On a recent trip to a Penzey’s Spices store, I became fascinated by all the different kinds of cinnamon they have. I smelled those cinnamons for far too long than would be reasonably acceptable. I bought two kinds of cinnamon and have been anxiously awaiting the time to make something with them.
Last week, I pulled out this recipe I’ve been meaning to make for a while. I set it out in anticipation of actually having time to make them. This morning, I woke up to the wonderful smells of cinnamon drafting in from the kitchen. That’s right. Quinn was making muffins. What a lucky girl am I?
Quinn said they whipped up in no time. He used Penzey’s Ceylon Cinnamon, which is a bit smoother, subtler cinnamon than you usually find in your average grocery store. His only change to the recipe was to lower the oven termperature to 375 degrees and cut the baking time to about 15 minutes.
These are wonderful muffins. The texture is just perfect. A little crusty on the outside, soft on the inside. The cinnamon flavor was incredible. And, of course, we all know how much I love pecans. Pretty much the perfect muffin.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Jen // Sep 24, 2006 at 12:54 am
Penzy’s spices! Love them. I also used to love going to The Spice House when I was in Milwaukee. Mmmmm..the smell. These look really good. Pecans are my favorite.
2 Nicole // Sep 24, 2006 at 2:45 am
These look great! Why is it that so many muffin recipes only make 9 muffins while most muffin pans have room for 12? I think it’s annoying so whenever I create a new muffin recipe, I don’t consider it perfect unless the batter fills all 12 muffin cups
I’m gonna try to KA blueberry muffin mix today with my brand new mini muffin tin!
3 jennifer // Sep 24, 2006 at 9:45 am
Nicole, I had that same conversation with myself just the other day. It’s not like it’s easy to increase the recipe by 33% to make 12. I’m anxious to find out how your blueberry muffins turn out!
4 Claire // Sep 24, 2006 at 4:29 pm
I don’t know if I missed something or not, but I did not realize you are from MS! Me too! Small world. BTW, these muffins looks good. I LOVE cinnamon AND pecans!
5 veuveclicquot // Sep 24, 2006 at 5:46 pm
yum. these look delicious. too many muffins, too little time!!
6 Abby // Sep 24, 2006 at 6:05 pm
This is the third blog I’ve seen Penzey’s mentioned. I’m going to have to get there someday.
Those look great. My how my dad would love them.
7 jennifer // Sep 24, 2006 at 7:22 pm
Claire, it’s good to find another MS girl in the food blog world!
Abby, Penzey’s is incredible. The best part was getting to smell everything!
8 Natalia // Sep 24, 2006 at 7:52 pm
I love ceylon cinnamon! It’s so much better than the grocery store kind, which really isn’t “true” cinnamon at all. The ceylon has a wonderful flavor.
9 jennifer // Sep 24, 2006 at 8:07 pm
I agree, Natalia. It’s my new favorite cinnamon variety. I’ll have to buy a bigger container next time.
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