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Milk muffins recipe. Milk muffins

Nowadays it is impossible to surprise anyone with muffins. Recently, they are just at the peak of their popularity with us. And I think that this does not happen by chance - they prepare so easily and simply that even children cook them.

Moreover, this unpretentious pastry always turns out to be very tasty. Which by the way stimulates them to further culinary experiments. I have a guy friend who began his acquaintance with baking pastry with these cupcakes, and now he is baking delicious complex cakes.

Indeed, if you have never baked before, and you want to start somewhere, then this delicious pastry is just what you need. With just a few simple rules and little free time, you can have delicious homemade cakes every day. Though sweet, though not sweet!

Yes Yes! These delicious little products can be cooked just for breakfast, serving them instead of bread, or you can bake them for tea! And what is important, you can cook them so often, and not repeat at all - after all, with whatever filling they are not prepared. I will not even list them, because it will probably be easier to name the fillings with which they are not cooked!

I will tell you about all the basic rules and various fillings when I share the recipes with you. But what needs to be said at the beginning is that these small cupcake-like confectionery are English and American.

And just what we are used to preparing under this name is American samples. And unlike their English counterparts, which are baked from yeast dough, consists in the fact that they are prepared from flour with the addition of baking powder or soda, or both together.

But do not confuse them with muffins, which have a different form of the finished product and a different cooking technology. In addition, the muffins are fatter, although more "light - airy", and since they are fatty, it means they are more high in calories, and their close American relatives - have fewer calories.

And if you replace part of the oil in the recipe with low-fat kefir or yogurt, and part of the flour for cereals, and can even be practically dietary. But more on that later.

Now let's move on to the recipes. There are many of them today, as they say, for every taste.

A classic American muffin can be cooked with bran, and as a rule, without any filling at all, or with candied fruits, nuts, dried fruits.

However, the recipe is basic. Knowing it, you can add various additional ingredients, change the taste and cook many different options. It will no longer be called classic, but its essence will not change from this.

We need:

  • flour - 200 gr
  • sugar - 100 gr
  • butter- 100 gr
  • milk - 100 ml
  • egg - 1 pc
  • baking powder - 1 tsp
  • vanillin - a pinch
  • salt - a pinch

Preparation:

1. Take the butter out of the refrigerator and cut into small pieces.

2. Using a whisk, beat the egg. Continuing to beat, add butter and vanillin.


3. Pour in lukewarm milk and mix well again until smooth.

4. Sift flour and baking powder into a separate bowl. Flour is best used top grade... As you know, these muffins get stale pretty quickly. Flour of the highest grade will slow down this process somewhat. Add sugar and a pinch of salt. Stir everything.

There is one simple rule: you need to add a pinch of salt to sweet baked goods, and a pinch of sugar to non-sweet ones. This makes the baked goods even tastier.

5. Add the liquid component to the dry mixture and mix with a spoon. In this case, the dough is no longer mixed with the mixer.

It is believed that for the preparation of classic muffins, it is necessary to separately mix the dry and liquid components, and then pour the liquid component into the flour and mix thoroughly with a spoon.

However, this rule does not always apply. And you may come across recipes where the sequence of placing the ingredients may be slightly different! But not in the classic version, that's what its name is, to do everything strictly according to the rules!

6. Divide the resulting mixture into silicone molds, filling them in 2/3 parts. They must first be greased with vegetable oil. Often, special paper inserts are also put into the forms, and the dough is already laid out in them.

When serving baked goods in paper tins, it looks much more aesthetically pleasing, besides, it is much easier to take them in a paper cup than just by hand.

7. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

8. Bake 25 minutes until tender. Readiness is determined in a well-known way. If you pierce the baked goods with a toothpick, and there will be no batter, then the baked goods are completely ready.

9. Let them cool slightly and place on a dish. You can decorate with icing, grated chocolate, or simply sprinkle with icing sugar.


