twd ~ Honey Nut Brownies

Thanks to Suzy of Suzy Homemaker for this week's pick!

These brownies are all about the honey!
The honey makes them very dense and very sweet. It overplays the chocolate a bit. I used pecans for the nuts, and loved them. You definitely need nuts in these.
These were good straight out of the oven, but better the next day when the flavors seemed to have mixed and mellowed a bit more.

twd ~ Citrus Fig Sunshine Muffins

Lauryn of Bella Baker picked these week's twd recipe - Citrus Current Sunshine Muffins! As you can tell from the title of this post, I did a little substituting. I actually played around with these more than usual.



To begin with, I used vegetable oil instead of butter. I didn't read ahead to the "butter, melted and cooled" and didn't have time once I started mixing the other ingredients. Okay, I really didn't have the patience. I left out the lemon juice and extract because I didn't have it, and didn't quite have enough orange juice. I added a couple tablespoons of wheat germ, a couple of figs, a tablespoon of raspberry preserves, some chopped pecans, and a little agave. Everything but the kitchen sink!

So how did they turn out...delicious! They are a little on the dry side, but very grainy and good. The orange taste comes through nicely, but isn't overpowering at all.

twd ~ Corniest Corn Muffins

March has sprung it's madness already.
Fights breaking out outside my office building just when I'm sneaking out for a mid-day coffee.
Unfriendly people suddenly becoming friendly.
Friendly people becoming stressed and jumpy.
It's all very strange.

Which is kind of what happened with these muffins. I made them at the end of February, and tasted one as soon as it was cool. Delicious! Especially with a little butter and honey slathered on. But a couple of days later, when March rolled in, I bit into a muffin to discover that the kernels had morphed from crunchy yellow spots to hard, chewy blots. Now I know a muffin two days old isn't going to taste as good. I was expecting that, but these had done something funny with the kernels.

So I just put more butter and more honey on them and noshed away.



I love corny things, and used stoneground meal and frozen corn kernels. Somehow I ended up with lopsided tops.



Thanks to Jill of My Next Life for a great pick this week!