I’m back in Colorado, where we’ve received yet another burst of winter wind. I came outside this morning in hopes that a long walk with Margot would clear my mind…and found, instead, that seven days in Texas had spoiled me. Now I do realize that come July and August, I’ll be very glad for Colorado’s cooler temperatures, but I’m still not happy about 20 degree weather in April.
Thankfully, Ryan and I moved into our NEW HOME on Sunday (well before the weather took its chilly turn). Moving while 30 weeks pregnant isn’t advisable except that I had a good excuse to leave most of the heavy work to my husband and a handful of our generous friends. But as you might know, moving is much more than transporting boxes from a truck into a house. As you run a knife through the thick packing tape and open up box after box, your life sits around you, disorganized and cluttered. Old pictures, movie stubs, broken bowls, assorted books you read in high school. Spatulas and rice cookers. Notes from your freshman English class. The furniture your cat loved to sink her claws into no matter how hard you tried to distract her. All of it sits around you, waiting for your mind to reconfigure the oddness.
I will post pictures of our new house soon…but I need a few days (or weeks) to get it in better working order. I do know that Ryan and I already feel blessed to have this beautiful home in such a breath-taking part of our country. Little Lucy will have ample room to play and learn, to explore the physical world around her. And after four long months, I’m thrilled to have my mixing bowls in my own kitchen again. I know I’ll be baking as much as possible before Lucy comes. Our freezer will soon be full of muffins, bread, and bagels. These poppy seed muffins are moist and sturdy, almost like a good pound cake. The original recipe called for a scant 1 tablespoon of poppy seeds. I found this to be near deplorable, and so I doubled the amount, and then doubled it again. The result is a share-worthy muffin full of those little black seeds that taste even better than they look.
Poppy Seed Muffins
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 TBSP or 1/4 cup poppy seeds
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup oil
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream or full-fat yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a twelve-tin muffin pan with wrappers or grease well with butter. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and poppy seeds. In a medium bowl, whisk together butter, oil, and sugar until light and fluffy (about two-three minutes.) Whisk in eggs and then fold in sour cream and vanilla extract. Gently fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.
Using an ice-cream scoop or a large spoon, divide batter into prepared muffin pan. Bake in preheated oven for 16-18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool for ten minutes in pan before removing to a wire rack.
Yields: 12
Monet
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Wishing you lots of luck with the move, Monet and Ryan! I bet it will be feeling like home in no time. Your kitchen has a lot of delicious goodies ahead of it, and these poppy seed muffins are a great start!
Hope you settle down in your new easily home very soon! That pillow is sooo lovely! Can’t wait to see pictures of your new home!
These muffins make a great start in your new kitchen, they look so cute with those little black seeds!
I can’t wait to see pictures of your new home!! these muffins look amazing! I love all the poppy seeds it looks like the perfect amount!
They look great! Someone told me when I was young that if I ate poppy seeds, I’d fail a drug test and spend my days in jail. For years I was terrified to touch things like this, until I realized that no one had any intention of testing me for drugs. Looking forward to making these 🙂
My little sister (who is a nurse and has never done drugs in her life!) failed a drug test because she ate one too many poppy seed muffins. We still laugh about it.
So exciting about your new home! Isn’t it fun? I am so glad that you and the baby will have a place to grow and learn.
How did you know that poppy seed muffins were my favorite? They look amazing!
Moving is not fun, but once the dust settles, the feeling of renovation and new beginnings is hard to beat!
Looking forward to your next posts and pictures of the new home…
(I hear you on the cold weather – I told my husband if we get the snow predicted for Thursday, I am moving to Hawaii…)
Wow, Monet! As great as these muffins look, I just took a look at your cake gallery – You are so talented! I am determined to learn to decorate cakes & cupcakes. Just lovely!
Welcome home! And how exciting about the new house – can’t wait to see pictures of it! =)
These look great Monet! I am not a lemon fan, but I love poppyseeds and these seem perfect. Do you have any recommendations for replacing the yogurt/sour cream in this recipe (and any of your other recipes)? I avoid dairy except for butter as it really upsets my system…but I really want to try these!
I can’t wait to see your house! Take your time and cherish those moments that are both overwhelming and exciting while you unpack. Not that you need to be told that, you understand the awesomeness in those moments. Happy Tuesday!
