Recipe of the Week- Blueberry Muffins!

        This recipe is a very yummy blueberry muffin!  One of the best blueberry muffin recipes ever.  Make this recipe and you can't go wrong!

Yummy Blueberry Muffins


Preheat oven 350*
Bake for: 12-15 minutes




-1 c. blueberries
-1/2 c. sugar
-1 t. salt
-2 T oil
-3 t. baking powder
-1 t. grated lemon or orange or 1/2 t. nutmeg
-2 beaten eggs
-1 c. milk
-3 c. flour

Directions

1. Sift dry ingredients together
2. Combine beaten eggs, milk and oil and add to dry mixure
3. Mix lightly to dampen
4. Stir in blueberries
5. Spoon into muffin tins
6. Let stand for about 10 minutes
7. Then bake and enjoy!

Bored During Summer? Looking For Something New To Cook?

        Looking for a new recipe or two?  You're in luck I'm releasing two of my scones recipes from The Stand if you are interested.  Listed BELOW in this post and under the Discontinued Page! 

Here are two recipes officially no longer available.  Recipes were made during year of 2009 for coffee stand.  *Found on Epicurious.com


Chocolate Chip Scones

Preheat-400*

Bake for 20 min.

Scone ingredients

• 2 c. unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/3 c. plus 2 T sugar
• 1 t. baking powder
• ½ t. baking soda
• ½ t. salt
• 6 T (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, diced
• 1 t. (packed) grated lemon peel – optional
• ¾  c. miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• ¾ c. chilled buttermilk
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 t. vanilla extract

1. Butter and flour baking sheet
2. Sift 2 c. flour, 1/3 c. sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl
3. Add butter and lemon peel (rub in with your finger tips until butter is the size of rice)
4. Mix in chocolate chips
5. Whisk buttermilk, egg yolk and vanilla in small bowl
6. Add to dry ingredients until dough comes together in small clumps
7. Gather dough into ball
8. Press onto lightly floured surface into about 8 in. round
9. Cut into evenly sized wedges
10. Transfer to baking sheet
11. Bake and enjoy!
    

Cranberry-Orange Scones

Preheat-425*

Bake for about 12 min. or until golden brown 

Scone Recipe

• 2 c. all purpose flour
• 1/3 c. sugar 
• 2 T grated tangerine peel
• 1 T baking powder
• ½ t. salt
• ½ c. chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• ½ c. dried cranberries
• ¼ c. crème fraiche or sour cream
• 3 T fresh tangerine juice
• 1 large egg
• 2 t. unsalted butter melted
• 2 t. raw sugar*

1. Line baking sheet with parchment paper
2. Whisk flour, 1/3 c. sugar, peel, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and blend
3. Add ½ c. chilled butter
4. Using your fingertips, rub in until mixture resembles coarse meal
5. Mix in cranberries
6. Whisk crème fraiche, tangerine juice, and egg into medium bowl to blend
7. Gradually add flour to mixture, using a fork to toss until moist clumps form
8. Knead dough briefly on a lightly floured surface until it becomes smooth
9. Pat dough into a 8 in. round and cut into even pieces
10. Transfer to prepared baking sheet
11. Brush with melted butter sprinkle with sugar
12. Bake, share and enjoy!

*Sources noted. Epicurious. Choco. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chocolate-Chip-Scones-104462 . Cran-Orange http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Cranberry-Orange-Scones-15682

No Coffee Stand 2011.

Due to moving, The Cattail Creek Cafe coffee stand will not be open during the Summer of 2011.

See You Next Year

My coffee stand (Cattail Creek Cafe) has officially closed for this year.  Want to say thanks to all of my regulars and customers for coming to this years coffee stand.  But next year I will see everyone again.  You can mark the calendars for Monday, June 20th 2011.  See you then!

The Truth Behind Discontinued

You may have wondered why some items weren't offered or why some have been discontinued.  This was due to less business days this year, and lack of profit selling the specific items.  Meaning the recipes were too expensive to make when there was no guarantee how many I would sell.  But if you have a favorite muffin feel free to special order.  Info under contact page.

A New Name

If you have recently been or seen my stand you might have realized the name changed. Yes it did. It changed this Monday to Cattail Creek Cafe. Many customers have suggested names such as Jack's Pit-Stop, Jack's Coffee & Snacks and Java Jack's. These were considered, but I liked the name Cattail Creek Cafe, just because.

The Coffee Stand Disaster

Going on 3 years of running a coffee stand curbside nothing disastrous had ever happened. As usual I borrowed 2 coffee carafes from relatives to use to keep the coffee hot. Well yesterday was a disaster. I woke up as usual at 5:25am and brewed the daily first pot of coffee. Soon after that my mom saw business was picking up and brewed a second pot. When ready I quickly ran up and back making sure not to miss any potential customers. Customers kept coming. Another. And another. HHmmm looks like a third pot is needed. Well it's 9:00 time to pack up for the morning. So I gather materials and carefully toss used napkins and coffee trash into the messy cooler. I pick up both coffee carafes and begin to step down off the storm-drain platform I use as a surface for the stand. SPLAT.... there goes both carafes I was using. It happened like that very quickly. They were crushed to bits inside. Completely unusable. Worst part, they weren't even mine. Now, of course this was not supposed to happen!