overrated?
Posted by: Stacey (just Stacey) | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 03:42 PM
Yumsters! Thanks for the recipe!!
Posted by: beverly | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 03:49 PM
This is TypePad Support testing your comments. Please feel free to delete this.
Posted by: Kymberlie R. McGuire | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 04:34 PM
Wonderful looking muffin - makes me hungry in spite of the bowl and a half of Tortelloni Soup I just ate
Looks like TypePad Support was here - like Kilroy?
Posted by: Joy | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 05:28 PM
Wonderful looking muffin - makes me hungry in spite of the bowl and a half of Tortelloni Soup I just ate Count me as another one who never skips the cupcake papers.
Looks like TypePad Support was here - like Kilroy?
Posted by: Joy | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 05:29 PM
Oops - it stuttered - sorry!
Posted by: Joy | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 05:30 PM
Looks like I'm going to the grocery on the way home tomorrow for muffin ingredients. Thank you for the recipe. I always use the papers. Well, except for the large muffin tin that doesn't have any papers. Then I grease and pray....and still leave bits in the pan.
Posted by: Angie | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 06:23 PM
Oh that muffin looks divine!
Posted by: Opal | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 06:53 PM
Typepad forgot who I am!!! The nerve of them. And they sent a McGuire to test you? I thought that was my job?
Anyway, Yum! Do you think that if I put marzipan on the grocery list, they will actually find it and buy it for me?
And I use those wacky silicone muffin pans, nothing sticks.
Posted by: joan | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 07:18 PM
Looks yummy...
Posted by: JessaLu | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 07:49 PM
They look good! Silicone pans are the way to go!
Posted by: Ruth | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 04:45 AM
Yummy! I shall have to try them if ever I can get reasonable strawberries again.
And I would like to say for the record that we hates the Criminal Minds writers.
Posted by: Carrie | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 08:36 AM
You are a bad girl. I just printed that recipe, oh no!! (that picture made me drool!)
Posted by: MX | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 01:07 PM
I PDF'ed it. That looks so amazingly awesome and now I want.
Posted by: Kit | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 02:54 PM
Mmmmm, those sound fantastic. Gonna have to try those, strawberry season just barely started here. Actually, any occasion to eat strawberries and/or almonds is a good occasion.
Posted by: BigAlice | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 03:23 PM