tasty bites: pistachio muffins.

brian is obsessed with pistachio muffins from hannaford. they're like his guilty pleasure. whenever he runs to hannaford for a few things he always comes home with a little brown bag holding at least one pistachio muffin. so i figured i'd start making them. i found a recipe and the finished product was soooooo good. even the pistachio muffin connoisseur gave them two thumbs up.

ingredients:

-3 cups of flour
-1 cup of sugar
-2 tbs. baking powder (i know, it seems like a lot...but its correct)
-1 box instant pistachio pudding mix
-2 eggs, lightly beaten
-1 1/4 cups milk
-1/2 tsp. almond extract (i might use a little more next time)
-3/4 cups oil (i used a combination of oil and applesauce)
-green food coloring (this is optional, but i added a few drops to spice them up)

directions:

-mix dry ingredients.
-mix wet ingredients.
-add together until just moistened.
-fill baking cups and bake for about 20 minutes, until tops are golden brown.

these are seriously so good. next time i might add a few chopped pistachios, but they are delicious without!