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May 12, 2013

Mother’s Day

For A Five-Year-Old

A snail is climbing up the window-sill
into your room, after a night of rain.
You call me in to see, and I explain
that it would be unkind to leave it there:
it might crawl to the floor; we must take care
that no one squashes it.  You understand,
and carry it outside, with careful hand,
to eat a daffodil.

I see, then, that a kind of faith prevails:
your gentleness is moulded still by words
from me, who have trapped mice and shot wild birds,
from me, who drowned your kittens, who betrayed
your closest relatives, and who purveyed
the harshest kind of truth to many another.
But that is how things are: I am your mother,
And we are kind to snails.

– by Fleur Adcock

I love muffins, and I love fruit desserts, so it was inevitable that I’d adore these tri-berry muffins. The original recipe calls for fresh fruit, but I tried them with frozen and the result was great.  Yes, I baked these myself, but one was served to me this morning as part of breakfast in bed!  

“Sam said to me the other day, ‘I love you like 20 tyrannosauruses on 20 mountaintops’, and this is the exact same way in which I love him.”
– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone who is a mother, or has a mother.

Tri-Berry muffins

(adapted from Barefoot Contessa at Home)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2/3 cup sugar (first amount)
1/2 Tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 1/3 cup mixed frozen berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries)
1 Tbsp sugar (second amount)
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Line muffin tins with paper liners.
Sift the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, 2/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together in a large bowl and stir.
In another bowl, combine the milk, egg and melted butter.
Make a well in the middle of the dry mixture, pour the wet mixture into the well, and stir until just combined.  Stir in the mixed berries.  Stir gently, just to combine.  Spoon the batter into the muffin cups and sprinkle tops with 1 Tbsp sugar.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean and the tops are nicely browned.
Makes 10 – 12 small muffins, or 8 – 9 large.

Filed Under: Fruit Desserts, Muffins

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Comments

  1. Gloria Baker says

    May 12, 2013 at 3:15 pm

    Beth these muffins look amazing I love beries too!
    Hapy mom's day Beth!

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  2. Kitchen Riffs says

    May 12, 2013 at 3:40 pm

    Great looking muffins! And I'm glad you scored breakfast in bed. Happy Mother's Day!

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  3. Angie Schneider says

    May 12, 2013 at 6:39 pm

    Happy Mother's Day, Beth! We too adore muffins, esp. when they are made with fruits.Yum!

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  4. Valerie says

    May 12, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    Happy Mother's Day to you too, Beth! Lovely poem – quite powerful. 🙂

    These muffins look scrumptious! Fresh, or frozen, a berry is a berry.

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  5. Natalie Aguirre says

    May 12, 2013 at 8:23 pm

    Lovely muffins. I made some too yesterday, but they were from a mix. Happy Mother's Day!

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  6. amy (fearless homemaker) says

    May 12, 2013 at 10:41 pm

    Ooh, these muffins look wonderful! I could go for one right now. Happy Mother's Day, Beth!

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  7. Jemi Fraser says

    May 12, 2013 at 11:39 pm

    Yummy! We had strawberry shortcake today! Hope you had a wonderful mother's day! 🙂

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  8. Stina Lindenblatt says

    May 13, 2013 at 12:04 am

    I'm so glad that I'm still full from Mother's Day brunch. For once my stomach isn't growling when I read your post. 😀

    Great poem!

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  9. Becki's Whole Life says

    May 13, 2013 at 1:12 am

    Happy Mother's Day, Beth. Love that poem…I guess you can read it many different ways, but maybe we always hope for our children to be a little bit better than we are?…or we teach them to do right even when we aren't always right ourselves. Love that.

    I also love these muffins – yum! Can't go wrong with Barefoot Contessa and I love that you used the frozen berries with great success.

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  10. Lexa Cain says

    May 13, 2013 at 5:09 am

    Happy Mother's Day! I love muffins, and I bet you're a great mother, kind to snails and no drowning of kittens. (Seriously, what is wrong with Fleur Adcock?)