To give fresh taste you can add the zest of half a lemon to the dough. And it should be remembered that you need to rub only the yellow part of the lemon, since the white part is bitter. It will give the baked goods a bitter taste.

The following recipes by which muffins are prepared most often are recipes with chocolate. They are prepared both with pieces of chocolate and simply with the addition of cocoa. Let's take a look at both recipes.

Chocolate and cocoa recipe

We need:

  • flour - 250 gr
  • sugar - 150 gr
  • butter - 150 gr
  • milk - 100 ml
  • egg - 2 pieces
  • cocoa powder - 5 tbsp. spoons
  • baking powder - 2 tsp
  • salt - a pinch

Preparation:

1. Melt the butter over very low heat. Add cocoa to it, mix. Then gradually pour in the milk, continuing to stir so that the mixture does not stick to the bottom.

2. Add sugar and stir until it is completely dissolved. Bring to a boil, then turn off the mixture and let stand to cool completely.

3. Drive eggs into the cooled mixture one by one and mix until the mixture is soft, elastic and homogeneous.

4. Sift flour with baking powder, add salt and add everything to the resulting chocolate mixture. Stir with a spoon; it is not recommended to use a mixer. The dough should not be very thick.

5. Grease the tins and put them in chocolate dough filling out the form in 2/3 parts. The dough rises well during baking and the baking will turn out beautiful and fluffy!

6. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake for 25 minutes until fully cooked.

7. Remove the finished baked goods from the oven, allow to cool and place on a dish. You can eat it as it is, or you can decorate it with icing, cream, or simply sprinkle with powdered sugar.


If desired, you can add any nuts or raisins to the dough. Or both. Chocolate products with such an additive will only benefit. Remember which chocolate tastes better, regular or with nuts and raisins? However, someone likes it more regular chocolate without any additives. Therefore, it is up to you to decide here!

Now for the next chocolate recipe.

With pieces of chocolate

This is essentially the same recipe as the previous one, except that it is not prepared with cocoa powder, but with chocolate. I love to make these baked goods with dark bitter chocolate. In this case, sweetish products are obtained with a slight bitterness. But this recipe is likely to appeal to dark chocolate lovers. And sweets will like such pastries with milk chocolate.

We need:

  • flour - 250 gr
  • sugar - 150 gr
  • butter - 125 gr
  • chocolate - 100 gr
  • milk - 150 ml
  • egg - 2 pieces
  • baking powder - 2 tsp
  • salt - a pinch

Preparation:

1. Melt the butter over low heat. Add about 1/3 of the chocolate to it. Break the remaining chocolate or cut it into small pieces with a knife.

2. Stir constantly. pour in milk and add sugar. Bring to a boil and turn off heat. Allow to cool.

3. Mix eggs into the cooled mixture one by one.

4. Sift flour with baking powder, add salt. Combine both mixtures and mix until smooth. The dough should be of such a consistency that the prepared pieces of chocolate can be placed in it.

5. Grease the molds with oil. If there are special paper inserts, insert them into the forms. Fill 2/3 of them with dough and stick in the chocolate pieces.

6. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked through.

7. Remove from the oven, allow to cool, then remove from the molds.


In this recipe, you can also add any nuts and raisins as additional ingredients. If you add nuts, carefully sort them out and peel them off, otherwise there may be trouble in the form of a broken tooth!

With classic chocolate pieces

According to this recipe, we also cook pastries with pieces of chocolate, but we do it according to classic version... And it is fundamentally different from the two already proposed chocolate recipes... Let's take note of him too.

We need:

  • flour - 200 gr
  • sugar - 100 gr
  • vanilla sugar - 10 gr (sachet)
  • butter - 100 gr
  • milk - 150 ml
  • dark chocolate - 80 gr
  • eggs - 2 pcs (large)
  • cocoa powder - 3 tsp
  • baking powder - 2 tsp
  • salt - a pinch

Preparation:

Since our recipe is classic, we remember that according to it, all dry and all liquid components are mixed separately. And only then they connect.

1. Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl, add sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and cocoa.

2. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with a whisk. Continuing to beat, gradually add milk, melted butter. Beat everything well until smooth.

3. Pour liquid into the dry mixture and mix with a spoon. We do not use a mixer so that the dough does not fall off during baking. Mix quickly but thoroughly. The dough should not be very thick and may even be slightly lumpy.

4. Cut the chocolate into small pieces with a knife and add to the dough. You can leave some of the chocolate to stick it into the dough later.


5. We grease the baking dishes with oil, if there are paper inserts we use them.

6. We spread the dough, filling the form in 2/3 parts. If you left chocolate, then press it over the dough.

7. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and put a baking sheet with pastries in it.

8. After 20-25 minutes the pastry should be checked with a toothpick. If they are ready, then the oven must be turned off, and the baked goods must be kept in it for another 5 minutes. Then take it out, cool it a little and remove it from the molds.

9. Pour tea into cups for everyone and enjoy your favorite pastries!

But this recipe is offered to us by Julia Vysotskaya.

This recipe involves adding white and dark chocolate to the dough.

With cottage cheese according to the classic recipe

We need:

  • flour - 160 gr (1 glass)
  • cottage cheese - 200 gr
  • sour cream - 50 gr
  • eggs - 2 pcs (large)
  • sugar - 200 gr
  • butter - 70 gr
  • baking powder - 1 tsp
  • soda - 0.5 tsp
  • salt - a pinch

Preparation:

1. Beat the eggs into a foam using a whisk, add sugar and beat the mixture until the sugar is completely dissolved.

2. Not very fatty cottage cheese, you can take 9%, grind through a sieve and add to the resulting mixture along with vanilla sugar. Mix.


3. Add sour cream and melted butter, mix everything.

4. Sift flour and baking powder through a sieve, put a pinch of salt and soda in the mixture.


5. Pour the liquid component into the flour mixture and knead the dough without lumps of uniform consistency.


6. Grease the molds with butter and put the dough in them, filling them in 2-3 parts.

7. Bake at 180 degrees a little longer than usual for 30-35 minutes. The dough with cottage cheese is denser and therefore more time is needed for baking.

8. Remove the finished baked goods from the oven, let cool slightly. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with hot tea or coffee.


As you know, raisins go very well with cottage cheese. Therefore, if you wish, you can add it to the dough and bake baked goods with an even richer flavor!

If you add raisins, then they must be thoroughly washed and then dried. And only after that add to the dough, otherwise the water will not let the dough rise well in the molds.

Orange muffins

I cook this recipe with oranges, but you can cook according to it by adding any fruits or berries. The same recipe can be prepared by adding lemons, tangerines, kiwi, apples, pears, or whatever you want. The recipe is just as simple. like everyone else, but the baking itself is simply delicious.

We need (for 12 pieces):

  • flour - 200-250 gr
  • sugar - 120 gr
  • vanilla sugar - 10 gr (sachet)
  • butter - 100 gr
  • egg - 3 pieces
  • baking powder - 1 hour a spoon with a slide
  • orange - 1 piece
  • walnuts - 12 halves
  • salt - a pinch

Preparation:

1. Take the oil out of the refrigerator in advance and let it stand for a while. Add sugar to it and beat with a whisk.


2. Add sugar and vanilla sugar, continue whisking. Then add eggs one at a time.


3. Wash and dry the orange with paper towels. Grate the zest on a fine grater using only the orange portion. We do not touch the white part, it is bitter and will give the baked goods a bitter taste.


4. When the whole zest has been rubbed, squeeze the juice out of the orange. You can squeeze directly with your hands, it is not difficult to do it. The juice will turn out to be about 100 ml, this will be quite enough.


5. Sift flour and baking powder through a sieve, stir in salt.

6. Add the liquid component to the flour mixture together with the juice, and stir thoroughly with a spoon. The dough should not be very thick. The recipe says that we need 200-250 grams of flour, it depends on how much orange juice you get.


