There is a little coffee shop here in town that we like to frequent. The Country Club Cafe is a great hangout for moms because it provides us with a nice, relaxing environment to chat with our friends while our kids get to play quietly in the designated kids play area. The coffee is great, the staff is welcoming and the pastries are always so tempting.
When we go to the Country Club Cafe, it is usually at breakfast time. As we approach the counter to place our order, the first thing my kids always notice are the big cookies from Miss Molly’s Bakery. The cookies come in an array of flavors… M&M, Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Snickerdoodle, etc. It never fails that the second my kids set their eyes on the cookies, they start begging for one. I have to explain to them that I know those cookies are out of this world, but cookies are not a breakfast food…. they are a dessert. I then convince them to choose something from the muffin basket which begrudgingly they do.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I think I broke my own rule this weekend and I have someone other than myself to blame. I can stand up tall and point my finger at someone else… It is all Peabody’s fault. Last week she wrote a post on her blog about some Snickerdoodle muffins. In addition to the mouth watering description she wrote, she also posted a picture that made me want to reach in and grab a muffin right off the screen. Since computer to computer muffin transport hasn’t been invented yet, I decided to do the next best thing… I made the muffins the very next morning.
Peabody’s Snickerdoodle muffins are the best tasting muffin I have ever had. Just imagine a Snickerdoodle cookie and put it in a cake form and you have the most incredible, moist, cinnamon-sugary, flavorful muffin ever. My kids loved them and after each muffin begged for another. To be honest with you, I am not sure that after serving these to my children for breakfast, I can go back to the "no cookies for breakfast" rule. These muffins weren’t cookies, but they might as well have been. They were that good… like having dessert for breakfast! I sent some home with my neighbor after our Saint Patrick’s day party and within minutes had a call from her 5 year old begging for the recipe.
In this household, muffins are allowed for breakfast and a new rule exists…cookies disguised as muffins get a pass for breakfast as well. When they are this good, who can argue?
I made 12 large muffins and 6 mini muffins out of this recipe. To try it out yourself, head to Peabody’s blog. Go with this warning… be prepared to break the rules.
Rules have always been for breaking. What a delightful post. I looked at those muffins and just knew they’d be good. After all, I love snickerdoodles!
You are one terrific rule breaker Kristen.
Looks SOO good! When I saw Peabody’s muffins I was tempted too. 🙂
Aww they look adorable! I’ve thought of those muffins often after I saw Peabody’s post on them.. and now that I’ve seen yours, I know I have to make them! Beautiful job =)
And now I can blame you *both* when I try my hand at them this weekend 🙂 I’m really excited!
I love love love Snickerdoodles! I might have to try this recipe. Mmmmmmm…. 🙂
I think this was a good rule to break 🙂 Just make sure they take a vitamin and drink a glass of milk with their breakfast cookie…err.. muffin.
That does look pretty darn good 😀
mmmmm …. those look amazing. how i wish i was not at my desk at work reading this, so i could make them immediately. i love muffins even more than i love cookies, to tell you the truth!
Kristen! I was trying so hard no to think about those muffins after I saw them at Peabody’s…
Now I’ll have to bake them! 🙂
Breaking the rules is fun!
its really funny dividing time in diferent activity, enjoing and chating with friends, better then stying at home
I saw her muffins too, I want to try them!
I am begging you, with tears in my eyes….stop posting these incredible recipes!
ps…forget I just said that.
I am making the malt ball brownies this Friday to take to our oldest daughters future in-laws…our 1st meeting to discuss the upcoming wedding of our kids!!!
I quite agree with you, there should be a rule that lets muffins or anything disguised as a muffin to be part of the breakfast.This initiative will bring joy and love to the table,and to everybody around the table. So let us rise our voices:"yes to muffins for breakfast";but don’t forget your juice.
Yeh, I saw those muffins. They look really yummy. And they looks so innocent, you’d think you can have a couple.
Hi Kristen! I adore your blog, great recipes, pics and great inspiration! 🙂
Ooh how devilishly delicious! I always think of muffins as a dessert type of breakfast but every so often I’ll enjoy one for breakfast!
I do have to say they are one of my favorite creations of all time. Glad they turned out good for you!
I think the two of you are going to start a riot….I was trying to refrain from making these because I just know they will make a b-line to my mouth. I don’t know….the temptation is too great!
Seriously, I wish that my pictures could make people’s mouth water the way yours do! I could almost taste these muffins (and I will when I make them this weekend!)
I have always loved snickerdoodle cookies so I bet these muffins are fantastic.