TWD: Pumpkin Muffins

This time, I was determined to follow the recipe exactly as it was written.  I carefully measured each ingredient and organized them according to the order they went into the bowl.  I knew I nailed it...or so I thought.

Of course, this is me we're talking about.  So, something either had to be missing, in the wrong quantity or the oven temperature was too low or too high, right? Right.

I was feeling quite pleased with myself when I noticed that I seemed to have quite a bit of the batter left and the muffin cups were already pretty full. It turns out I completely overlooked the fact that the recipe did not require a full can of pumpkin puree.  

That's right.  I dumped the entire can of the puree into the batter.  No wonder I had so much batter! LOL!!

I guess I shouldn't have gone straight into kitchen to bake after a very stressful day at work.  I probably should have meditated or done some breathing exercises before jumping into this. But funnily enough, the stress I still felt when I got home melted away as I measured, stirred, laughed at myself and sampled the results of my culinary misadventure.

By the way, the muffins turned out fine.  A little moist perhaps but you'd never know it had more than double the amount of the puree.  Another forgiving recipe.  Dorie...thank you, thank you, thank you.  

And thank you, Kelly of Sounding my Barbaric Gulp for choosing this week's recipe for Tuesdays with Dorie.

I can't wait for next week! Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes!  Woohoo! 

Or perhaps I should say, Om.