A basket overflowing with these muffins was Grandma’s way of welcoming new neighbors.
Grandma's Secret Trick
In fall and winter, Grandma depended on her stash of frozen summer berries for baking. She measured out her individually frozen blueberries from the freezer just before stirring them into the muffin or pancake batter. Grandma knew that it was best not to thaw the berries first, since thawed berries released more juices and created unappetizing blue streaks in the batter.
Grandma called this a loaf cake and served it at breakfast, with afternoon tea and as dessert with whipped cream.
We sneaked so many of these crisp croutons to nibble that there were hardly enough left for the salad.
On Sundays we went to Grandma’s to eat pretzels and watch ball games on television.