Name: Basic Muffin Recipe With Variations
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 cup milk; 4 TBS melted butter (cool it to room temperature before adding to mixture); 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1-1/2 cups fresh copped berries; 1 TBS flour; Replace 1/4 cup of milk with 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice; Zest of one lemon; 2 TBS poppy seeds; 1 cup diced apple (without the skin); 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

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Start with this Basic Muffin Recipe to make many variations and flavors of muffins. This simple recipe allows you to add many different fruits and flavors to create mouthwatering muffins.

I firmly believe that cooking can be a creative outlet. And that’s whether you think you are creative or not.

Just try my Basic Muffin Recipe with Variations and watch your creativity jump right out as you take some of my ideas and create your own flavors.

I’ll be happy to show you how!

start with the basic muffin recipe

Flour – I use all-purpose flour for this recipe
Sugar – Noting special here – just white granulated sugar
Salt – Salt really does enhance the flavors of baked goods. It also works to tighten the glutens
Baking Powder – Baking powder lightens the mix and adds texture
Milk – You can also use half-n-half if you prefer
Butter – I always use salted butter. It may be against a lot of other cooks but I like the flavor of a little extra salt.
Eggs
Vanilla Extract

There you have it…The Basic Muffin Mix. Now it’s time to get creative and add fruit and flavor to the muffins.

BERRY MUFFINS

For berry muffins, fold in fresh sliced berries into the mix. I toss my berries with 1 TBS of flour so they don’t all sink to the bottom when they’re cooking. This way, you’ll get berries distributed throughout the muffins.

1-1/2 cup sliced or diced fresh berries of your choice
1 TBS flour

lemon poppy seed muffins

With these muffins, you need to do a little substitution with the basic muffin recipe.

Replace 1/4 cup of milk with 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice
Add the zest from one lemon
Add 2 TBS poppy seeds

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

1 cup diced apples without the skin
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Here are other combinations you can try

ORANGE COCONUT MUFFINS

Replace 1/4 cup milk with 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
Add the zest of one orange
Add 1/2 cup toasted sweetened coconut

rum raisin muffins

Add 1 TBS rum
Add 1 cup raisins

Nutella swirl muffins

Pour the basic muffin mix into the muffin tin
Top each muffin with 1/2 teaspoon of Nutella
Use a toothpick to swirl the Nutella into the batter

Caramel swirl Muffins

Pour the basic muffin mix into the muffin tin
Top each muffin with 1/2 teaspoon of caramel
Use a toothpick to swirl the caramel into the batter

pecan muffins

Add 1 cup toasted chopped pecans

krazy kitchen mom tips for my basic muffin recipe with variations

To ensure that your muffin mix stays fluffy, make sure you do not over mix the batter.
Whenever you are adding fresh berries (strawberries, blueberries, cranberries, etc.) to a batter, toss them with 1 TBS of flour so they don’t sink to the bottom of the batter while cooking. This way you’ll have berries distributed throughout the baked product.
You can freeze these baked muffins by placing them in a ziptop bag.

leave me a comment to let me know if you tried the basic muffin recipe with variations and if you’ve got other creative ingredients.

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