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make lemon honey muffins

 

Simple, healthy muffins. One-bowl, easy clean-up.

 

What would go wonderfully in our sweet bee printables, above? Bees...and honey, are lovely...

lemon honey sunshine muffins makes 12

Into a bowl, place:

1 cup yogurt

2 eggs

1/4 cup honey

1 teaspoon lemon extract

1 teaspoon lemon zest grated from a fresh lemon

Whisk together.

Melt 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan. While your butter melts, sift 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour*, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 2 teaspoons baking powder on top of the wet ingredients. Pour melted butter into your bowl as you gently mix your batter with a spatula—just until blended. Preheat oven to 400. Allow your batter to sit 20 minutes, for a good rise while baking. Spoon batter into cupcake liners. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden and firm to the touch. Turn onto cooling racks. Top with lemon icing, below.

*Whole wheat pastry flour has a lighter texture than regular whole wheat flour. It is still 100% whole grain, but is made from a different type of wheat. I prefer it's tender texture for baking muffins and pancakes.

 

lemon sunshine cloud spread

Using a hand blender, blend until smooth:

4 oz. cream cheese

3 tablespoons honey

1 teaspoon lemon extract

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1 tablespoon cream

Once cool, place your muffins into assembled cupcake wrappers. Top with our lemon sunshine cloud spread. Then, grate extra zest on top for cheery, natural sprinkles. ©heather cahoon • you make do™

Our sweet bee cupcake wrappers—and matching sweet bee party decorations—are available for instant download in our you make do™ shop.

eco-friendly party ideas

 

ideas to make an inexpensive, earth-friendly party

1| Decorate with eco-friendly printables, like those we shared above—old-fashioned farm party*, classic train party, and natural sweet bees party*. Print only as many as you need, then recycle or reuse. *See these links to learn how we recycled brown paper bags to make our party decorations.

2| Use some of our favorite, simple, recyclable paper party goods—craft board cookie boxes, paper straws, and paper party bags.

 

3| Celebrate simply on a farm. See this delightful, party of colorful, wholesome foods, recycled buckets to feed the farm animals, and honey jars and seed packet favors.

4| Or, simply visit a farm. Opt out of large birthday parties, and choose to take your birthday child on a special outing instead—like this birthday girl's day out to a farm. A visit to a child's favorite museum, a zoo, or the aquarium are all memorable choices too.

5| Plan a natural party with inspiration from Naturally Fun Parties for Kids; Creating Handmade, Earth-Friendly Celebrations for All Seasons and Occasions

 

6| Try our simple cut-out-and-make you make do™ birthday book kits. Children will love to help create their own birthday celebration. These paper party kits are more sustainable than plastic decorations or rubber balloons, and you can recycle them afterwards.

  

blossom fairy party: |instant download| or |amazon| whimsical bug party: |instant download| or |amazon| 

7| Have a simple party at home. We share ideas on simplifying celebrations and making a memorable celebration without spending a lot of money: simplifying celebrations: a pretty party

 ©heather cahoon • you make do™