Mmmmm...muffins & More
photo by Lalaloula
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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12 muffins
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
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BASIC MUFFINS
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 cup low-fat milk
- 1 egg
directions
- Preheat oven to 400F and grease or line your muffin cups (12) - see not in recipe description.
- Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Mix together the milk, egg and melted butter and then stir into the flour mixture until combined but still a bit lumpy - do not overmix - just 15-20 seconds.
- Evenly distribute between the 12 muffin cups.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let stand for 10-15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
- VARIATIONS:.
- Blueberry-Lemon Muffins~~Increase the sugar to 1/3 c and grate the zest of 1 lemon into the flour mixture. Add 1 cup blueberries with the milk mixture. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Chocolate Chip Muffins~~Use light-brown sugar rather than granulated and add 1/2 cup chocolate chips to the flour mixture. Add 1 tsp vanilla extract with the milk mixture. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Cinnamon-Oatmeal Muffins~~Decrease the flour to 1 1/4 cups. Increase the sugar to 1/4 cup and add 1 cup quick cooking rolled oats, 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 c raisins to the flour. Bake as directed for 20-25 minutes.
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Reviews
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What a lovely basic muffin recipe!!! I made it using 1/4 cup chocolate covered raisins as an addition and the muffins came out so moist, flavourful and just yummy! They had a slightly crunchy crust and werent too greasy. I luved that they were so low in sugar! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing your superb recipe with us, Hokies!
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This is a lovely quick muffin that can be adapted to so many additions that it might be called universal. I chose the oatmeal cinnamon version given but swapped out the raisins for diced apple and to increase the health factor (not that they are bad to start with!) I used 1 cup whole wheat flour/1/4 cup unbleached all purpose. Splenda replaced the sugar. I used skim milk and egg white. Thank you very much Hokies for a great for this great find :D. Made for 1-2-3 Tag.
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