Mix-In Muffins

Tracy K's Note:

Finally, a muffin that is not too sweet! Customize the recipe to your tastes (or to what you have on hand) by adding fruits, chocolate chips, and nuts. Recipe from Sara's Secrets on FoodTV.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 muffins

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄3; cup sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Optional ingredients

• 1 cup fresh blueberries or 1 cup dried blueberries
• 1 chopped banana , with
• ¾ cup chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon orange zest , with
• ¾ cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup dried cherries , with
• ¾ cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and line 12 (1/3-cup) muffin cups with paper liners.
2. Into a bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. Melt butter and in a small bowl whisk together with sour cream, egg, and vanilla.
4. Stir butter mixture (and additional ingredients) into flour mixture until just combined.
5. DO NOT OVERMIX!
6. Handle this batter gently!
7. Divide the batter among muffin cups (this batter is thick and will not run easily like other muffin batters) and bake in middle of oven until golden and a tester comes out clean, about 20 minutes.

Reviews

[CookbookCarrie]

OOH OOH OOH were these great. I put in a chopped bananna and some pecans. Fabulous flavor, you could really taste the banana and pecan. I was in the process of mixing when I realized my sour cream had gone bad. I used plain lowfat yogurt instead, and it worked great!!!

[starlight17_12979236]

The sour cream made the muffins so moist. I added mushed up banana, chocolate chips and a few blueberries. The kids at our playdate loved them! Not too sweet, either. Will make this my go-to muffin recipe!

[mel0908]

This is a great recipe. I used almond extract instead of vanilla, and substituted self-rising flour for the flour, baking powder & salt. (I used 1 1/2C plus 2 tsp.) I added 2/3 C of butterscotch chips and 2/3 C of of pecans. And then used my cookie scoop to put them into muffin cup liners that I had sprayed lightly with Bakers Pam, and they came out perfectly. I will definitely be using this recipe again!