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Muffin Recipe #1: Banana Muffins
Muffin Recipe #2: Cheese Muffins
Muffin Recipe #3: Chocolate Chip Muffins
Muffin Recipe #4: Mars Bar Muffins
Muffin Recipe #5: Nigella’s Snickers & Peanut Butter Muffins
Muffin Recipe #6: Caramel Banana Muffins
Muffin Recipe #7: Savoury Muffins Recipe 1
Muffin Recipe #8: Chocolate Muffins
Muffin Recipe #9: Triple Chocolate Muffins
Muffin Recipe #10: Delicious Packet Muffin Variation
Muffin Recipe #11: Savoury Muffins Recipe 2
Muffin Recipe #12: Pumpkin & Apple Muffins
Muffin Recipe #13: Simple & Delicious Savoury Muffins
Muffin Recipe #14: Carrot And Orange Bran Muffin
Muffin Recipe #15: Morning Breakfast Muffin

Banana Muffin Recipe

– Posted by Angel

“I have this banana cake recipe that makes fantastic muffins. People always seem to love them.”

Ingredients:

125g butter
1/2 cup caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 very ripe, medium-sized bananas, mashed
1 tsp bicarb soda
1/2 cup milk
2 cups SR Flour

Icing:

185g cream cheese, cubed and softened
1/3-2/3 cup sifted icing sugar to taste
Lemon juice to taste

Directions:

Preheat oven to 180C.
Line muffin tin with muffin cases. Beat together butter and sugar until light and creamy. Gradually add eggs, beating well after each addition.
Add vanilla and bananas and beat until just combined (the mixture may look quite curdled, but it is fine).
Dissolve the bicarb soda in the milk. Use a large metal spoon to alternately fold in flour and milk/bicarb mix. Fold until just combined and smooth, don’t over stir.
Divide the mixture up into muffin tin.
Bake for 15-20 mins or until the top is just golden and a skewer comes out clean. Let cool for 20 mins – 1/2 hour on a wire rack (or until they are only just warm) and then ice.

To make the icing: beat cream cheese and lemon juice until smooth. Gently beat in icing sugar. Spread over top of muffins. Makes 15-18 average-ish sized muffins.

Cheese Muffin Recipe

– Posted by Sarah_H

Ingredients:

30g butter
1 & 1/2 cups SR flour
1 cup cheese
1 egg
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup milk
Salt and pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 200C.
Grease muffin tins.
Rub-in butter into flour, add cheese, salt, pepper and sugar.
Beat egg and add milk.
Add to flour, mix well.
Place spoonfuls into greased pans.
Bake for 20 minutes.

Makes 12

Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe

– Posted by Sarah_H

Ingredients:

2 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarb
60g butter
1 egg
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup milk, soured with
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 banana, mashed
125g choc bits

Directions:

Preheat oven to 180C.
Place flour, bicarb and baking powder in a large bowl.
Melt butter add golden syrup and sugar.
Make well in centre of dry ingredients.
Add butter mixture, egg and soured milk.
Stir with a wooden spoon until just combined.
Stir through banana and choc bits.
Spoon mixture into greased muffin tins.
Bake for 20-25 minutes

Mars Bars Muffin Recipe

– Posted by Sarah_H

Ingredients:

2 mars bars
500g packet Green’s multi-purpose muffin mix
3/4 cup vanilla custard
1/2 cup water
1 egg
Icing sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 180C.
Grease muffin pans or line with patty cases.
Chop mars bars in half lengthwise then finely chop.
Toss mars bars in a large bowl with muffin mix.
Combine custard, water and egg in a small mixing bowl.
Add to muffin mix.
Using a spatula, stir gently until mixture is only just combined.
Spoon evenly into muffin pans.
Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden.
Serve warm with a dusting of icing sugar.

Makes 8

Nigella’s Snickers & Peanut Butter Muffin Recipe

– Posted by Lucy

Ingredients:

250g plain flour
6 tablespoons caster sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
160g (6 tablespoons) crunchy peanut butter
60g butter, melted
1 large egg, beaten
175ml milk
3 Snickers bars, chopped into small pieces

Directions:

Preheat oven to 190C
Stir together in a mixing bowl the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt
Add the peanut butter and mix until you have a bowlful of course looking crumbs
In a mixing jug, mix the milk, beaten egg and the melted butter to combine
Pour this to the mixing bowl and stir in gently, just to combine
Add the chopped up Snickers bars
Dollop the mixture into muffin cases in a muffin pan and cook for 20-25 mins
Cool on a wire cooling rack

Makes 12

Caramel Banana Muffin Recipe

– Posted by Lucy

Ingredients:

