Final Muffin Recipe (1 Batter + Flavors)

That is my final muffin recipe—beginning with a thick and creamy muffin batter, your selection of additives, and two topping choices. Customise it along with your favourite mix-ins and taste combos for limitless potentialities like blueberry muffins, lemon poppy seed muffins, and apple cinnamon muffins.

I initially printed this recipe in 2017 and have since added new pictures, a video tutorial, useful success suggestions, and extra flavors.

That is my staple muffin recipe, to which I fold in quite a lot of additions and flavors. I’ve relied on it since 2014 after I developed and initially printed my greatest blueberry muffins. I used to be so happy with the style and texture that I stored experimenting with new flavors—and over time, I’ve realized the chances are literally limitless.

In reality, I like this mix-and-match final muffin recipe a lot that I’m together with it in my new cookbook, Sally’s Baking 101! (Together with an exclusive-to-the-book birthday cake taste.)

Can one muffin batter actually make infinite muffin flavors? We haven’t reached the restrict but…

Why This Ought to Be Your Go-To Muffin Recipe, Too:

• Batter produces mushy, fluffy, tall bakery-style muffins
• Endlessly customizable for infinite muffin varieties
• Consists of baking directions for all sizes of muffins—makes 12 commonplace muffins, 6 jumbo muffins, or 36–40 mini muffins
• Make the crumb topping or just sprinkle coarse sugar on high for a glittery crunch

One reader, Karen, commented: “These had been one of the best muffins I’ve ever made. No extra store-bought! I can hardly wait to attempt a brand new batch each week. That is going to be enjoyable! ★★★★★“

One other reader, Stacey, commented: “Made these tonight in a jumbo muffin tin, and added chocolate chips. Very tender muffin, however nonetheless an ideal base for extra substantial mix-ins like chocolate. Domed fantastically! Can be making these a LOT going ahead! ★★★★★“

Listed here are 10 of my muffin recipes that I’ve printed utilizing this base muffin batter:

1. Cranberry Cardamom Spice Muffins
2. Blackberry Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
3. Peach Muffins
4. Apple Cinnamon Muffins (pictured)
5. Lemon Blueberry Muffins
6. Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins (pictured)
7. Blueberry Muffins (pictured)
8. Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins (pictured)
9. Cranberry Orange Muffins
10. Crumb Cake Muffins

As we speak I’m additionally sharing White Chocolate Raspberry and Chocolate Chip Crumb. Particulars for making every are within the recipe Notes under!

Components for the Muffin Batter

• Flour: Stick to all-purpose flour. The flour offers the muffins construction and retains the batter good and thick so the add-ins (chocolate chips, berries, nuts, and so forth.) keep suspended.
• Baking Powder & Baking Soda: For max rise, we’re utilizing each leaveners right here.
• Salt, Cinnamon, & Vanilla Extract: The flavour enhancers. The cinnamon is non-compulsory—go away it out if it doesn’t work nicely with the opposite flavors. For instance, I take advantage of it after I make apple or chocolate chip muffins, however skip it after I make lemon muffins.
• Butter: We’re creaming the butter to make these fluffy, springy muffins, so be certain to make use of correct room-temperature butter right here.
• Sugar: A mixture of granulated sugar and brown sugar sweetens these muffins.
• Eggs: Eggs add moisture and richness, and bind all the things collectively.
• Bitter Cream: Bitter cream helps hold the muffins tender, mushy, and further moist. If wanted, you need to use plain Greek yogurt as a substitute.
• Milk: Milk lightens up the crumb. I normally use complete milk, however you need to use low-fat or nondairy milk in case you desire.

Anticipate a creamy, thick batter:

Fold in your additions, akin to apples, chocolate chips, nuts, berries, and so forth. If making one thing like lemon poppy seed muffins, add the lemon zest and juice if you add the milk, and blend the poppy seeds in with the dry elements. I’ve these particulars within the recipe Notes under.

That is the chocolate chip muffin batter:

Muffin Topping Choices

Earlier than baking, determine if you wish to high the muffins. Listed here are my 2 suggestions:

1. Coarse Sugar: Easy, but bakery-style stunning! Coarse sugar offers the muffins a glittery crunch.
2. Crumb Topping: A basic selection, my brown sugar cinnamon crumb topping works with quite a lot of muffin flavors. I’ve the recipe for you under. If desired, you need to use one other crumb-like topping akin to the simple brown sugar pecan streusel I take advantage of on this blueberry muffins model or this lemon crumb topping I take advantage of on my lemon blueberry muffins.

Right here I’m topping the chocolate chip muffin selection with the crumb topping:

The Trick to Tall Muffin Tops

I’ve been utilizing this muffin trick for years and SWEAR by it. Almost the entire muffin recipes you see on my web site and in my cookbooks additionally use it.

Be sure that your muffin batter is thick (this one is). Fill your muffin cups/liners with the batter all the best way to the highest. Bake the muffins for simply 5 minutes at a excessive temperature. Cut back the temperature for the remaining bake time. This burst of sizzling air lifts the muffins straight up, making a strong dome. The remainder of the time at a decrease baking temperature cooks the middle of the muffin.

Elective Ending Touches

In order for you much more methods to jazz up your muffins, attempt ending them with a topping:

P.S. On the lookout for a chocolate muffin base? Use the batter from these double chocolate muffins.