This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie is hosted by my buddy Nancy of The Dogs Eat the Crumbs. I had the pleasure of meeting Nancy last fall when Dorie was in my neck of the woods signing copies of her newest book. Nancy flew up here and stayed with me for a night so we could drive down to Connecticut to see Dorie. Long story short, it was a lot of fun (I blogged about it here) and confirmed that Nancy’s as thoughtful and kind as you’d expect after reading her blog. She’s one of the few TWD’ers I’ve met in person but after having baked with so many of you for so long, I hope there are other get-togethers in the future!
When I saw that Nancy had chosen carrot muffins my first instinct was to turn them into cupcakes by adding a giant dollop of cream cheese frosting on top. Oh, and leave the nuts out because I kind of hate walnuts. But I knew that would only lead to trouble (the kind where you justify 2 cupcakes for breakfast because they have carrots in them), so instead I made the recipe exactly as written (nuts and all). We were meeting Shane’s parents for lunch the day I made them and I knew they’d appreciate a muffin stash for their freezer.
For whatever reason, my muffins baked up pretty flat, which is always sort of a bummer. I think I probably overfilled the tins. Regardless, I picked around the nuts to try a few bites of one, and really enjoyed it. The muffins were lightly spiced and not too sweet, with lots of texture from the carrots, raisins and coconut. Shane’s mom emailed me yesterday to say they were loving them too so I’m glad I resisted the urge to turn them into dessert. Many thanks to Nancy for hosting this week! She shared the recipe for the muffins on her blog today, or you can find it on page 14 of Baking: From My Home to Yours.
Lemon Bars
Glazed Grapefruit Cake
Orange Sherbet
Meyer Lemon Pound Cake
How fun to meet another blogger in person and go on a trip together. Nacy picked a great looking recipe. I kind of hate walnuts, too, but I’ve learned that they do have their place in the food world. 🙂
Carrot muffins YUM!! As a walnut lover I’m glad you left them in 🙂 Bookmarking this one, it’d make a great breakfast indeed!
I was tempted to frost them too but they were perfectly lovely on their own!
How cool you all got to meet and do something so special together! I would love to have a big TWD convention someday!
Im glad you enjoyed the muffins, I loved them!
They don’t look too flat! I liked these plain but they’d be good with frosting, too. I loved the spices in these.
I am beginning to think those orange swirl papers (I have some too) are the little black dress of muffin making! They make everything look so good. I also had the flat muffin problem, but I loved them anyway. Glad you liked them too!
Mmm I love the look of these!
Cute liners, Tracey – flat or not, the muffins look fabulous to me! 🙂
they look fab!!! as usual, like everything outta your kitchen 🙂
Meeting up with you last year was a total blast! I’m always up for getting together with blogging buddies; we already have so much in common through our blogs that it’s like we’re old friends already. My muffins were on the flattish side also, although I’ve seen some that were perfectly domed. Wonder what the secret is?
So glad that your in-laws loved them – sometimes a muffin hits that certain spot that a dessert can’t quite reach. Thanks for baking along with me this week.
Those orange stripped muffin papers are perfect for these. They make them look so bright.
Maybe some day, My RI friend you will travel south and meet some more of your blogger buddies. How fun!!!
I am not a fan of walnuts either. But great idea to pass them to family!
These look delicious! I love carrot baked goods, but usually have to abstain due to a nut allergy. I was on the lookout for a carrot muffins recipe, so will definitely making this recipe (but will leave out the nuts) 🙂
Your muffins look great. I’m glad mine weren’t the only ones to not rise up nice and tall. I froze mine to see if I could make a trifle with them. They are very crumbly! But I think a trifle would be good.
Your photos are always so good!
Love your photos, the one with the bowl ready to mix is great!
Those are such pretty muffin liners. I think you had the right instinct not frosting them. I thought they were definitely closer to muffins than cupcakes.
I can never figure out that whole flat verses domes muffin thing either…except for posting, I rarely think about it. These look wonderful, and their little outfits match so nicely.
I love carrot cake with lots of cream cheese frosting, but I think muffins have their place too. They look great on the inside, so too bad they were a bit flat. I’m never quite sure what I did wrong when that happens.
those cupcake liners are perfect for this recipe 🙂 i’m glad that yours didn’t puff up a lot like mine, too – haha.