easter is a really lovely holiday. i find (for me, at least) that it’s more gentle and food/family-centric than other big holidays like christmas. to me, easter is a day to celebrate an almost unfathomable sense of renewal–an impossible resurrection, a beautiful feeling that all is never lost. when things are darkest, light returns.
regardless of one’s religious affiliation, i think that’s a message that can transcend to every one of us when we see the crocuses bursting forth from the dull, grey landscape leftover from late winter. so in that spirit, i’m looking forward to spending this last cold, full day in vermont with my family and j, and lots of delicious comestibles!
there’s one particular special treat that my family craves on cold mornings, and i couldn’t wait to get up this easter morning to indulge…without further ado, it is my utmost pleasure to introduce…
french breakfast muffin
the most delicious muffin i’ve ever had! the french breakfast muffin is a simple, sweet muffin that gets coated entirely with a buttery, sugar-and- cinnamon outer layer. When eaten warm, it is the most delicious breakfast. If my mother makes a batch of these, they are gone by midday and yet no one will admit to having had more than two. mysterious!
there will be other traditional easter delights later on, including ham with raisin sauce and the marshmallowiest of all salads, ambrosia. j and i imported a butter lamb straight from the heart of polish buffalo, and we will be surprising my grandmother with it. i wish it were more distinguishable on it’s own…however the “lambiness” of the icon is kind of difficult to recognize if one has not been informed beforehand…
alleluia!
on that note, happy easter everybody! go make some french breakfast muffins and then traipse out in the cold and find some blossoms in the dirt!
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