For our February gathering, we baked Blueberry Muffins with a Crumb Topping to honor Our Lady of Lourdes. These muffins were very fun to bake and the girls had a ball! The recipe (taken from Catholic Cuisine Blog) suggested using extra blueberries and we did.
These were so tasty! I remember Aunt Catherine once saying about Apple Crisp that you could pretty much skip the apples and just make the crisp! The brown sugar, oatmeal and butter topping on these muffins were really good.
Using a variety of fresh fruits, the girls cut them and arranged them in a unique way.
Strawberries, blueberries. red and green grapes, oranges, pineapple and cantaloupe melon were cut by the children and circled on a platter to look like a sunburst.
While we waited for the muffins to bake and cool, Allison led a discussion on St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes and also the Miracle of the Sun which happened at Fatima in 1913 and which was witnessed by tens of thousands of persons.
We brewed tea and served it in three tea pots.The girls sipped it out of cups and saucers. Cream and sugar pitchers made it a lot of fun for them while we enjoyed a lovely feast.
