Exactly Like That But Without the Wings

January is a National Baking month, but for me, with my husband’s sweet tooth, every month is a baking month and every week is a baking week. Enjoy these delicious muffins inspired by a great blogofriend Carol.

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In an old Russian movie, a man is shopping for a birthday present. He can’t find anything suitable – no wonder, under the communist regime, there was nothing suitable in the stores, since all the good stuff was sold out of the back door for several times the official price. Exhausted and frustrated, he wanders into a consignment  shop. Suddenly he spots a beautiful antique figurine of a Greek victory goddess Nike, complete with glorious wings. He requests to see it, he turns it around, examines it from all angles, and finally asks the clerk, “Would you happen to have another one like that but without the wings?”

I recalled this episode when I read a scrumptious recipe by Carol of https://cookingforthetimechallenged.wordpress.com. Carol is a wonderful person, an amazing parent, and an incredibly creative cook. I wanted to bake her cinnamon muffins right away, but there was one important…

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