Modable Muffins
Because Liz wanted them, and because I think everyone should have them. These are heavily indebted to Very Simple Blueberry Muffins, over on VegWeb.
They are easily vegan. They use whole wheat flour. The "bad" ingredients are just 1/2 c. sugar and 1/4 c. oil. They're great for when you don't have anything in your cupboards but want to make something, say for a last-minute potluck contribution. The point is that you can mod them into any flavor you'd like. I personally like chocolate raspberry, but try out whatever you'd like.
This recipe has a ton of notes, but the basic idea is really simple. To avoid clutter, I'm putting the notes at the bottom. Read them the first couple times you make these, and then you should be good to go.
Modable Muffins
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
(1 tsp salt)
2 tsp baking powder
(other dry ingredients--see below)
Grease muffin pans and preheat oven here.
3/4 cup liquid
1/4 cup oil
(other wet ingredients)
(other good additives)
Bake at 400F for 25-30 minutes.
Yields approximately 9-12 muffins.
So! Modding your muffins. This is where you get to play with the flavor.
Dry ingredients:
For chocolate, add 1/4 cup cocoa powder (or mocha powder, or...) You'll probably need a little more liquid if you do this.
For spice muffins, add the usual suspects: cinnamon, nutmeg, ground clove (more cinnamon, less clove)
For poppyseed, add some. Also consider using white flour for lemon-poppyseed muffins, since the whole wheat flavor may clash a bit. I can't say I've tried this one, but I'm guessing it should work.
Other stuff goes in here, like lemon zest or what have you.
Wet ingredients:
Liquid: (water, soy milk, juice...) add until you have a batter-like consistency. Depending on how much dry ingredients you have or how much moisture your flour has, your liquid may vary.
Flavoring: 1 tsp flavored extract, such as raspberry, orange, vanilla, lemon...
Additives: These are the good kind.
approx 1 cup nuts, chocolate chips, fruit bits, berries...
Important: Remember not to over-mix!
You don't want to get the gluten going, or you'll have tough, dinner-roll muffins. Just mix until it's barely mixed, but no more than you can help. This is why it's good to mix all the dry ingredients well first, since the gluten won't get going until you add the liquid and stir.
Have any fabulous ideas for flavors? Tips and suggestions? Share them here.
They are easily vegan. They use whole wheat flour. The "bad" ingredients are just 1/2 c. sugar and 1/4 c. oil. They're great for when you don't have anything in your cupboards but want to make something, say for a last-minute potluck contribution. The point is that you can mod them into any flavor you'd like. I personally like chocolate raspberry, but try out whatever you'd like.
This recipe has a ton of notes, but the basic idea is really simple. To avoid clutter, I'm putting the notes at the bottom. Read them the first couple times you make these, and then you should be good to go.
Modable Muffins
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
(1 tsp salt)
2 tsp baking powder
(other dry ingredients--see below)
Grease muffin pans and preheat oven here.
3/4 cup liquid
1/4 cup oil
(other wet ingredients)
(other good additives)
Bake at 400F for 25-30 minutes.
Yields approximately 9-12 muffins.
So! Modding your muffins. This is where you get to play with the flavor.
Dry ingredients:
For chocolate, add 1/4 cup cocoa powder (or mocha powder, or...) You'll probably need a little more liquid if you do this.
For spice muffins, add the usual suspects: cinnamon, nutmeg, ground clove (more cinnamon, less clove)
For poppyseed, add some. Also consider using white flour for lemon-poppyseed muffins, since the whole wheat flavor may clash a bit. I can't say I've tried this one, but I'm guessing it should work.
Other stuff goes in here, like lemon zest or what have you.
Wet ingredients:
Liquid: (water, soy milk, juice...) add until you have a batter-like consistency. Depending on how much dry ingredients you have or how much moisture your flour has, your liquid may vary.
Flavoring: 1 tsp flavored extract, such as raspberry, orange, vanilla, lemon...
Additives: These are the good kind.
approx 1 cup nuts, chocolate chips, fruit bits, berries...
Important: Remember not to over-mix!
You don't want to get the gluten going, or you'll have tough, dinner-roll muffins. Just mix until it's barely mixed, but no more than you can help. This is why it's good to mix all the dry ingredients well first, since the gluten won't get going until you add the liquid and stir.
Have any fabulous ideas for flavors? Tips and suggestions? Share them here.