Lemon Poppy Muffins

When I heard about the Get Your Chef On Challenge hosted by White Lights on Wednesday and Four Marrs One Venus I was so excited to sign up!

The first challenge was..

I spent a lot of time researching and brainstorming because I wanted this recipe to be perfect

Then it hit me..

Lemon Poppy Muffins

These muffins were a breeze to make, and I'll bet you already 

have most of the ingredients on hand!

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease muffin tin

2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl

3. Add egg yolks one at a time and beat after each

4. In a separate bowl, stir together the dry ingredients with poppy seeds and lemon zest

5. Alternate adding the dry ingredients, yogurt, lemon juice and vanilla to the creamed sugar mixture

6. Beat until smooth

7. Whip the egg whites together in a separate bowl until soft peeks form

8. Fold the whipped egg whites into the batter until blended

9. Fill muffin tins up 3/4 of the way and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean

Once you take the muffins out of the oven you can quickly whip up the sugar icing. 

I used about 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the juice of 1 lemon, mixing together until I got the perfect pourable consistency.

I also made raspberry glaze by melting some raspberry jam in the microwave for 20 seconds and mixing with the glaze

You can pour or pipe onto warm muffins and allow to cool 

(if you can wait that long!) How adorable would these mini muffins look at your Mother's Day Brunch?!

 Here are a few more pictures (because I couldn't help it!)  

 I hope you guys try these muffins out - you won't be sorry!  

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Beautify It Monday #7

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Because It's Friday - Cinco De Mayo Fun!

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo!

Do you have your fiesta all planned?

If not don't worry.. here are a bunch of amazing ideas that you still 

have time to pull off!

Food

1 Mexican Pizza . 2 Chicken Tequila Burgers . 3 Chimichangas . 4 Black Bean Salsa . 5 Chicken Fajitas

Desserts

1 Margarita Ice Cream Sandwiches . 2 Frozen Cinco de Mayo Cake . 3 Mexican Brownie Bottom Cheesecake . 4 Margarita Cupcakes . 5 Chile Cocoa Graham Crackers . 6 Tres Leche Cupcakes

Drinks

1 Strawberry Margarita Jello Shots . 2 Corona Beer Popsicle . 3 Skinny taste Margarita Spritzer . 4 Grapefruit Margarita . 5 Margarita Lime Jello Shots

Fiesta Decorations

1 Ruffle Streamers . 2 Drink Tag Printables . 3 Tomato Can Vase . 4 Ruffles "Pinata" Lamp . 5 Paper Parasol Topiaries

For more amazing Cinco de Mayo ideas check out our Fiesta Fun Board on Pinterest!

Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!!

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Dog Treat Jars

Last weekend I pulled out some old ceramic jars that we were no longer using and decided to give them a new purpose..

In the past we used these jars for storing sugar and bread crumbs, but they have been out of commission for a while.  So after a good cleaning and some black paint they are the perfect place for storing Huck's treats and small bones

Considering I free handed these, I'm pretty happy with the final product!

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Peanut Butter and S'mores Brownie Bites

Using boxed brownie mix, these adorable and delicious Brownie Bites 

couldn't be simpler to make!

For these S'mores Bites simply make the brownies according to the box instructions, and bake in a brownie bite pan. 

Once they are just shy of being done remove them from the oven and dab some melted chocolate on top as glue to hold the marshmallows in place.  

Place them back into the oven under to broiler for 2 minutes until the 

marshmallows are just browned.  

Finish these off with a drizzle of melted chocolate on top!

For the Peanut Butter Bites, mix a 1/4 cup of peanut butter into the brownie mix and bake in a brownie bite pan.

Microwave 1/2 cup of peanut butter, stirring every 30 seconds until it is thin enough to pour

Once the brownies have cooked, use a spoon to make a dent in the top and fill with some melted peanut butter

Top with chocolate and peanut butter chips

These are such a hit - I've made them twice and we never have any left overs! 

  

To make these bite size I used this Wilton Brownie Bite Pan that I purchased on Amazon for $8.00

Since I was making two boxes of brownies at a time, I was stuck waiting for these to bake and cool, bake and cool, bake and cool 

since I only have one of these pans.  So take my advice and order at least two! C'mon they are only $8!

Let us know what you think!

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