Perhaps you watched the Disney channel offering of Hamilton released for July 4th, as I did. I did enjoy it, but was happy not to have spent hundreds of dollars for a ticket. I also watched an old seventies favorite, 1776, with a young Ken Howard as the tall red-haired Jefferson and Blythe Danner as his wife Martha. Although it may be sacrilegious to admit, I liked the latter better.
My favorite part of the movie is Blythe Danner singing “He plays the violin,” as she dances with John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. I replayed it several times.
I have a recipe from Blythe Danner, published in one her daughter ‘s (Gwyeth Paltrow) cookbooks. Since I had all the ingredients, I made the blueberry muffins for dinner. So delicious – I could have danced all night (but that’s another movie).
Here’s the recipe if you’d like to try it. All you need to enjoy them is some butter and a fiddle.
- INGREDIENTS
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- 1/2cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 2eggs (preferably organic)
- 1/2cup whole milk
- 2cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 3/4cup plus 1 tsp sugar, divided
- 2teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2cups fresh blueberries
- DIRECTIONS
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Heat oven to 375°. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
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Whisk butter, eggs and milk in a bowl. Combine flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt in another bowl. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients; fold in blueberries.
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Divide batter evenly among muffin cups; sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp sugar.
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Bake until muffins are golden brown and a knife comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm.
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