PKK: Lemon Rapberry Muffins

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Princess Kaitlyn. She lived in a beautiful castle by an enchanted forest, a magical lake, and a fantastically fun playground. One beautiful sunny day, Princess Kaitlyn rounded up her friends Ferber the squirrel, Coyo the Chipmunk, and the boisterous butterflies for an afternoon of games.

Princess Kaitlyn had picked a bunch of raspberries and lemons from vines and trees in the forest and as such, decided to have a little fun with her bounty. She explained to her friends that the butterflies would each ride in a raspberry while Ferber, Coyo and she pulled the raspberries in a race using the lemon rinds and reigns that they tied to the raspberries. Next, they would compete in a raspberry rolling contest to see who could roll their raspberry the fastest to the magical lake. Finally, upon reaching the lake, Princess Kaitlyn and her friends had to squeeze, squeeze, squeeze the lemons by jumping on them to get all of the juice into a big barrel. Whichever team completed all these events the fastest would win a lemon raspberry muffin!

Of course if Princess Kaitlyn told the story, she would say she won. However, when mommy tells the story, Princess Kaitlyn wins one event, and Ferber and Coyo each win an event. They all congratulate each other on their efforts and excellent team work with the butterflies. Since they all won a race, they shared the muffins. :-)



Here is Princess Kaitlyn whipping up a batch of muffins...

She mixed 2 cups All-purpose flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 tbsp. baking powder, and 1/2 tsp. kosher salt together in one bowl. Mommy mixed 2 eggs (lightly beaten), 1 cup buttermilk, 1/2 cup canola oil, and 1 tbsp. lemon zest in different bowl.


Princess Kaitlyn added the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. After all the ingredients were combined, Princess Kaitlyn folded in 1/2 cup of raspberries.
She added a couple of extra raspberries to each muffin tin after we poured the batter in.
Princess Kaitlyn was ready to put her muffins in the oven.
Princess Kaitlyn had her mommy actually place the muffins in the oven for approximately 19 minutes at 400 degrees. Princess Kaitlyn enjoyed her reward/prize from her races after her nap.

FYI: These muffins were adapted from Parents magazine. They say there are only 166 calories and 7 grams of fat per muffin when filling tin 2/3 full, which we did.

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This is just a cute picture of my girls playing together!