1 & 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1/2 cup bran flakes, lightly crushed
3/4 cup brown sugar
90 g butter, melted
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1 banana, mashed
3/4 cup ‘Top ’n’ Fill Caramel

Directions:

Preheat oven to 180C
Combine first 7 ingredients in a bowl
Spoon mixture evenly into deep, greased muffin pans
Drop a teaspoon of Top ’N ’Fill Caramel on each raw muffin and swirl each raw muffin with a skewer
Bake for 25-30 minutes
Cool in muffin tin before turning out

Makes 12

Savoury Muffin Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 cup SR Flour
1/2 cup Wholemeal SR Flour
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1/8 tsp mustard
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
60g cheese, grated
1/4 onion, diced

Directions:

1. Sift both lots of flour, mustard and pepper into a bowl.
2. Add cheese, onion, egg and milk; mix well.
3. Put spoonfuls into the patty cake tin.
4. Cook for about 20 minutes at 200 C.

Note: I quite often put in some diced ham or bacon for some extra flavour, and I have also made the recipe without the Wholemeal SR Flour – I have just used extra of the other SR Flour. You can omit the mustard and pepper if you like and just add more or less cheese/onion to taste!

Mmmm, its easy takes 10 mins to prepare, about 25-30 to cook on 180!!!

Chocolate Muffin Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups SR Flour
1/3 cup Cocoa
1/2 cup Castor Sugar
60g melted butter or oil
1/2 cup choc chips or melts
1/2 cup Nutella
1 egg lightly beaten
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream

Directions:

Throw in a bowl, mix with a wooden spoon. Fill into a tray of 12 muffins and bake. I under-bake mine just a tad to get the inside all gooey!!

Triple Choc Muffin Recipe

– Posted by Michelle

Ingredients:

2 & 1/2 cups SR Flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup milk choc bits
1 egg
1 & 1/2 cups milk
100g melted butter
200g Dark Melts
1/4 cup cream

Directions:

1. Oven temp 200c for 20 – 25 mins
2. Sift Flour and baking cocoa into a bowl, stir in sugar and milk choc bits.
3. Whisk egg and milk together, add to dry ingredients with butter and mix well.
4. Spoon into 12 muffin cases.

Topping:

Mix dark melts and cream in a pan, stir over low heat until melted. Allow to cool and spoon in the top of muffins.

Delicious Packet Muffin Recipes Variation Idea

– Posted by Tracey

I bought a packet mix (I usually never buy packets and make all cakes etc from scratch), but at NQR I saw a packet of Betty Crockers White Choc Chip muffins. So I grabbed them and on the side, it said for a variation add raspberries or blueberries…

So I grabbed a packet of frozen raspberries (worked out cheaper than the fresh ones) and added 1.5 cups to the mix (made as per packet), cooked them and these are SOOOOO DELICIOUS!!!!!

I went back and picked up 2 more packs and served some up for our dinner party on Saturday night and my brother in law (who is a chef) said they were so delicious and asked for my recipe, so I snuck away and made a hamper for him… I popped a spare box of muffins and the frozen raspberries in a basket for him with a wooden spoon!!! No-one could believe it was a packet (as I am renowned for making my own cakes!). SO EASY!!!!!

Savoury Muffin Recipe

– Posted by Christy

Ingredients:

1 cup self-raising flour
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/2 cup grated cheese
1 carrot grated
1 zucchini grated
1 tomato chopped
1/4 cup frozen corn

Directions:

Mix everything into a bowl. If its too thick, I add a splash more of milk until its a thick but runny consistency. I put into muffin tins and bake on 180 until the top is changed to a brownish colour (usually around 20 minutes at most).
I always change what I add in. Sometimes I don’t have all the veggies or have others and I just add as much variety as I can get in. I try and get a green veggie in every time, so if there is no zucchini I add frozen spinach. I also add ham if its around…
You can always put a chunk of cheese in the middle easy peasy by pushing it in, I sometimes cut my cheese into tiny blocks rather than grating it through.

Pumpkin Apple Muffin Recipe

– Posted by Sana

“Neither of us eat cooked apple so I left that part out and didn’t do the topping, but they are super fantastic, I think my husband would even like them – and he’s not a pumpkin fan.” – Sarah_H

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 chopped peeled apple

Directions:

In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Combine eggs, pumpkin and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apples. Fill greased muffin cups almost full.
For a streusel topping combine 1/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoon flour and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in 1 tablespoon butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle 1 heaping teaspoon over each muffin. Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes or until done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Make 12 muffins.
I didn’t make the topping. My baby and my super fussy 3-year-old ate a lot of them today, so they give them the thumbs up. I highly recommend the muffin trays with mini size muffin cups. They are a great size for the little ones, and when they eat them, they hardly make a mess at all.