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  11. Belinda says

    May 13, 2013 at 11:06 am

    Happy Mother's Day! Thank goodness for sweet muffins!

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  12. kattyskitchen says

    May 13, 2013 at 11:39 am

    Those muffins look just "the berries!" And what is not to like about three berries in one recipe? 🙂 Have a great week!

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  13. I Wilkerson says

    May 13, 2013 at 1:53 pm

    Ohhhh, I still have just a few frozen berries left from last year. This would be perfect!

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  14. I Wilkerson says

    May 13, 2013 at 1:53 pm

    Ohhhh, I still have just a few frozen berries left from last year. This would be perfect!

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  15. Claire Davis says

    May 13, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    I love that poem. The muffins looks really good! I love berry muffins. Happy Mother's Day to you!

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  16. Julie says

    May 13, 2013 at 11:29 pm

    Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day! These look delicious.

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  17. Monet says

    May 14, 2013 at 1:55 am

    Happy Mother's Day! What a beautiful poem you shared with us. It was a pleasure to read…and these muffins? They were a pleasure to look at! I think berry muffins are a must during the spring and summer. Thank you for sharing them Beth!

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  18. Barbara says

    May 14, 2013 at 11:07 am

    Lovely muffins, Beth. Sounds like you had a wonderful Mother's Day!

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  19. Katerina says

    May 14, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    Happy Mother's Day Beth! Those muffins are excellent!

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  20. Liz Berg says

    May 14, 2013 at 5:43 pm

    I hope you had a marvelous Mother's Day, Beth!!! Your tri-berry muffins look terrific!!!

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  21. grace says

    May 14, 2013 at 7:03 pm

    i can't believe regular milk made such moist muffins! i was expecting yogurt or sour cream or bananas. magnificent!

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  22. Guru Uru says

    May 14, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    Hope you had a relaxing and wonderful Mother's Day my friend, love the beautiful looking muffins 😀

    Cheers
    CCU

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  23. Juliana Levine says

    May 15, 2013 at 4:40 am

    Nice muffins Beth…and yes, I like the idea of adding all kind of berries in this muffins.
    Hope you are having a great week 🙂

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  24. Andrea_TheKitchenLioness says

    May 15, 2013 at 6:58 am

    Beth, I always wanted to try out a recipe for a multiple berry muffin – I think that I just found the recipe that I was looking for – these muffins look fabulous, I also love the fact that you used some whole-wheat flour in your recipe!
    Have a wonderful Wednesday!

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  25. Amy says

    May 15, 2013 at 7:54 am

    Oh…these berry muffins look awesome and delicious. I love that you can see the vibrant colors of the berries throughout the muffins.

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  26. Joanne says

    May 15, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    Happy belated mother's day!! The.Boy has started hinting that he would like me to make him muffins for breakfast so I'm going to have to try these! Love how berry-full they are!

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  27. kale says

    May 15, 2013 at 7:51 pm

    berry-loaded muffins are the best!

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  28. Kathy says

    May 16, 2013 at 9:07 pm

    Beth, These look scrumptious!! A lovely breakfast treat! Hope you had a wonderful Mothers Day!

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  29. Cindy says

    May 17, 2013 at 6:52 am

    I think I am dreaming about these muffins!

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  30. Patty Price says

    May 17, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    Very sweet post Beth! I love Anne Lamott 😉 Anything baked with berries, especially muffins…I'm crazy about!

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  31. Danielle Giannandrea says

    May 19, 2013 at 4:22 am

    Yummy! These muffins look delightful! Berry muffins are my favorite!
    Happy belated Mother's Day! I hope you had a wonderful day : – )

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  32. Bonnie says

    May 19, 2013 at 6:20 pm

    Beth I am very late and catching up. The muffins are perfect for this time if year. I do hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day. Bonnie

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  33. Claudia says

    May 20, 2013 at 12:25 am

    Beautiful berry muffins! The poem and then the quote took my breath away. Different breathless moments.

    Reply

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