Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

I’m back!

Sorry about the MAJOR lack of posting lately.

I was out of commission for about 11 days with some crazy strep-like mouth thing.

But I’m all better now, thanks for asking 🙂

Along with everyone else in the world of blogging/baking, I decided to make something with some pumpkin and some spice. Not to be confused with the annoyingly over hyped pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks.

(Don’t get me wrong, I love Starbucks with a wallet draining passion. However, we don’t need to know every time you take a sip of your delicious latte).

I searched high and low and found this amazing recipe that combined not only pumpkin and spices, but a cream cheese center AND crumbled streusel topping.

Overkill?

Probably.

But isn’t that what baking is usually about?

Yes.

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Baked Onion Rings

Onion Rings.

Onions.

Something most children have nightmares about.

I was a tantrum thrower (as a child), and anything with even the smallest trace of onion sent me into a hissy fit.

Examples?

McDonald’s PLAIN cheeseburger gone awry = screaming/getting a new one/ starving.

(I deserved to go hungry)

Red sauce with onions? The onions always ended up in a pile on the side of my plate.

Onion rings? I ate the breading and left the onions in a slimy pile once again. (This was later in life when I actually let something so close to an onion cross my lips).

Pizza…wouldn’t touch it if it had onions (let alone anything other than cheese).

You get the picture…

I was that kid.

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