Bom Dia muffins
Dear SOS: While vacationing in Sunriver, Ore., we ate breakfast at a Portuguese restaurant named Cafe Sintra. They served a most delicious muffin called bom dia. Do you think you could get the recipe?
Thank you.
Kim Israel
Hidden Hills
Dear Kim: Manuel Dos Santos, owner of the Cafe Sintra, modified his wife Toni’s recipe for a carrot muffin by adding coconut, apple and walnuts.
Customers love it with their morning coffee, so they named it bom dia, or “good morning” in Portuguese. It’s a satisfying breakfast treat.
Mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Add the carrots, walnuts, coconut and apple and mix together.
In a small bowl, beat together the eggs, oil and vanilla. Add the egg mixture to the large bowl and stir until just combined.
Bake in muffin tins with paper liners in a 350-degree oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes.
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