Community Pick
Best Ever (And Most Versatile) Muffins!
"These are wonderful for just throwing in your favorite ingredients---I don't need any other muffin recipes. Editing to add, based on a recent review: Be sure not to overmix muffins; if you do, they will be tough. They should still be lumpy when you are finished mixing them."
photo by Cabnolen
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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12 muffins
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F (205°C).
- Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
- Make a well in the center.
- In a small bowl or 2-cup measuring cup, beat egg with a fork.
- Stir in milk and oil.
- Pour all at once into the well in the flour mixture.
- Mix quickly and lightly with a fork until moistened, but do not beat.
- The batter will be lumpy. DO NOT OVERMIX. This will create tough/heavy muffins.
- Pour the batter into paper lined muffin pan cups.
- Variations: Blueberry Muffins: Add 1 cup fresh blueberries.
- Raisin Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped raisins.
- Date Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped dates.
- Cheese Muffins: Fold in 1 cup grated sharp yellow cheese.
- Bacon Muffins: Fold 1/4 cup crisp cooked bacon, broken into bits.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden.
Questions & Replies
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Hi all. I am in the U.K.... selected the metric measurement and when I made as directed the mixture was so dry. Certainly wasn't a batter more like a cookie mixture I could almost roll it out?.
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If I use half the sugar, how will it affect the muffins' taste?
Reviews
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what a great standard recipe!.I made these and added fresh chopped pears and a little cinnamon.wonderful!i will use this recipe over and over forever.thanks soooooooooo much. -
Good recipe! I made them with 1 1/2 cups of dates .. thanks!! -
Those were great! Used brown sugar instead of white, a bit less oil and added about 3 tbs of orange marmelade. Thanks!!:) -
Really a great recipe, made them twice in the past week..the first with coconut and the second with choc chips. Thank you for a fantastic recipe!!!
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This is a very good, versatile muffin recipe. I made a double batch. Half with blueberries & half with bananas &nuts. Thanks for the recipe.
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Tweaks
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Made this with blueberries and stevia instead of sugar. They were very good. Totally gone before I could snap a picture! I did have to add a bit more milk to get it to a muffin batter consistency. My flour may have been a bit dry-- being winter and all. I am making these again today perhaps with cheese and bacon! -
Ok I reallly wanted these to turn out good, but they didnt and I dont know why! I halved the recipe and subbed butter for oil but other than that followed it to the T but my muffins came out more like scones, crispy and very crumbly. Still edible but definitely not cakey/ muffiny.
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Excellent muffin. I used spelt flour, substituted water for milk, added a tsp of vanilla and glazed the finished product. My husband ate about five and my toddler tried to sneak a second. Next time I will try some of the other variations, like adding fruit. This one is a keeper. Thanks! -
I used butter instead of oil, added 1 tsp. cinnamon and 1 tsp. vanilla, also did 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar and added golden raisins.
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These were great! I substituted 1/2 c. orange juice for half of the milk because I was making cranberry orange muffins (3/4 c dried cranberries and 1 1/2 tsp orange zest). I got lots of compliments and will definitely make them again.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
spatchcock
United States
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