Your best muffin recipe-PLEASE!!!

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::MinnieMo My ten year old daughter is in 4H and has to make muffins this year. With the fair only 1 and 1/2 months away, we need to start practicing some recipes. Please send me your best muffin recipes-she will appreciate it very much!! We will let you know if she earns a blue ribbon!!

Thanks,
Keri-k ::MickeyMo
 
Here are some of my favorites:

ORANGE MUFFINS

1 orange
1/3 c fresh orange juice
1 egg
¼ c unsalted butter, softened
1½ c flour
¾ c sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
½ c raisins

Grate rind from orange. Remove skin and pith and any large white pieces from orange. Cut orange into 6-8 sections, remove seeds. In blender, blend rind, orange, juice, butter & egg until soupy with butter in little bits. Toss in raisins & blend 2 - 3 seconds. Pour into mixing bowl. Sift together flour, sugar, powder, soda & salt. Combine with wet ingredients - combine only, do not mix or beat. Pour into greased muffin tins. Bake at 400 for 15 - 18 min. Yield: 12 (If omitting orange, use 1½ tsp orange rind & additional 1/3 cup orange juice. If using craisins, soak first!!!)

This is for a coffee cake, but we really like it made in muffin tins better....especially if you make extra crumbs for the top. ;)
Clyde’s Coffee Cake
2 c flour
1½ c sugar
¼ tsp salt
¼ lb butter, melted
2 tsp baking powder
1 egg
½ c warm water
1 tsp vanilla
Combine flour, sugar, salt & butter. Reserve 1 cup for crumbs. Add baking powder, egg, water & vanilla. Mix only until moist. Pour in greased 8x8 pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Double to make 3 dozen cupcakes & check to see if they’re done after 20 min

Cinnamon-Topped Oatmeal Muffins
1 c flour
1/4 c sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 c oats
1/2 c raisins
3 Tbl oil
1 egg
1 c milk
2 Tbl sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp melted butter
Combine ingredients; stir until moist. Sprinkle with topping. (Double topping is better!) Makes a dozen. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes in greased or papered cups.

I don't know if she can use a pre-made biscuit mix like Bisquick or Jiffy, but these are pretty good too! I'm sure I have a recipe for make-it-yourself biscuit mix here somewhere if you need it. Of course, we love those cinnamon chips - I'll bet they would be good in the cinnamon-topped recipe above. I should try that!
Cinnamon Chip Muffins

Recipe By :Hershey's
Serving Size : 12

2 c all-purpose biscuit mix
1/3 c sugar
2 Tbl vegetable oil
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 c mini cinnamon chips
2/3 c milk

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease or paper-line 12 muffin cups (2 1/2").
Combine biscuit mix, sugar, oil, egg, cinnamon chips and milk in medium bowl just until moistened. Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.
Bake for 15-18 minutes or until muffin tops are browned. Cool slightly. Remove from pan. Serve warm with butter.

I couldn't wait to try this next one, but have to admit we weren't as impressed as we'd hoped. I think I expected more lemon flavor on the topping - and I love lemon! I keep thinking, though, that the topping might be good on the Orange Muffins at the top...or maybe adjust it to use orange juice. Can you tell I love playing with recipes? ;)
Super Saskatoon Muffins

2 c flour
3 tsp baking powder
Rind of 1 lemon
1 c milk
1 c fresh, frozen, or canned saskatoons or blueberries
1/2 c white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1/2 c butter, melted

Topping
1/2 c melted butter
1/2 c white sugar
1 Tbl lemon juice

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and grated lemon rind in a large bowl. Beat egg in medium bowl. Add milk and butter. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients. Stir until just mixed (batter will be lumpy). Stir in fruit. Fill muffin pans 2/3 full and bake at 425°F for 20 minutes. Yield: 16 large or 32 small muffins. NOTE: Temperature appears to be too high!!!

Topping:
Combine melted butter and lemon juice. Measure sugar in separate dish. Take slightly cooled muffins and dunk top first into butter mixture then into sugar.
 
I forgot about these:

This might have been from a Disney cookbook. I can't remember. :blush:
Strawberry-Almond Muffins

½ c butter, softened
¾ c sugar
2 eggs
½ c milk
1½ tsp almond extract
1½ c all-purpose flour
½ c whole wheat flour
1 Tbl baking powder
¼ tsp salt
2 c strawberries, chopped
¾ c slivered almonds

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners.
In a bowl of an electric mixer or food processor, cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, and blend until fluffy. Mix in the milk and the almond extract. In a separate bowl, sift the flours, baking powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the milk mixture and blend until just combined. Fold in the strawberries and almonds. Fill the muffin cups to the top and bake for 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Makes 12 muffins.

