“I have the best blackberry muffin recipe!” my friend Suzanne announced to me a few weeks ago as I was musing out loud that I was looking for a good muffin recipe. Suzanne and I have been friends since we were teenagers, but lost track with each other after college. It was only through the Sacramento Bee article that we found each other again – after 18 years – and discovered we live only 10 minutes apart! Last weekend, Suzanne, her two daughters Clara and Audrey, and I baked up a batch of these delicious muffins, which are rich, moist (of course, with a cup of sour cream and a stick of butter in the ingredients), and not too sweet, just the way I like them. Thank you Suzanne, Audrey, and Clara for a great afternoon and truly the “best blackberry muffins.”

3 cups granulated sugar 3/4 cup butter 1 (5-ounce) small can evaporated milk (about 2/3 cup) 1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips 1 (7-ounce) jar marshmallow creme 1 cup chopped nuts, toasted* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Line 9-inch square pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan; set aside. Place sugar, [...]

This recipe is an amalgamation of several different recipes that I’ve found in my travels and it seems to be the best by far – ask anyone at my work! =)

Scottish tablet is a traditional Scottish sweet made from sugar, butter, cream, vanilla and that most wonderful of ingredients, condensed milk. With that list of ingredients you just know it’s going to be good, right?

(6 servings) * 1 and 1/4 cups flour * 2 eggs * 1 cup sugar * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 1 teaspoon baking soda * 3 bananas * 8 Tablespoons margarine * 1/3 cup walnuts (optional) Cream sugar and margarine, mash the bananas and add to the mixture. Beat and add the eggs. Slowly add [...]