While I can’t claim it all for myself, there’s a whole lot of baking going on in cyberville. At 38 weeks pregnant, Crystal’s been doing some nesting in her kitchen and invited us all (pregnant or not!) to join her.
As for me, I baked and sliced up a 10 pound ham yesterday. It is so nice to have this meat available in my freezer for casseroles and delicious sandwiches. I even stuck the hambone in there. I’m sure this lovely spring weather will glitch a day or two and I’ll be prepared to make 15 bean soup! (If you have a tried and true ham bone soup recipe, I’d love to take a look.) Here’s my bagged up ham, resting on top of a quarter of beef.
Once the ham was done, I mixed up some muffins. I’ve become a big muffin fan since having children. They make for a nice quick snack or side dish with soup, and it’s so much easier to grab one for the kids than slicing a loaf of quick bread. Here’s my latest bread-turned-muffins recipe. I made them with some of the pumpkin from last fall’s harvest.
Pumpkin Dessert Muffins
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 c. sugar
- 4 beaten eggs
- 2 c. pumpkin
- 1 c. melted butter
Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Make a deep well in the center; pour all other ingredients in. Stir just until combined. Scoop into muffin tins. Sprinkle with a cinnamon/sugar mixture. Bake for 18-20 minutes in a 350° oven. Makes 2 1/2 dozen muffins. (I made 2 dozen regular and 1 1/2 dozen mini muffins.)
This is prom week in Tiny Town, and Lance is busy helping his students decorate for the big event. When he surprised them today with the news that I was coming to help, their reaction was “What’s Amy bringing to eat?!” Well… I suppose I could share the Angel Food Cookies that I made this morning. But I probably won’t. 
I’m not a meanie… I just think they would rather have brownies, or chocolate sheet cake, or something. Maybe tomorrow.
In the meantime, I have some cutting and glittering and pasting and assembling to do. And if I have time, I’d love to peruse my new copy of the Virtual Great American Bake Sale ebook for baking ideas. You should check it out!
Kitchen’s closed. I’m off to do some prom decorating!
Seriously. How are y’all not FAT with all this good food you eat? I’m pretty sure I just gained five pounds thinking about those muffins…
Just so you know–I hate you.
Just kidding.
Sort of…
We did a big turkey on Sunday so we are eating lots of that this week
I wanted to join in the baking fun but I discovered that I had no foil, bags or saran wrap! I didn’t have enough covered dishes so I had to wait! Oh well. I did make the yummy dinner rolls though!
I cooked up a big ham a few weeks ago. I did a post on using up the leftovers and linked to a soup recipe. You can see it here:
http://ahighandnoblecalling.com/2009/04/14/using-up-leftover-ham/
Enjoy your ham!
Can’t wait to try these muffins! They look great!!
I’m hoping to do some baking tomorrow as the last couple of days have been busier. Those muffins look scrumptious!
I had only just found your blog in time to find those wonderful banana pumpkin choc chip muffins that Crystal made. Now I need to try the angel food cookies. Thank you for the recipes
Ok, seriously???? Stop this! Every time I check out ur blog, I get oh so hungry, regardless of the fact that I probably just had lunch. Ugh….hey,those pumpkin muffins looks scrum-delious! (I think my tummy just growled again)