My Favorite Blueberry Muffins

Ben and I have watched a lot of United States of Tara episodes on Netflix lately.  I love this show.  It appeals to me as far as the visuals, writing, and especially the psychology.  I am fascinated by psychology.

On the show, Tara has dissociative identity disorder.  She struggles with several different alter personalities.  One reason I find the show interesting is because I feel like we all have alters to some degree.  Most of us don't act out our alters in uncontrolled fashions.  We act differently between sets of friends, work vs. personal time, or even different time periods in our lives.

Several of Tara's alters are her at a younger stage.  She has one where she is a teenager and one where she is 5.  I think we can all say that we have changed through the years.  Think about how different your behavior may be between you as a kid vs. college vs. now.  Some of us have less variation.  Others probably have extremes.  I sometimes think of the different time periods and also cities I lived in as my alters.


This recipe reminds me of my Asheville alter.  I found the recipe while I was living in Asheville in 2004.  it's hard to believe that was 8 years ago.  I was 24, single, and loving the small mountain town lifestyle.  I hung out with friends and was surrounded by music.  I attempted new things like ultimate frisbee.  I took hikes, frequented festivals, and enjoyed every local restaurant I could find.  And I dreamed of being with someone like Ben.  This was about a year before we started dating.

I've mentioned my favorite Asheville bakery previously, West End Bakery.  I loved walking down to the bakery and picking up their spelt blueberry muffins.  While this recipe is not spelt, I find the same qualities that I like in a blueberry muffin.  I've loved blueberry muffins my whole life.  This love has made me a bit picky. I have altered this recipe to be less sweet and more blueberries with some cinnamon.

Here is to my Asheville alter!

Blueberry Muffins
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 to 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
2 cups blueberries (use as many as you want.  I like lots of blueberries)

Directions:
1.  Mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and cinnamon in large bowl.
2.  In liquid measuring cup, measure 1/3 cup oil.  Break egg into measuring cup.  Add milk until you reach 1 cup.
3.  Mix oil mixture with dry mix.
4.  Add blueberries and mix by hand.
5.  Pour batter into muffin tins.  Use liners if you like.
6.  Bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes.

This made 6 jumbo muffins