7. Grease the molds with oil, if any, then place paper forms in them. Then fill them with 2/3 parts of the dough. Put half a nut on top. It will be delicious and beautiful.


8. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake for 30-35 minutes until cooked through.

9. Eat with pleasure!


This recipe is one of my favorites. The finished products are so delicate and exquisite that everyone is simply amazed. In addition, their taste is perfectly combined with the aroma of orange and gives an amazing note that evokes the most positive emotions!

Video on how to make orange muffins with carrots

And here is another recipe for orange muffins, but it also contains carrots as an additive. Due to it, baking is incredibly tender and airy.

Even someone who has never cooked can cook them according to this recipe. The only difficulty is not to forget to put anything in the dough from the ingredients. And for mixing it, we don't even need a mixer.

Look how handsome they are! You know how delicious! Freshness and an unforgettable taste are given to them by freshly squeezed Orange juice... And also a light fudge that can be made in 10 seconds.

Be sure to cook such a yummy. The recipe is just super!

Banana muffins

It is also the favorite type of baked goods for millions of people. And they cook them both with bananas alone and with additional additives. Since the banana is practically not felt in the baked product, I like to add nuts and chocolate pieces to the dough, or just one thing.

Therefore, if you want to make baked goods with only bananas, then do not add any chocolate or nuts. All other ingredients are put in the same proportions as in the recipe. And I, perhaps, will cook them with additives.

We need (for 20 pieces):

  • flour - 350 gr
  • milk - 300 ml
  • butter - 115 gr
  • sugar - 100 - 150 gr
  • egg - 2 pieces
  • baking powder - 2.5 tsp
  • baking soda - a pinch
  • vanillin - 10 gr (sachet)
  • salt - a pinch
  • banana - 2 pieces
  • dark chocolate - 80 gr

Preparation:

1. Mix all dry ingredients, namely sifted flour and baking powder, soda, sugar and salt. Add sugar to your taste, either 100 or 150 grams, depending on what kind of sweets you are.

2. Now let's prepare the liquid component. To do this, knock slightly melted butter together with the eggs until smooth. homogeneous mass... We use a whisk for this.

3. Continuing to whisk, gradually pour in the milk.

4. Peel and crush bananas with a fork and puree. It's okay if small pieces remain. It is always pleasant when tangible pieces of fruit come across in baked goods. Although in this case, all the banana will completely dissolve in the dough.


5. Chop the nuts or roll them out with a rolling pin on a cutting board or towel. First sort the nuts, remove the partitions and shells. It is not necessary to roll the nuts hard, the pieces should remain quite tangible.

6. Chop the chocolate into approximately 0.5 cm pieces.


7. Combine the liquid component with flour, add banana puree, nuts and chocolate. Leave some of the chocolate to press it into the products directly in the mold. Mix the contents only with a spoon.



8. Grease the molds with oil, line them with paper blanks, if any, and fill 2/3 with the prepared dough.


9. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, and bake for 25 minutes until tender. We determine the readiness with a toothpick.

10. We take out the finished products and let them cool down a little. Then we take them out of the molds and serve with hot tea or coffee. And someone loves to taste such hot baked goods with cold milk!


11. Eat with pleasure!

The products turned out to be not at all sweet, only slightly sweetened, which was very much to the taste of my homemade ones. The pieces of dark bitter chocolate really hit my taste, as this is the kind of chocolate I love the most.

And of course the taste of the finished products was completely different than if we cooked them with only bananas. It turned out to be richer and richer.

Banana with carrots

If you do not use chocolate and nuts in the previous version, then you can cook pastries with the addition of carrots. And believe me, they turn out to be no less tasty and are eaten just in one breath. Here is the prescription.

