Thyme to Spruce up Some Dishes!

          Prior to contrary belief I do love to bake. When the mood strikes me and I have the time I'll whip up some delicious blueberry muffins, cookies and my favorite; pies.

          My confident in crime and bff showed me this amaze-balls baking blog: Blue-Eyed Bakers. They basically take recipes from other sources and tailor them to be less pretentious and slightly easier, why add egg yolk to muffin topping when you'll get the same results with plain butter?!?.

          I was browsing their site and their newest recipe for Blackberry, lemon & thyme muffins piqued my interest. Thyme in muffins?!; I must make them. Recipe here! 

          I made them. I'd add pictures but the suggested topping was too heavy for the 'light' batter and sank :(. Also they are slightly green in color without the desired white topping and don't look very appetizing. 

        However, while they were baking I thought to myself "WTF am I to do with all this thyme now?!?" So naturally, I looked up some cocktails with thyme in them... yes they exist. I settled for this. (It was the first recipe I found)

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16 large fresh blackberries, divided

4 small fresh thyme sprigs, divided

6 tablespoons 100% blue agave silver tequila

1/4 cup Simple Syrup

3 tablespoons fresh lime juice

1 tablespoon Cointreau or other orange liqueur

2 cups ice cubes, divided

1/4 cup chilled sparkling wine

No, I didn't take that pic. My cocktail looked, well, horrible. It was delish, though. Instead of using all the fancy ingredients they suggest (simple syrup and sparkling wine) I improvised. I also didn't feel like drinking a pitcher of margs, so I quartered the ingredients for a single serving. 

      I began by muddling the thyme and blackberries with about a tablespoon of sugar. Then added the Cointreau, 1 shot, and then carefully poured (spilled) 1.5 (probably 3?) shots of the tequila. To add the final sparkling delight I used La Croix, pretentious duh!

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       Just as I finished my flavored tequila The muffins were finishing in the oven. Disappointment only set in because the topping sunk and they didn't look gorgeous, much unlike all the things I bake. Hence, round two of my delish 'cocktail' and the writing of this blog!
      If I get more blackberries I may try to perfect the recipe and then add some pics. But currently finding a silk robe is higher up on my list of things to-do.