Hello hello hellooo!
I'm baaaaaack!
For those of you who follow me on social media (find me on Instagram! @Summerbakes88) you may have seen that I took a little vacation. As it turns out, as we took our vacation, Hurrican Carlos decided to join us -- so the weather was...less than adequate. However, the hospitality and amazing food made everything better! Sadly, I did not find a husband and have a beach wedding like I had earlier planned. Definitely many candidates but it appeared they were already husbands :( hehe Just kidding. But there were a lot of sweet couples vacationing -- and a lot of CANADIANS! We represent abroad, that's for sure. I joke that most Canadians abroad say they're from Toronto. BUt really -- none of us are from Toronto. I live very close -- so it's always the default for me! Any who -- Paradisus Playa del Carmen was lovely and I am already in the downward spiral of depression that follows after going away.
On vacation everyone is happy. They are happy to be there, everyone smiles, the people at the resort are smiling the employees are smiling. All smiles. In the city? Everything is running around and chaos and honking horns and being late for work, late for appointments, late for everything. Yuck. No thanks. TAKE ME BACK PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! If only I had disposable income that was more than... *looks in pocket* 5 American dollars and a tic tac.
Do you have that problem? I don't go away often. The last tropical vacation I had was about 10 years ago! But even then I remember being very sad on the way home. It also could have been because I got food poisoning and was throwing up the whole time ... but that's not muffin appropriate discussion.
These muffins are gigantic. Yep. American style gigantic. Canadian style, too. Just North American style HYOOOGE!
I noticed in Mexico servings were very small. But everything was soooo delicious and packed with flavour.
Well these gigantic muffins are the best of both worlds ;)
I wish I could describe the flavour of these too you, but I cannot. They are so complex. Warm, fragrant, soft and fluffy on the inside with that slightly crisp muffin top. Ah. So good!
And personally, I love the added crunch of the crystal sugar on top. I love crunch in general! It's a nice addition to the softness of the muffins.
If you don't want to make the large bakery style muffins you can make any size you like and just adjust the baking times accordingly! These little mini muffins took about 1/2 the baking time -- and it make 48 mini muffins!!!!
Which is a good thing, too. Because I brought them to work where they disappeared ;)
Look how cute they are!!!! 1/4 of the size, double the fun!
In general, I am not much of a muffin gal. I think that's because I have never seen gluten free muffins available at major chains and to be honest, most gluten free options I have seen at the grocery store or large chain shops...they just haven't been very good.
These...oh boy. These will convert you, I promise. Or you get your virtual money back!
Let's see how easy they are to make..