Lemon Crumb Muffins...

adapted from taste of home magazine

These I did not bake on a Sunday...

and I was WAYYYYY over my calories yesterday because of it...

Dang It!!!

But they are delicious and the reason I made them is so that Taylor could grab one out of the freezer at night, put it in the fridge and have them the next morning for breakfast...

The recipe made 51 muffins for me and they are about 235 calories each at that quantity...

the original recipe says it will make 40 muffins and then they are 300 calories each...

FYI...



Lemon Crumb Muffins:

2 cups butter melted

2 cups sour cream

8 eggs

3 Tbsp. grated lemon peel

2 Tbsp. lemon juice

Cream this together until smooth.

Add:

4 cups sugar

6 cups flour

3/4 tsp. baking soda

3/4 tsp. salt

This makes a very thick batter but trust me, they are so good!

Fill greased muffin lined cupcake pan with the large pampered chef scoop.  (this made 51 for me)  Top with struesal topping...generously.

Struesal topping:

1 cup flour

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup cold butter

Mix this until course crumbs

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.  Cool for a few minutes and drizzle with lemon glaze.

Lemon glaze:

1/2 cup sugar

1/3 cup lemon juice

Mix in a magic bullet or small blender or just by hand vigorously...

Drizzle liberally and remove from pans so they don't stick...these freeze beautifully which is why I like them...Breakfast for Taylor for a whole month...yes please!!!  (I shared the rest with some neighbors) 

Note:  You will need about 3 large lemons for the entire recipe.

Inside view

Beautiful!

for the sake of the picture I had to eat some...

again...

for the sake of some good pictures, I took another bite...

and for the record...

I only ate two!

Cheesey Bread...

I'm not gonna lie...

I have more dissappointments than successes from Pinterest recipes...

but this one makes up for all those mess ups...

Cheesey Bread!

nuff said...

Cheesey Bread:

1 can biscuits (I used the large flaky ones)

butter, melted

cheese

Spray your pan, I used a round baking dish, pour melted butter into dish.  Cut biscuits into fourths and pile them in the dish.  Mix it all around so the butter is covering every biscuit.  Sprinkle shredded cheese all over the biscuits making sure to get it on the ones on the bottom too.  Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes.

Variation:  I made two pans of these and in the second one I sprinkled some garlic salt and parmesan cheese over the biscuits too...they were divine!

My favorite part was the very bottom pieces that had oodles of butter on them and some overcooked cheese on the edges...chewy goodness!!!

Consumption...

I'm busy...

I'm bored with the ol' blog...

I'm not sure anyone even reads it...

I have been completely obsessed with my consumption of calories as of late...

and I have been bustin my butt at the gym 5 times a week too...

I'm not a runner at all...

and I'm okay with that...

I can kill myself walking uphill instead...

and it burns a jazillion more calories than walking on a flat surface...

it feels good...

I have been doing this 'routine' now for about 5 weeks...

and I have lost 6.4 lbs...

not much you say...

well, it's a whole lot to me...

it's proof that my hard work and dedication is paying off...

I'm actually doing it and seeing results...

my consumption of calories is very limited...

like 1350 to 1500 a day limited...

you could eat that many calories in one meal at most restaurants...

but it's not as hard as I was expecting...

I am doing so well with it and I have surprised myself with my dedication...

I have one day a week that I let myself bake and have a treat...

it's Sunday and I am thinking of starting a new recipe blog called...

The Sunday Baker...

but we'll see, cuz I'm busy...

as stated above...

so that's my story...

Nailed It!

I made one of those beautiful Rainbow cakes for my sis-in-laws birthday...

They looked a little tricky but doable...

I totally nailed it!

Don't ya think?

2 years...