We need:

  • flour - 2 cups
  • butter - 125 gr
  • sugar - 100-150 gr
  • egg - 2 pcs (large)
  • baking powder - 1 tsp
  • soda - 1/2 tsp
  • vanilla sugar - 10 gr (sachet)
  • salt - a pinch
  • bananas - 2-3 pieces
  • grated carrots - 0.5 cups (1 piece)

Preparation:

1. Sift flour and baking powder, add sugar, vanilla sugar, baking soda and salt, mix.

2. Peel and mash bananas with a fork in a puree or chop with a blender.

3. Grate the carrots on a fine grater.

4. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance and let it stand for a while until it becomes soft.

5. Beat the eggs into a foam with a whisk and then mix with the butter.

6. Combine dry and liquid mixture, add banana puree and grated carrots. Use a spoon to knead the dough.

7. Grease the tins with butter and bake for 25-30 minutes at 180 degrees.


And here is another recipe for carrots.

Pumpkin with carrots

I began to cook such pastries quite recently, as they say, chance helped! I was cooking not so long ago, and I still have pumpkin puree. It, of course, was very tasty in itself, and you could just enjoy it.

But I had an unclaimed recipe that I had wanted to cook for a long time. So I put the puree in the refrigerator until the pie is finished. Finally, after a couple of days, I started making muffins.

We need (for 20 pieces):

  • flour - 2 cups
  • butter - 125 gr
  • granulated sugar - 200 gr
  • eggs - 2 pcs (large)
  • sour cream - 3 tbsp. heaped spoons
  • pumpkin puree - 1 glass
  • grated carrots - 1 cup (about 2 carrots)
  • vanilla sugar - 10 g (sachet), or vanilla extract - 1 tsp
  • soda - 1 tsp
  • baking powder - 1 tsp
  • ground cinnamon - 1/2 tsp
  • salt - a pinch
  • nuts - optional (handful)

Preparation:

1. Whisk butter slightly melted at room temperature with sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time and mix until smooth.



2. Add the grated pumpkin puree. Stir with a spoon. To make the pie, I baked the pumpkin in the oven, then pulled out the pulp with a spoon and mashed it.


I think you can use fresh pumpkin just by rubbing it on a fine grater. You can bake the pumpkin in the microwave or oven, and then make mashed potatoes, or you can stew in a little water with the addition of honey and only then grind in mashed potatoes.

In my opinion, all methods are good. Of course, this lengthens somewhat quick way making the muffins themselves, but you know, it's worth it. Their taste turns out to be simply amazing and unlike anything else!

3. In a separate bowl, sift flour and baking powder, add salt, soda and cinnamon, mix.


4. Mix both masses with a spoon and add finely grated carrots. The dough turns out to be a pleasant orange color, not very thick, well, not liquid, of such an average consistency.



5. Grease the molds with oil and line them with paper inserts, if you have them. If not, then only the molds will be enough. Fill the molds 2/3 full with dough.


6. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and place a baking sheet with tins in the oven for 10 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 170 degrees and bake for another 10-15 minutes until tender.

7. Take out the finished baked goods, let cool slightly and eat with pleasure.


I must tell you that the pastries are very tasty, I would even say the most delicious. In addition, she turned out to be of a beautiful sunny color, and this is very uplifting!

Now let's move on to another category of this pastry, which is baked with berries. For example, they are traditionally baked with blueberries in America in the state of Minnesota.

American style blueberry

Such pastries can be prepared with any berry, but I want to show them to you using the example of the most popular in America (Minnesota), that is, with blueberries, although it can be easily replaced with blueberries.

We need:

  • flour - 380 gr
  • butter - 120-125 gr
  • milk - 250 ml
  • Brown sugar- 160-170 gr
  • eggs - 2 pcs (large)
  • baking powder - 1 tsp
  • salt - a pinch
  • blueberries - 175 - 185 gr

Preparation:

1. Slightly melted butter room temperature knock down with eggs with a whisk. Continuing to knock down gradually introduce milk.

2. Sift flour and baking powder. Mix them with sugar and a pinch of salt.

3. Combine both mixtures, mix with a spoon. Add washed and dried blueberries. Stir so that it is evenly distributed in the dough.

