Orange Poppyseed Muffins

Recipe No. 31

Hello. I’m lying in bed on a Tuesday night. My 9-5 job is really making things grey. Any way, I need to make these orange poppy seed muffins again. I want constant access to them. I imagine a morning when I sink back into the folds for five, ten, twenty more minutes. It’s not depression, exactly. Just that light grey kind of inertia. The one that makes a morning feel like too much of a mountain. I’m already late for my version of a routine, whatever it is. Coffee first. Muffins next. Orange poppy seed mini muffins. Their scent softens the stress. My morning is salvaged. A little citrus. A little vanilla. Something warm and fresh that makes the morning feel almost intentional. Here is my take on the classic muffin. Delicate but satisfying.

The ingredients should make 24 mini muffins or 6 large muffins.