Breads, Muffins and Scones

I was lucky enough to have a grandmother who baked constantly, and being a somewhat overweight (OK….huge) child, I always enjoyed trips to her house to see what was coming out of the oven.  homemade bread and rolls, shortcakes with garden berries, rhubarb cake, cornstarch pudding (sounds gross-tasted great, but like I said I was twice the size of a normal child my age so ate just about everything not tied down in those days) and the smell of cinnamon when she would bake an old fashioned applesauce spice cake.  I don’t know where her recipes went, or if she even used them, but here is my attempt to replicate that old spice cake into muffins.

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In our household, Dick has  a tradition of a mid-morning coffee break.  Coffee is French Pressed, rich, and strong enough to stand a fork up in it.  This brew is usuallly accompanied by a muffin or sweet bread of some sort to round out the experience, and to serve as a reward for a mornings’ work well done.  These Carrot-Coconut Muffins are one of his all time favorites; rich and moist with grated carrot and coconut in the batter, then topped with a sprinkling of brown sugar and more coconut that toasts during baking.  Oh. Yeah.  Let’s make some!

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