Or you don't have to mix the berry with the dough, but put it just in the middle, already in the mold itself.

4. Grease the molds with oil, insert paper inserts, if any, and fill them 2/3 full with dough. Try to evenly distribute the berries in them.

5. Heat the oven to 200 degrees and bake the products for 25 minutes, until fully cooked.

6. Get it out, let it cool down a bit and eat with pleasure!


Exactly the same recipe can be used to bake baked goods with blueberries, or with blueberries and blackberries together. They turn out to be very tasty with strawberries, and in season, of course, it is better to cook with this tasty and aromatic berry. You can cook with raspberries and currants, both with red and black. The principle is the same!

And you don't have to dwell on berries. Cook with any fruit, and each time your baked goods will be different and will certainly be delicious!


You can cook muffins not only with milk, but also with sour cream and kefir. I already had a recipe with sour cream, let's now look at how to cook this delicious pastries on kefir.

Delicious recipe for kefir

Sometimes a little kefir remains in the refrigerator and no one can finish it. Goodness should not be lost! You can safely bake delicious pastries from it. With a good hostess, everything goes into business!

We need:

  • flour - 250 gr
  • kefir - 250 ml
  • butter - 125 gr
  • eggs - 3 pcs
  • sugar - 150 gr
  • baking powder - 2 tsp
  • soda -0.5 tsp
  • salt - a pinch
  • icing sugar - for sprinkling

Preparation:

1. Warm the oil in a water bath. In the meantime, it is warming up, knock down the eggs with sugar, use a whisk for this. Slowly pour the butter into the egg and sugar mixture. Continuing to beat, mix everything until smooth.

2. Gradually pour in kefir.

3. Sift flour and baking powder, add salt and soda to them.


4. Pour the dry mixture into the liquid mixture and mix everything. We use a spoon. The dough should turn out like thick sour cream.


5. Grease the molds with butter and put the dough in them.

6. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake for 30-35 minutes until tender.

7. Remove the finished baked goods, allow to cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Eat with pleasure!

And for a change, you can put dried or frozen cherries, or pieces of chocolate into the dough. And you can do both together.


It turns out that I have so many muffin recipes. To be honest, I didn’t even know that I had so many of them. However, this is not all.

After all, there is still english recipes and they cannot be ignored. After all, it is believed that it was in England that they began to be prepared first. But I want to remind you that they are prepared from yeast dough, and in finished form look like small fluffy cakes, which are cut lengthwise into two halves and smeared with some kind of jam or butter.

Classic English muffins recipe

We need:

  • flour - 500 gr
  • butter - 200 gr
  • milk - 200 ml
  • sugar - 100 gr
  • egg - 4 pieces
  • dry yeast - 0.5 - 1 sachet
  • salt - a pinch

Preparation:

Read the instructions for dry yeast carefully. It should say how many grams are in the bag and how much flour it is designed for. Follow the instructions.

1. Sift flour into a bowl, add yeast and mix. Then add sugar and salt.

2. Warm milk slightly in a water bath, add butter, cut into pieces. So it will disperse faster. Stir until the butter is completely dispersed, while it is important that the milk does not get too hot. The optimum temperature for dissolving the oil is 30-35 degrees.

3. Take out and let the milk cool slightly.

4. Beat the eggs into a foam using a whisk. And gently mix them into milk and butter.

5. Mix dry and liquid ingredients and place in a warm place for 10-15 minutes to revive the dough. At the same time, it will begin to bubble slightly. The dough should be slightly thicker than the pancakes.

6. Put the oven on preheat, we need a temperature of 180 degrees.

7. If using molds, place the dough in them. Or you can put the dough with a tablespoon on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil and bake them in this form. In this case, they will turn out in the form of small cakes, which will be convenient to cut and grease with jam.

