Basic Muffins With Variations

Basic Muffins With Variations

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 35 mins
  • Yield: 1dozen

    • About This Recipe

    “This is a very versitile recipe. You can mix and match any way you want to get your favorite.”

    Ingredients

  • 1egg
  • 1/2 cupmilk
  • 1/4 cupoil
  • 1teaspoonvanilla
  • 1 1/2 cupsflour
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • 2teaspoonsbaking powder
  • 1/2 cupsugar

    • Variation

  • 1cupwell drained pineapple(optional)
  • 1cupchopped walnuts(optional)
  • 2mashed ripe bananas(optional)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoonsorange zest(optional)
  • 1cupcoconut(optional)
  • 1cupraisins(optional)

    • Directions

  • Beat egg; add milk, oil and vanilla.
  • Stir in dry ingredients.
  • Spoon into muffin pan.
  • Bake at 375* for 25 minutes.
  • Variations: After mixing add the Variation ingredients.
  • Mix and match to get your favorite!

    • Reviews

  • “This recipe produces 12 perfect muffins. The first time I made them with the zest of an orange and chocolate chips and the second time with 1/2 cup rolled oats and chocolate chips.I love this excellent versatile recipe.”

  • “Very good basic muffin recipe… I used dried cranberries and walnuts and they were delicious.Quite sweet, though and they rather reminded me more of cupcakes than muffins.I think I would also try cooking for less time at a higher temperature because I had a problem with the sides getting too dark before the tops browned.Not burnt, mind you, but getting a little too dark brown for comfort.I’d also try sprinkling the tops with some brown sugar.But overall, very easy, nice and tender and very good.”

  • “The recipe was wonderful… however I ignored your variation options because I wanted to make raspberry chocolate chip muffins from the beginning.But I did use the basic muffin part and they turned out wonderfully.Muchly recommended.”

  • “This was a good muffin mix, I used cranberries and it was good.Brewhead”

  • “This was great! I made it using coconut. It made a great evening snack and was well enjoyed by allA definite keeper!”

  • “Great basic muffin recipe, perfect for jumping off into variations.I added about 1/2 c. pumpkin (whisked into the wet ingredients).Into the dry ingredients I supplemented 1/4 c. flax for some of the flour, and put in an additional 1/4 c. oats, along with 1/2 t. cinnamon.The result is a pretty and delicious muffin – healthy too!I baked them at 400 for 13 minutes.Twelve muffins exactly.Great!”

  • “Very easy basic muffin recipe. I added maple extract in place of the vanilla and then added cinnamon and chopped hazel nuts.”

  • “I made these yesterday for kindergarten snack, using coconut and orange zest. As I was putting them in the tins, I decided that they weren’t sweet enough for a kid’s taste, so I sprinkled the tops with sugar. They were loved by all but one (who couldn’t get past that she thought the coconut looked like onions). Another reviewer found they browned too much, and I have a history of overly browned quick breads. So, I decreased the temperature to 350. The bottoms didn’t get brown–but the tops didn’t look great. When I make these again (and I will), I’ll try them at 375 and keep a close eye on them. At 350, they cooked in 20 minutes.”

  • “Very useful recipe.Made a wonderful muffin, and it’s such an easy way to create different kinds of muffins … I doubled the recipe, then divided it into four batches to make four different kinds:Blueberry, blueberry-lemon, maple-walnut, and … I forget!This is a definite keeper.Thanks for posting!”

  • “Great basic muffin recipe. I added walnuts and 1 teaspoon cinnamon- yummy!”

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