Let the baking commence!

Hey, why not? I thought that in this delicious new endeavor it would be useful to have a record of our "assignments", of things that work, of things that don't work and should never be mentioned again, of ideas to try, of recipes to share, of snide remarks... and so on!

My first assignment: delicious muffins

I read the section on muffins in "The Joy of Cooking" this morning, then (gasp!) followed the recipe exactly, with their exact measurements and ingredients. This is not something I usually do! I used their basic muffin recipe and added a cup or so of frozen blueberries [after sprinkling them with sugar and allowing them to marinate for a while]. The result -- delicious muffins! They got pretty big, had a delicious vanilla-y buttery flavor, and had a nice crumb. The blueberries were tart but not -too- tart, which has been the case whenever I've tried to make blueberry muffins before. I used butter this time, so I'm interested in seeing how using oil changes the flavor. Also, the flavor of these was fantastic, but I would like to see these muffins bigger and with more fluffitude.