Poor Man's Muffins

You will need:

• 1 cup granulated sugar 
• 1/2 cup margarine 
• 1 cup water 
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon 
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice 
• 2 cups flour 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1 teaspoon baking powder 
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Place sugar, margarine, water, and spices in a pot and bring to a boil for one minute. Cool. Blend in four, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Put in paper-lined muffin cups. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Makes a dozen muffins.

I made these muffins for an event at my church the other day, and since I get so many compliments, I thought I would share the recipe. A few years ago, I was wandering around in an antique store, "Ponder's Antiques" (in Daphne, Alabama) when I came across this set of 1960s recipe books. Being in college, I decided to flip through every recipe until I found one I could make for really cheap, and this is the one I found!

They're called Poor Man's muffins because most of the ingredients you should already have in your kitchen, and it doesn't require any eggs or milk! When I make them, I don't have any allspice or nutmeg, and just the cinnamon tastes delicious. I put cream cheese frosting on top, and it goes really well with the recipe.

Anyway, let me know if you try these Poor Man's Muffins—I hope you like them!!

Vintage Inspired Designs

I designed these vintage-inspired recipe cards, calendar set, and measurement chart recently and am planning to sell them on my Etsy soon. If anyone who sees my post is interested, I'm charging $9 for a set of 10 recipe cards, $20 per calendar (which will start with the current month), and $5 for the measurement chart, which is laminated (plus shipping). Just leave me a comment, or send an email to aboroden@gmail.com!

Kitchen Storage

So the other day I went to IKEA, which is always a smart thing to do, with only two key exceptions: (1) you, for financial reasons, must restrain yourself from buying everything you see (2) it's the IKEA in Atlanta, and you're planning on going during rush hour. Unfortunately, both applied to me. At least I was able to somewhat restrain myself. I stuck to kitchen things and just contented myself with making a list of other things I liked. 

Anyway, what I love about IKEA is how simple, modern, and functional everything is. Today, this is what I managed to limit myself to (with the exception of some bookends too—the ones shaped like an angled "B" with the bottom corner cut off—those are so cool.) But back to the point, this Grundtal wall rail is fantastic because both the rail and the tray together are only $4! I would definitely recommend it. The other thing I bought was this wall shelf and paper towel holder. The neat thing about these things are there are so many different parts you can mix and match, so there are so many options!

Anyway, that's all for today! (Thank goodness for my wallet! lol)

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