Getting Ready for Breakfast in Bed (Blackberry Muffins)

Tomorrow is Father's Day (I'm sure I need not remind you) and we are gearing up.  Yesterday, my neighbor brought two containers full of fresh blackberries so I poked around on the net to see what recipes I could whip up.  Hubs mentioned muffins and so I had the idea to serve him breakfast in bed on the big day.  On the menu will be a cup of Community Coffee's Hazelnut Roast, Blackberry Muffins served with Saint Paula's (Patron Saint of Southern Cuisine) Blackberry Compound Butter, and fruit salad.  I hope Dad enjoys it.  Bebe already signed the Father's Day card (only got a little of the ink on herself) and I've already wrapped the presents.

Here's the recipe I found for muffins on a fellow blogger's page.  The muffins turned out great!  I'm looking forward to trying out more tasty treats from this Ms. Judy's page and I hope you'll do the same : )

Blackberry Muffins

1 cup buttermilk (could use regular milk)

1/4 cup oil (I use Canola)

4 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

2 eggs

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt                         

1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring

1 1/2 cups fresh blackberries (could use frozen)

  In a mixing bowl, add milk, oil, eggs, melted butter,  vanilla and sugars.  Mix well with mixer.   Add in flours, salt, soda, and baking powder and continue mixing. Fold in blackberries. Spray a muffin pan and fill each cup almost to the brim. Bake in preheated 400 degree oven about 25 minutes. Let cool in pan about 10 minutes.   Makes 12 muffins.  Enjoy!- Recipe courtesy of Judy @ A Southern Lady Cooks.

 

For our supper menu, I'll fry chicken and serve it with a Pea Salad and Squash Casserole,.  Banana Pudding will be for dessert.  I think we will eat supper after the beach, don't want to be walking around with a "food baby" showing.