Gingerbread Banana Muffins

In honor of our Texas snow day, here is a recipe for melt in your mouth Christmas muffins.

Gingerbread Banana Muffins

Makes 12-16

3 ripe banana - mashed
1 egg
1/3 cup melted butter
1/4 cup sugar - or sweetener of choice
1/4 cup molasses

1 1/2 cups flour - I blend unbleached, teff, and brown rice flours
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground clove
1/4 tsp salt

In a large bowl, combine wet ingredients and sugars. Top with dry ingredients and spices and stir until blended. Fill lined muffin pan and bake at 350F for 25 to 30 minutes.

Enjoy! ~ Stephanie

Garden Blackberry Pie

First of all, let me confess. I am using premade pie crust. *gasp* No excuses, don't judge.



Now that that is out in the open, what is a knitter to do when she has more blackberries than the children and wildlife can sneak from the bushes when her back is turned? You add tons of sugar and you make pie. Blackberry ooey gooey pie. I followed the recipe found here.




First I added the heaping scoop of sugar, some lemon zest, cornstarch, and a healthy squeeze of lemon to the berries. I really enjoy lemon with my berries - gives them a nice zing!




The children helped me pinch the pie crust. Honestly, I could not have done better.




When the berries were nice and juicy from their sugar bath they went straight into the crust and covered with some swanky lattice work. Pretty!



Brush with a little egg wash, into the oven, and wait, and PIE. Yum.