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Basic Muffins With Variations Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Whodunitrdr / All my dishes 1 year, 2 months ago I worked in a bakery and we made dozens of these moist muffins in different flavors every day. You can add any fruit you like to the basic batter. Our favorites are blueberry, banana nut, pina colada and pumpkin. Prep:10m Cook:25m Servings:12	Whodunitrdr
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Blueberry /Cherry Al

Banana nut flavor

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Strawberry Muffin

4 types of muffins

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Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 egg

3/4 cup milk

3/8 cup oil (that is 1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons)

About 1 cup of any additional optional ingredients

Directions

Stir together dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Add wet ingredients and any optional ingredients and stir just until moistened. (Adjust amount of milk depending on how moist your add-ins are - add less for moist things like banana, crushed pineapple, or pumpkin and add a bit more if needed for dried fruits.)

Scoop into greased muffins tins (an ice cream scoop works well for this).

Sprinkle the tops with sugar if desired, and bake at 400 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until done.

NOTES:

You can mix up a large batch of the basic dry mix (flour, sugar, baking powder and salt) and store in a sealed container in your pantry.

To have fresh muffins in the morning, stir the mix and measure out 3 cups of mix for one dozen muffins, 6 cups for two dozen muffins, add the wet ingredients and the optional ingredients and bake.

Or, for a large group, make a large batch of the basic mix and make one dozen each of a variety of flavors with a lot less work.

VARIATIONS:

Banana Nut - add 1c. mashed bananas and 1/2 c. chopped walnuts.

Blueberry - add 1 c. fresh or frozen blueberries.

Pina Colada - add 1 small can drained crushed pineapple and 1/2 c. coconut.

Apple Spice - add 1 peeled chopped apple, 1/4 teas. cinnamon and a dash nutmeg.

Coffee Walnut - add 1 teas. coffee extract and 3/4 c. chopped walnuts.

Pumpkin Spice - add 1 c. canned pumpkin, 1/2 teas. pumpkin pie spices, 1/2 c. nuts.

Mincemeat - add 1 c. canned mincemeat and 1/2 c. chopped nuts.

Date Nut - add 1 c. chopped dates and 1/2 c. nuts.

Cranberry - add 1 c. chopped fresh cranberries, 1/2 c. nuts, 1 teas. orange rind.

Chocolate chip - add 1 c. chocolate chips and 1/2 teas. vanilla extract, nuts if desired.

Cherry Almond - add 1 c. chopped dried cherries and 1/2 c. toasted flaked almonds.

Chocolate Chocolate chip - add 1/4 c. cocoa powder, 1/2 teas. vanilla and 1/2 c. (or more) chocolate chips (thanks LB).

Anything else you can think up. Adjust amount of milk in batter depending on the moistness of the added ingredients.

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Comments

cardinal54 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Yummo! These will be delish. High 5. Lucy

22566 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Thank-you for all the different ways.

Print out and try a few.

Have a good day.

Kind Regards

dandelion 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Made blueberry streusel this morning. Yum! This recipe is very timely for me as I need to make 300 muffins for my MIL birthday brunch. THX :)

kenrh 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Right on!! This is exactly what I've been looking for! I made the chocolate chip variation last night; awesome!! Thanks a bunch!

soifua 9 months, 1 week ago said:
Such a wonderful recipe - this makes the prettiest muffins ever, perfect muffin tops - thanks whodunitrdr

lobster 9 months ago said:
Finally made these wonderful muffins today. Made a batch of chocolate chip and they were devoured by the teen boys. I also made a batch of blueberry...yummy!! I used half whole wheat flour, liquid eggs, and brown sugar. The possibilities (and fun) are endless!! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe!!

lilliancooks 9 months ago said:
I just saw Lobster review this in the Refugee's group...I'm so glad I saw it! I'll definitely be trying this one real soon! I love the fact that we can just add 1 cup of whatever we want to change the muffins! I'll be trying a berry mix! Then a plain one with cinnamon! I can't wait!

lilliancooks 8 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Okay...I just made these and let me tell you these are amazing!!! I totally screwed up the recipe, but they still turned out great! I only used 1/2 the sugar...thats not the part I screwed up, I just always only use half the sugar. But I totally forgot to add the oil! They were cooked in 15 minutes instead of 25, they stuck to the muffin paper, but they still tasted great! I could only imagine how much better they would be WITH the oil! LOL! I think the only thing that saved this from being ruined was that I added 1/2 cup smashed bananas and 1/2 cup frozen mixed berries (which are very moist and juicy) to the batter, as you suggested in your variations. This is a can't fail recipe,as I have proven!!! LOL! I added a pic!

pleclare 8 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Wonderful!

juels 8 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Wow, love all the variations here! Thanks for such a great, versatile recipe!

lilliancooks 8 months, 1 week ago said:
Okay...I made these again!!! This time I didn't forget the oil! LOL! I also added about 1/2 cup of applesauce and about 2 tsp. of cinnamon. This was very good...which I knew they would be! This is such a simple, quick recipe! There is no excuse for not having muffins in the house, with this recipe around!:)

pointsevenout 8 months, 1 week ago said:
Made using strawberry. Didn't use paper liners. Greased tins and still having trouble getting the muffins out. Will try again when cooled completely.

wannabechef27 7 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I made the chocolate chip muffins. I used whole wheat flour. For the oil, I used peanut. I made 6 and tried them. I found that they weren't chocolaty enough. I added another 1/4 cup of cocoa powder. The next batch was much better!
The cooking time was off for me. They only needed 20 minutes. They came out a little dry, so next time I make them, I'll cook them for 15 minutes instead.

imwhisper 7 months ago said:
Made these this morning ~ adding the chocolate chips, vanilla and my sous chef (13 year old son Nick) added cinnamon and nutmeg. Not exactly my favorite flavor combo but we will be using this recipe again. The cook time was a little off for me - they would have been perfect at 20 mins.

scotdog98 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Loved these! I was trying to find a fresh strawberry muffin & couldn't. Remembered your easy variation muffin & they were DELISH! Thanks for posting this! I did add some sour cream instead of upping the milk since I was using big chunks of strawberries. Also the juice from 1/2 a lemon. Love them!