Basic muffin recipe

This is a quick and easy muffin recipe suitable for beginners. This recipe reminds me of my childhood when my father used to buy muffins from the famous bakery near our home as our evening tea time dessert. We usually got tutti frutti and raisin filled muffins in the bakeries in those days.

It’s a global cuisine and this recipe serves 12 large muffins. The cup used is of standard size 240 ml.

Ingredients
  • 3 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened (plus extra for greasing the cups)
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/4 cups whole milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

 Equipment
  • 12 separate muffin moulds or a muffin tray
  • Stand mixer or hand mixer
  • Measuring cups and spoons

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 356°F (180 degrees C).
  2. Grease bottoms and sides of the 12 muffin cups or muffin tray with a little butter, shortening or baking spray. You can line the moulds with parchment paper as well before greasing.
  3. Sift together the flour and baking powder. Set aside.
  4. Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. On medium spread cream together for about 3 to 5 minutes.
  5. Beat the eggs one at a time until the batter is very smooth and creamy-looking.
  6. Add the sifted dry ingredients little by little to the mixer running at low speed. Continue to mix until incorporated.
  7. Beat in the milk and vanilla.
  8. Beat the mixture until just combined and no more visible flour remains.
  9. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
  10. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
  11. When done, the muffins should be puffed like a pillow, golden, and pull away from the sides of the moulds. When done, a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes should come out clean.
  12. Cool for 15 minutes in the muffin cups. Run a knife around the muffins to make sure it's completely loosened from the sides of the moulds.
  13. Flip the muffins out of the moulds and keep upside down to cool completely.
  14. Once cool, frost and decorate the muffins with the buttercream or any desired frosting.

Recipe Notes

  • If you want to make it flavoured you can add chocolate chips, blueberries, raisins, almonds, cashew, etc. to the moist and flavourful batter just before pouring into the muffin moulds and bake until done.
  • The muffins can be wrapped in plastic and kept frozen for up to many days.

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