I love these muffins, while I was studying in the US! I can’t buy poppy seeds locally, so I’d just enjoy your muffins virtually.
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Congrats on moving to your new home:) Waiting to see how you decorate it! Your muffins certainly looks delicious!
I can’t wait to see pictures from your new home, so curious 🙂 I need to repack my appartment as well. We went to San Francisco for 2 months and a friend was taying hede, so we had to pack most of our thinkg to make her comfortable. Maybe your muffins will help 🙂
Monet, very nice recipe – we love poppy seeds in just about everything around here and I am sure we would adore this wonderful recipe of yours as well! I just wanted to let you know that I baked your “No frosting strawberry coconut cake” (in my new stove) yesterday and it was a huge hit at our house! The srawberries that we are getting at this time of year are not the most sweet ones yet but they held up wonderfully in the cake. Thanks you for the very lovely recipe!
Take care of yourself (and Lucy) and have a wonderful Wednesday!
Hi Monet,
Congratulations for moving to your new home!
Your muffins looks lovely, it has been awhile since I last had anything with poppy seeds!
Take care and have a great week!
I love a baguette that’s loaded with poppy seeds. Love how you loaded them up in these muffins. As long as there are no drug tests in the near future, it sounds terrific! ; ) And congrats on your new home!
Good luck getting settled!! LOVE these muffins 🙂
Can’t wait to see photos of the new home! These muffins are my favorite 🙂
Yay for new homes and double the poppy seeds! =) Congrats on so many exciting things, mama!
i adore poppy seed muffins – these look WONDERFUL Monet!
Hooray for your new home! It must be such a great feeling to be stocking your own kitchen for your new family. And double hooray for double poppyseeds–or maybe triple hooray! 🙂
These are definitely going on my “to try” list! I love poppy seed muffins, but I’ve never made them. Great idea to quadruple the poppy seeds!
Congrats on your new home! You’re taking “nesting” to the next level. 😉
I love anything with poppy seeds, but muffins are a real favorite. These look terrific. Good luck with all the unpacking and arranging of things – that’s a lot of work, but fun, too.
Good luck on the move! Thanks for sharing these muffins!
Hi Monet! these poppy-seed muffins look delicious! Hope you are well and I still can’t believe you just moved in and you are 30 weeks pregnant! 🙂 can’t wait to see pictures of your new house! 🙂 Ingrid
Good to see you have managed to move into your new home before the arrival of baby Lucy. If I could offer any words of advice I would say if it’s possible try to unpack all the boxes. We got tired of unpacking and decided that we would postpone some of the non-essential items. What can I say but 10 years later they remain in sealed boxes 🙂
Lovely poppy seed muffins Monet!
I also moved to a new home one month before delivering my 1st kid! I love moving and organizing but I got a little tired, so take good care of yourself ok? I can’t wait to see your new home and nursery (and kitchen, of course!). 🙂 Your poppy seed muffins look delicious!
I moved house four weeks ago and I’m still unpacking boxes and getting settled – mostly still at it because the floor in the lounge and dining room turned out to be rotten and had to come up and is yet to be replaced. We’ve had to eat at the outdoor terrace but it’s getting a little chilly. The good thing is, you have about 10 weeks to get settled and that should be ample time to set up home before Lucy arrives. I love poppy seed muffins xx
I’m so glad the move is behind you! That must be such a stress reliever.
I would be so happy to have these muffins waiting for me to devour them! yum!
I love poppyseeds, they have such a nice texture in a muffin. I always want a ridiculous amount in my muffins, so I’m glad you’ve already doubled (or quadrupled) the amount for me 😉
Good luck with the unpacking and the organizing… I moved into my house ~ 1 1/2 years ago, and somehow I still randomly find unpacked boxes in closets — guess I didnt really need that stuff, eh?
Beautiful muffins. Congratulations on your move – you must be so excited! (Not to mention exhausted.)
It’s snowing here, so I share your pain about the weather.
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We love poppy seeds (usually stock up on them when I go to Germany). Made these and am posting about them and linking back to you.
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I can’t wait to see pictures of your new home!! these muffins look amazing! I love all the poppy seeds it looks like the perfect amount!