New Obsession: Smitten Kitchen

I absolutely LOVEthis website: www.smittenkitchen.com

It's written by this adorable

lady named Deb, and she is my idol, I guess I could say. Her website is filled with amazing photos of her food, and great, witty entries. She's even coming out with a cookbook in 2012! Can't wait...I 'd love to buy one. In honor of Smitten Kitchen, I'd like to share one of her recipes that I recently tried out: Whole Wheat Apple Muffins! Okay, they weren't all whole wheat, let me rectify: Half whole wheat apple muffins. There was equal parts whole wheat and regular white flour. These are also healthy- only half a cup of butter for 17 muffins! The best part on these was the crust that the brown sugar formed on the top, and I was generous with it, as you can tell from the pictures! I used two large Fuji apples that were lying around the house, and they were really delicious in it, though I'm pretty sure you can use any kind of apple you have or prefer. This recipe called for one heaping tablespoon for cinnamon. Now this seems like a lot, and I feel like it is. But maybe with apple recipes you need that much? Surprisingly there was not any vanilla in the recipe, and I think that I'd like to really try adding some next time. Usually when I bake, I do add vanilla to practically everything. These muffins were so easy, and the only thing that took time was bringing the butter to room temperature!