Low-fat Cranberry/Nut Muffins

2 eggs
½ c granulated sugar
½ c sweetened applesauce
½ c low-fat sour cream (can substitute reg. sour cream)
1 tsp grated orange peel, packed
2 c all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 c dried cranberries
¼ c chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin cups with paper liners. Using an electric
mixer, blend eggs and sugar in a large bowl until thick and light-about 5
minutes. Add applesauce, sour cream and orange peel. Beat until well blended.
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.Mix into egg mixture until just
blended.
Stir in cranberries and nuts. Divide into the muffin tins and bake about 20
minutes or until tester comes out clean. Transfer to rack to cool. Makes about
12-16.

This one has no added sugar - only what's in the fruit/juice.
Fruit Juice Muffins

1½ c unbleached flour
½ c whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ tsp cinnamon
½ c raisins
½ c finely chopped walnuts
1 medium apple, peeled and grated
1 large egg
1/3 c vegetable oil
½ c frozen apple juice concentrate

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Butter the insides and top of a regular-size (1/3 cup) muffin pan.
2. In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the raisins, walnuts and grated apple.
3. In a medium bowl, beat the egg, then beat in the oil, apple juice concentrate and 1/2 cup water. Stir this into the dry mixture until just evenly moistened. Spoon the batter into the muffin pan.
4. Bake 15 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool for a few minutes before removing from the pan. Serve warm, not hot. Makes 12 muffins.

This one was in FamilyFun Magazine & was listed as a "Disney" recipe - although I don't know where they serve it. :confused3
Autumn Pear Mini Muffins -Disney
Yield: 24 Servings

2 c all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp allspice
½ tsp salt
1 c buttermilk
¼ c vegetable oil
1 egg
2/3 c packed brown sugar
16 oz canned pear slices; in juice; drained and finely chopped

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line the cups of a mini muffin tin with
paper liners. In a medium-size bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon,
allspice and salt.

2. In a large bowl, blend the buttermilk, oil, egg and brown sugar. Add the
flour mixture to the wet ingredients, stirring until combined. Fold in the
pears. Fill the cups 2/3 of the way up. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until
golden. Makes 24 muffins.


I know that this isn't a "muffin" recipe, but these are awesome! And with all those strawberries available right now I thought I'd share.
Strawberry Biscuits
Yield: 16 servings.

1 c diced strawberries
3 tbl granulated sugar, divided
2 c flour
1 Tbl baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
6 Tbl cold butter, cut into ¼” pieces
2/3 c buttermilk
2 Tbl turbinado sugar (see note)

1. Heat the oven to 450 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Toss the strawberries with 1 to 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, depending on how sweet the fruit is.
3. Sift the flour, 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl. Use a pastry blender or two forks to cut in the butter to the flour mixture. Add the strawberries. Toss gently to coat the fruit with the flour. Stir in the buttermilk just until mixture is moistened.
4. On a lightly floured work surface, lightly knead dough until it holds together.
5. Roll or pat the dough to 3/4-inch thick. Use a 2-inch biscuit cutter to cut into rounds. Place the biscuits on the prepared baking pan. Sprinkle each biscuit with 1/4 teaspoon turbinado sugar. Bake until golden, about 15-18 minutes.
 
The “Berry Best” Muffins

1 cup butter 1 cup milk
2 cups sugar 4 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. salt
4 cups flour 4 eggs
4-5 ½ cups fresh or frozen blueberries,
blackberries, raspberries or cranberries*
*If using frozen fruit, partially thaw and combine
with ¼ cup flour. Fresh berries should be rinsed,
drained and well dusted with flour, before
folding into batter.

Cream butter and sugar in large mixing bowl. Add eggs
(one at a time) and vanilla. Blend thoroughly. Combine
flour, baking powder and salt. Alternately add flour mixture
and milk to the first mixture. (The batter will be very thick.)
Blend well. Fold in berries. Grease muffin tins. (Because
batter will need to expand over the rim it is best to grease or
oil muffin tin beyond rims of cups. You may use paper liners,
But top of tin should still be oiled to allow for overage.)
So that the muffins will take on a mushroom shape, heap
batter above rim of muffin tins. This will produce a
Beautiful shape. Sprinkle generously with sugar and bake in
preheated 425-degree oven for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes
of baking, turn oven temperature down to 375 degrees and
bake an additional 15 minutes until muffins are done in center
and a rich golden brown on top.
 
