Baker's Hours

I should've been a baker because I keep baker's hours. I woke up at three and after morning chores I baked three cast iron trays of Marion Cunningham's Bran Muffins (recipe from The Breakfast Book).

I had some dried black cherries from Sylvia and I added them in with the raisins. I also added some old fashioned rolled oats. They are excellent because they are not cloyingly sweet like commercial bran muffins, which are basically cake.