Basic Muffins (With Variation Options)
photo by teresas



- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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10 muffins
ingredients
- 2⁄3 cup whole wheat flour
- 2⁄3 cup flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F Mix milk and egg together well. Mix dry ingredients and cut in butter. Add to milk/egg mixture. Add sugar. Stir until just moistened. Fill greased or paper lined muffin pans 2/3 full.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Makes 10 muffins.
- You may change the basic muffins by adding one (only one) of the variations to the dry ingredients before adding other basic ingredients. Follow rest of the baking instructions as stated above.
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, 1/2 cup raisins, 1/2 cup peeled and cored grated apples, 1 cup blueberries (rinsed well and patted dry, if they are canned or frozen), 1 tbs. grated orange OR lemon peel.
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Reviews
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Good basic recipe that lends itself to variations. Nice, crunchy texture outside and moist inside. I didn't follow your instructions to only add ONE extra ingredient :) I added dried cranberries instead of raisins and also added the orange zest. I knew I wouldn't get 10 muffins from this so I filled my tins a little fuller and got 6 good-sized muffins. Made for Variety Event.
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This are a nice, simple basic muffin recipe. I made the blueberry variation and my husband really loved it! I also used those extra large muffin tins and only got 4 muffins. I don't think this would make 10 regular sized muffins, but I could be wrong. The batter tasted very sweet to me, but the finished product was not overly sweet. Made for the Variety Event in the Contest/Events forum.
Tweaks
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Good basic recipe that lends itself to variations. Nice, crunchy texture outside and moist inside. I didn't follow your instructions to only add ONE extra ingredient :) I added dried cranberries instead of raisins and also added the orange zest. I knew I wouldn't get 10 muffins from this so I filled my tins a little fuller and got 6 good-sized muffins. Made for Variety Event.
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