Van-berry muffins

With it being a cold and gloomy day in Arizona, I had to find another way to occupy myself between work periods. I could have read a book, or watched a movie, but I had the urge to bake instead.

Sure, my version of baking is not baking-proper as my limited storage prevents me from storing the necessary items to bake anything from scratch, but for a van-dweller any time we get to turn on an actual oven it means there is some hardcore food preparation going on. So I set out to bake the only item I had in my stores; Blueberry Muffins, which were quickly renamed to Van-berry Muffins.

One may think I do not have the correct tools for such a homely task, but this van-dweller has been around the block a few times already. The mixing bowl, rubber spatula, and even the muffin pan were thought out years ago. You may be surprised what I have in the van… in fact the phrase “I got that in the van” escapes my lips many times more often than you may think, some times to the annoyance of the person lacking such an item.

With my recently purchased Camp Chef Oven it took no time at all to have my muffins cooking away for the prescribed 14-17 minutes at 425 degrees. And only 22 minutes after inserting the muffins into the oven (I had forgotten to monitor the temp) I had beautifully cooked Van-berry Muffins, and a much warmer van to boot.