Simple & Delicious Savoury Muffin Recipe

– Posted by melbee70

Ingredients:

1 can of creamed corn (then use the empty can to measure the following)
1 can of self raising flour
1 can of grated cheese

You can add other stuff like bacon or other veggies – cook until golden brown – very simple and yummy!

“OMG how good are Melissa’s corn and cheese muffins, and soooooooo easy. They went down a treat with my toddler too, which is great seeing as I made them for him! I love having different things for snacks and it’s something to give him if he won’t eat all of his lunch. Thanks Melissa for the recipe.”

“Zander & I are in love with these, too easy & sooo delicious.” – Sarah_H

Carrot And Orange Bran Muffin Recipe

Delicious and as healthy as possible muffin recipes, with the bran being a good source of fibre. This muffin recipe is a little like carrot cake and can also be made with grated courgettes. See our tips for making them a little more indulgent if required!

Carrot And Orange Bran Muffin Recipe – Tips

If you can find them, try to buy some ‘tulip’ paper cases ” they make the muffins look so attractive. You can normally buy these online with someone like ebay or Amazon in small quantities.
If you are doing a tea party or another special occasion ” mix up 1 tbs of caster sugar and 120g / 4 1/2 ounces of cream cheese. When you are putting the mixture into your cases, only fill to half, and place a small spoonful of this on to the top of the mixture, and then put the remaining mixture into the case. It’s a real surprise when your guests eat them!
Try adding a few sultanas to the mix for an energy boost.
If you don’t have the sugar specified in this recipe, caster sugar can be used, but this will move them away from the more healthy side of the fence!
Serves: 12 muffins
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins (you need to test though)

Ingredients:

75grams / 2 1/2 ounces shredded bran cereal
225ml / 8 1/2 ounces of skimmed milk
1 medium orange, zest only
3 large carrots peeled and grated (squeeze out a little of the juice so the muffins are not too wet)
125grams / 4 1/2 ounces of light muscovado sugar (or light brown sugar)
200grams / 7 ounces of self raising flour
1 tsp baking power
2 tsps ground cinnamon
1 tsp of ground ginger (you can leave this out if you don’t like ginger)
2 large free range eggs
4 tbs of sunflower oil

Directions:

Soak the bran in the milk in a large mixing bowl giving it a quick stir. Soak for 10 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 220C / 430 degrees F / Gas Mark 7. Line a muffin tin with the cases.
Add most of the orange zest to the bran mix. Add the grated carrots, (should be about 150g / 5 1/2 ounces). The mix will seem very ‘mushy’ at this stage, so add the sugar and mix. Sift in the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger and just leave as it is.
Put the oil and eggs into another bowl and just break up a little, do not beat heavily. Tip into the bran mix and stir everything together with a wooden spoon.
Drop the mixture into your cases individually. If required, put a little brown sugar on the top of each, but remember this all adds to the waistline!
Bake for20 minutes, ensuring you test the muffins ” they should spring back when you touch the centre with your finger. Cook a little longer if necessary but make sure you check again after a couple of minutes.

Morning Breakfast Muffin Recipe

This breakfast muffin recipe is packed with goodness and flavor and is a great way to start your day! It is loaded with health ingredients and perfect for a snack for breakfast on the go. These muffins have less sugar than other muffin recipes, and instead use maple syrup or honey.

– posted by Taesha from The Natural Nurturer

Morning Breakfast Muffin Recipe – Tips

You can use rolled oats (just pulse them in a blender, food processor) until they are reduced.
Serves: 14 muffins
Prep Time: 20mins
Cooking Time: 20mins

Ingredients:

1 cup quick cooking instant oats
11/4 cups white wheat flour
3/4 cup apple sauce, unsweetened
2 cups carrot, grated
1 cup apple, grated
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1/3 cup avocado oil or olive oil
1/3 cup honey or maple syrup
1/4 cup orange juice
3 large eggs
3 tbs flax seed, ground
1 tsp orange zest
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger, ground
1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 200C/400F.
Line a standard muffin tin with paper liners (this recipe makes 14 to 16 muffins so use a second muffin tin or make more after the first batch has cooked).
n a medium bowl, whisk the flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt until well combined. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk eggs, applesauce, oil, maple syrup, orange zest, and orange juice until well combined.
Pour the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet and stir until just combined. Do not overmix.
Using a large spoon or spatula, fold in the grated carrot, apple, raisins, pecans, and ground flax, if using.
Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups filling them to the top. Sprinkle each muffin with extra pecans, if desired.
Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 22 to 24 minutes. Cool muffins for 10 to 15 minutes, then enjoy warm or at room temperature.