GIVEAWAY & Guest Post!

First off I just want to say "Hello," to everyone over here at Natural-Nurturer and also say thank you for letting me come hang out with yall today! 

I am really excited to share about these wonderful muffins that I baked last night! Since I got my new red, shiny Kitchen Aid Mixer for Christmas I have had a ton of fun baking.  I have kind of been on a muffin kick though...which I don't mind since I love breakfast.  So I have been baking my muffins at night time, and then having them ready for the next morning...that might not be as nice as right out of the oven muffins, but they have been pretty dang good! 

So this morning we got to eat these wonderful French Toast Muffins! They were so yummy, and very fun to make.  Also, they didn't take long at all, I always love baking things that don't need to be fully mixed, but call for you to leave some lumps in them. It makes things a lot easier.  This may come from the fact that I have never owned any kind of electric mixer at all.  I have always hand mixed everything that I bake, and that gets very tiring, so you can see why I prefer these types of things.  

Anyways, I have brought the wonderful French Toast Muffin recipe over here to share with all of you guys! So take some time to make these wonderful muffins, you don't even have to eat them for breakfast, have them at a party, or for dessert, anything...they are great! 

French Toast Muffins

First you will need: 

Muffin Mix:

1/2 c. sugar

1 1/2 c. all purpose flower

1 1/2 tsp.  baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1/3 c. melted butter

1 egg 

1/2 c. milk

Topping:

1/2 c. sugar

1/2 c. melted butter

1 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Preparation time: 10-15 min.

Bake time: 20-25 min. 

Recipe Servings: 9-12 muffins

First you want to sift together all of the dry ingredients into a medium sized bowl.  (I first put mine into my mixer but then realized it wouldn't have taken very long just to do this one by hand) 

Then add all of the wet ingredients to the same bowl

Combine and mix all of the ingredients, but do not over mix.  Leave the mixture a little lumpy

In a muffin pan put muffin liners or grease 9-12 muffin tins (I made 9 muffins, you could probably make a dozen if you wanted, they would just be a little smaller)

Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until the edges begin to turn a little brown (mine baked for the full 25 minutes)

Muffin Topping

For the topping, 

In one small bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon

In another small bowl, melt butter

While the muffins are still hot dip each individual one in the butter and then roll them in the cinnamon/sugar mixture to coat the top

*If you are able to, you can dip the entire muffin in the butter and cinnamon mixture, it makes them even better! 

**You may have some of the mixture left over, if you do use it to dip the muffins in while you eat it!

Then enjoy your wonderful creation! 

I hope you all enjoy this wonderful recipe as much as my family and I have! And if you do try it out stop by over at Natural-Nester and let me know what you think! 

Thanks so much for letting me come visit! 

NOW....for the GIVEAWAY we have been telling yall about! 

I am so excited to share with you this awesome kitchen tool that you can win FOR FREE! You do have to go through a few hoops to get entered… but it is a great tool to have in your kitchen. I use my regularly. Also, I am so excited that Nutrition Lifestyles  has partnered with us to offer this amazing giveaway to you.

Our first ever giveaway is a Lequip Professional Stick Blender with all of the attachments.

This tool is so amazing. I have used it to mince veggies such as onions, cilantro, and even tomotoes. We really enjoy using it to help make our salsa. I have also used it when making baby food. The uses for this tool are unlimited. The website describes this tool as:

“An ideal blender for daily use. Slim ergonomic design with soft-touch easy-grip handle. Stainless steel body. Removable, interchangeable blades for mincing, beating, chopping, aerating, and whisking. It also includes a multi- chopper/grinder attachment.”

Please go to the website and read all about this awesome little tool! I think every kitchen needs one. YOU could be the lucky one to get it for FREE!

You have so many ways to enter! (leave a separate comment for each entry that you make, so you could have up to 6 entries/6 different comments)

1) LIKE Natural-Nurturer on Facebook

2) JOIN the Natural-Nurturer Blog

3) LIKE Natural-Nester on Facebook (and let her know that I sent you)

4) JOIN the Natural-Nester Blog

5) Share this contest with your friends on Facebook or twitter

6) Go over to the Nutrition Lifestyles website and look at their products then come back over here and let us know what your favorite item is! 


Make sure that you comment on the blog that you have liked both facebook pages, subscribed to both blogs, shared the giveaway on facebook or twitter, and went to nutritionlifestyles.com and commented what you would buy and why!

Giveaway ends Friday, Jan. 20th at 10pm, CENTRAL TIME..