I have a serious question.

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Can you, a normal person, actually consider one muffin a full breakfast? Especially theseā€¦ these, like, baby muffins. Well, they are of traditional muffin size and not fattened up, triple-pumped Americanized muffins covered in crumble and streusel, but really? One of these would be like the equivalent of drinking a glass of water for me. (Also if someone could make the caloric effect be equivalent to that of a glass of waterā€¦ that would be great.)

And now my day is going to revolve around how I’m irked at the lack of crumble and streusel on top.

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For an actual muffin to make it into my breakfast rotation, I need a few other things of substance on a plate next to it. Maybe some fruit. Peanut butter. Some eggs. BACON. Those kinds of things. That’s why I sort of prefer my muffins to be snack worthy foods. I’d never kick a muffin outta bed for breakfast butā€¦ I like them at other times of the day too. Like right now. At 10:30PM when I’m writing this post and eating my emotions because Psy makes me feel so uncomfortable as I watch him on Dancing with the Stars.

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been on a massive mascarpone kick the last few months. Putting it in EVERYTHING. Sweet, savory, using it as a spreadā€¦ literally, all the things. I’ve always enjoyed it but maybeā€¦ justā€¦ never knew it’s true potential?

All you italians just collectively rolled your eyes in my direction. I bet.

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So two weeks ago I attempted to make a lemon mascarpone loaf and it came out likeā€¦ dense, unbaked cheesecake. I mean, it was SO dense. Crazy dense. Perhaps I should have measured stuffed out instead of just being a cocky brat and thinking ‘oh of course this will turn out!’ and throwing stuffed into a bowl???? Maybe, you know, figured out where things went wrong? And since I have no patience and just couldn’t handle waiting another 75 minutes while loaf cake #2 bakedā€¦ muffins it was. Muffins are like the poor man’s cake. Errrā€¦ the lazy man’s cake? The impatience man’s cake?

I think you get it.

The good news is that I still covered that lemon loaf in one hell of a sugar bombed glaze and it made it’s way into multiple mouths. It’s just not perfect yet. So until thenā€¦ muffins. Make-it-up-to-you muffins. Settle for now.

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Brown Sugar Lemon Mascarpone Muffins

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Ingredients

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with liners.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. Stir to combine. Mix in lemon zest. Add mascarpone cheese and mix in with a fork, stirring until crumbly, evenly dispersed and covered in flour. In a small bowl, whisk together milk, yogurt, egg, vanilla extract and butter. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, stirring until just combined and wet.
  • Use a 1/4 cup measure or ice cream scoop to fill the muffin liners 2/3 of the wall full. Bake for 15-17 minutes, until tops are set and golden. Remove and let cool slightly before serving.
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So fluffy!