Happy Birthday Arnauld!

    Arnauld joined the 28 club yesterday.  He likes to tell me how old I am during the four months that I am a year older than him.  He has been very busy at work the last two weeks and he was expecting to have to work late on his birthday.  A change in plans brought him home at a "reasonable hour", around 7.  Because his work plans were so iffy, we decided to celebrate his birthday by going out to dinner, just the two of us.  It turned out to be a great plan because we were both a little beat from a long week!  I wanted to have a birthday post for Arnauld's birthday but we've both been kind of lazy on this dreary day.  He actually has to go into work tomorrow, so I mustered up the energy to make a batch of peanut butter and banana muffins for him to bring in for his co-workers.  The irony is that he won't even eat them!  I didn't even think of making Arnauld a birthday cake because he doesn't eat cake or baked goods.  He prefers trail mix-weirdo!  Oh well.  At least I married a simple guy who is happy with the little things.

Peanut Butter and Banana Muffins
Recipe from Muffins Galore by Catherine Atkinson

Ingredients
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup milk (I used almond milk)
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 very ripe bananas, peeled and mashed
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Method
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
1.Grease a 12-cup muffin pan or line with paper liners.
2. Mix the flour and oats.  Stir in the brown sugar and baking powder.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the peanut butter, milk, syrup, egg, and mashed bananas.  When these ingredients are well blended, add them to the dry ingredients.  Mix until everything is combined.
4. Spoon the batter into the muffin tins evenly.  Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle on top of each muffin.
5. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until the muffins have risen and are golden.  Cool in pan for 10 minutes and then remove to a wire rack.

Arnauld loves trail mix so much that we had to have some at our wedding.  Of course his mom bought him a big bag for his special day.

Happy Birthday Arnauld!

xox