Everyday Basic Muffins
A fully customizable recipe to create any kind of delicious muffin you want to make.
Servings 12 muffins
Ingredients
Basic Muffin Recipe
- 2 cups all purpose flour (for GF use a one-to-one baking flour)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons ground flax meal (optional, but adds good nutrition)
- 1/4 cup ground walnuts (optional, but adds good nutrition)
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 3/4 cup milk
Additions
- 1 cup any additions you desire: blueberries, black raspberries, chopped and cooked apples*, raisins, chopped cranberries, chocolate chips, cinnamon chips, etc
OR Cinnamon Streusel
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F/ 204 C. Prepare muffin tin by greasing around edges and lining cups with cupcake/muffin papers.
- Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
- Melt butter. Beat in eggs, then add milk. Pour wet ingredients into dry, and mix until just combined.
For 1 cup additions:
- Gently mix in your chosen additions, then evenly distribute batter amongst the 12 prepared cups. Bake for 20-22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
For Streusel muffins:
- Combine the brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon to make the streusel topping. Fill each muffin cup only half full of batter, place a spoonful of streusel in each cup, then top each one with the remaining batter. Spoon the remaining streusel on top of each muffin. Bake for 20-22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Notes
*To make the cooked apples: peel, core, and chop 2 medium apples. Melt 1 Tablespoon butter in a skillet, add chopped apples, 4 Tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, and 1-2 Tablespoons of lemon juice. Cook over medium low heat until apples have softened. Let cool to just warm before adding to batter. (NOTE: Because cooking the apples will create some liquid in the pan, add 1/4 cup more flour to your batter.)