1 cup sugar
1 stick margarine
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups flour
1 tsp. vanilla
Dash of salt
4 ripe bananas

Beat sugar and margarine with an electric mixer. When creamy, add eggs, baking soda, flour, vanilla, and salt. Mix until just combined. Add bananas and mix again. The mixture should be lumpy. Pour into muffin tins. *We usually make half a recipe - about 9 muffins. Bake (350°) for about 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out mostly clean. Do not over bake.
 
Apple Walnut muffins :flower:
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup butter
1 1/4 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup milk
2 cups peeled, cored and sliced apples
1/2 cup walnuts

1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter, cubed

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat top and insides of jumbo muffin pan with cooking spray, or line with muffin papers.
In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter, 1 1/4 cups sugar, vanilla, and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at time. Mix together the 1 3/4 cups of flour, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Stir in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Fold in apples and walnuts. Scoop into muffin cups to fill 3/4 full. Lightly sprinkle the tops with cinnamon crumble.
To make Cinnamon Crumble: In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, and 2 tablespoons cubed butter. Mix together using a pastry blender, or two butter knives. The crumble topping should resemble small peas.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until tops are golden brown, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If they are browning too quickly, cover with tin foil. Remove from pans, and cool on wire rack.


these are scrumptious!


Carrot Oatmeal muffins :banana:

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup canola oil
3 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup uncooked rolled oats
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup raisins
2 cups shredded carrots
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained with juice reserved
1/4 cup softened cream cheese

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease muffin tins.
In a large bowl, mix the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Make a well in the center of the mixture, and add white sugar, brown sugar, canola oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix just until evenly moist. Fold in the oats, coconut, raisins, carrots, and pineapple.
In a bowl, blend the reserved pineapple juice and cream cheese. Fill each muffin cup about 1/2 full with the muffin batter, reserving about 1/3 of the batter. Spoon approximately 1 teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture into the muffin cups. Top with remaining batter, so that each muffin cup is about 2/3 full.
Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.

Hope this helps! :wave2:
 
Mocha Banana Chocolate Chip muffins :flower:

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup margarine
1 1/4 cups white sugar
1 egg
3 ripe bananas
1 tablespoon instant coffee granules, dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Blend butter or margarine, sugar, egg, banana, coffee, and vanilla in food processor for 2 minutes. Add flour, salt, baking powder, and soda, and blend just until flour disappears. Add chocolate chips and mix in with wooden spoon. Spoon mixture into 15 to 18 paper-lined muffin cups.
Bake for 25 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Very Easy recipie to make with children they can do it all by themselves with supervision!

Pumpkin Chocolate chip muffins

INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease and flour muffin pan or use paper liners.
Mix sugar, oil, eggs. Add pumpkin and water. In separate bowl mix together the baking flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt.. Add wet mixture and stir in chocolate chips.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
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Morning glory muffins :sunny:

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups grated carrots
1 1/2 cups peeled and grated apple
3/4 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup dates, pitted and chopped
1/2 cup chopped pecans
3 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly oil 18 muffin cups, or coat with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
In a second bowl, combine carrots, apples, coconut, dates and pecans. Stir in eggs, oil and vanilla. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients; stir until smooth.
Spoon or scoop the batter into the prepared muffin pans. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.

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GOOD LUCK! :cheer2:
 
Thanks for the recipes!! I think we might have to try them ALL. They all sound great!! ::MickeyMo
 
This is the BEST muffin recipe. So easy and absolutely wonderful! Everyone who has tried these fall in love.

Pumpkin Spice Muffins

1 box spice cake mix (I use Dunkin Hines)
1 can pumpkin (I use Libby's)
2/3 Cup Water

Mix together and put in muffin tin (I use cupcake liners). Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

They are the most moist muffin you will ever try. I buy Dunkin Hines cream cheese icing and drop a dollop on each muffin to add even more mouth watering pleasure ;)

Do try this recipe. It is so easy. Let me know what you think! :flower:
 












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