Basic Muffin Recipe With Variations!

You want a muffin recipe that looks and tastes like it’s fresh from a bakery? And it needs to be tender and moist inside with a slightly crunchy high dome top? I’ve got your back.

– 3 ½ cups flour – 2 tsp baking powder – ½ tsp baking soda – ½ tsp salt – 2 cups sugar – 1 ¼ cups butter softened – 2 whole eggs – 2 egg yolks – 1 tbsp vanilla – 1 cup milk – 1 cup greek yogurt or sour cream

Ingredients

Blueberries, Strawberries, Peaches Add 1 cup (250 mL) fresh or frozen fruit. If using frozen fruit, it needs to be thawed, rinsed and dried for best results.

Almond Poppy Seed Add 1/2 tsp almond extract to liquid mixture in step 2 and 1/4 cup poppy seeds to dry mixture in step 1. Top each muffin batter with 1/2 tsp granulated sugar or sliced almonds for a delicious gourmet look.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip  Add 1/4 cup cocoa powder to dry mix in step 1. Add 1 tbsp additional milk to wet mix in step 2. Then fold 2 cups chocolate chips into the batter.

Banana Pecan Gently fold in 1 cup mashed bananas and 1/2 cup pecans, toasted and finely chopped to batter.

Apple Cinnamon Add 2 cups finely chopped fresh apples, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and dash of nutmeg.

Fig Raspberry Lavender Gently fold in 2 cups diced fresh or dried figs, 2 cups fresh raspberries and 2 tsp dried lavender buds to batter.

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