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From wheat to flour, from flour to muffins

What’s the one thing almost every muffin has in common? Flour. You can make a muffin with or without fruit, with or without nuts, without sugar, without fat, without eggs (a vegan egg substitute that uses ingredients such as flax … Continue reading

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The Muffin and the Blueberry: from Pudding to Popular


The first blueberry muffin in America may have been a pudding. It was a blend of flour, water and dried wild blueberries that US Army Capt. Meriweather Lewis ordered the Lewis & Clark Expedition cook to make on Aug. 15, … Continue reading

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