8. Bake for 15 minutes, give or take a little, it depends on the characteristics of the oven.

Sometimes they are fried in a pan using oil.

9. Take out, let cool slightly. Can be lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar.


Serve with jam and butter for breakfast. Agree that very few people would refuse such a breakfast!

Well, these are all recipes for sweet pastries. But at the beginning of the article, I said that you can cook them and not sweet. And it's worth doing it, as there is nothing better for breakfast than unsweetened muffins. And you can also cook them with anything. The dough recipe allows you to do this with a clear conscience.

I will now offer you a couple of recipes for such pastries, and then, in order not to repeat myself, I will just give you ideas on how you can cook them more. After all, a lot of recipes have already been given, and according to any of them, you can cook savory pastries with absolutely any fillings.

Breakfast cheese muffins recipe

We need:

  • flour - 1 glass
  • milk - 200 gr
  • butter - 50 gr
  • cheese - 150 gr
  • egg - 1 pc
  • baking powder - 1 tsp
  • salt - 1/4 teaspoon
  • sugar - a pinch
  • sesame seeds for sprinkling

Preparation:

1. Sift flour and baking powder, add salt and sugar.

2. Grate the cheese on a medium grater.


3. Take the oil out of the refrigerator in advance and let it stand to melt. Then knock it down with a mixer.

4. Add the egg to the butter, stir. Then add milk.

5. Add flour and knead the dough with a spoon. Once the dough is done, add the cheese and stir again.


6. Divide the dough into greased molds, filling them in 2/3 parts. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top.

7. Preheat oven to 180 degrees and bake for 25 minutes until cooked through.

8. Remove from the oven, let cool slightly and serve with breakfast.

You can also add fried mushrooms with onions, sun-dried tomatoes, bell pepper, parsley or dill and everything else. what cheese can be combined with.

And you can use any cheese, including Adyghe, feta cheese or mozzarella. In all cases, a new taste will be obtained.

Cheese and Bacon Recipe

I specially selected a video that shows very well how delicious and tasty the savory cupcakes are. And having prepared such for breakfast, you will surely delight your whole family on Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

As you can see, the recipe is very simple and baked very quickly. Bacon can be safely replaced with any other type of meat or chicken, or you can use sausages, sausages, or regular sausage.

Recipe with cottage cheese and zucchini

Another unconventional unsweetened recipe, which can be used to prepare pastries for breakfast.

We need:

  • flour - 200 gr
  • cottage cheese - 200 gr
  • butter - 100 gr
  • egg - 3 pcs (large)
  • zucchini - 1 small
  • dill - 5-6 branches
  • baking powder - 1 teaspoon with a slide
  • salt - 1/4 teaspoon
  • sugar - a pinch

Preparation:

The dough for such baking should be prepared without delay. Zucchini will give juice, but we don't need that. Therefore, we do everything quickly, and for this everything should be at hand.

1. Prepare baking dishes immediately. Lubricate them with oil, or put special paper inserts in them.

2. Get the oil out in advance so that it melts slightly.

3. Beat eggs with a whisk and mix with cottage cheese. Cottage cheese can be used with medium fat content and any consistency, even coarse-grained, even fine-grained.

4. Use a medium-sized zucchini so that there are practically no seeds in it. Such a zucchini will not give much juice and the pastries will rise better.

Grate the zucchini on a medium grater, squeeze the juice from it if necessary and add to the egg-curd mass.

5. Add soft butter, chopped dill, sugar and salt to the mixture, stir with a spoon.

6. Sift flour and baking powder there, mix.

7. Fill the molds to 2/3 of their volume.

8. Put in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for 25-30 minutes until fully cooked.


9. Allow to cool slightly and eat with pleasure.

What you can make unsweetened muffins with

  • with any cheese (hard, processed, Adyghe, feta cheese, mozzarella ...)
  • with any smoked - boiled meat(ham, loin, brisket, sausage ...)
  • with chicken (boiled and smoked), with chicken and mushrooms
  • with zucchini, zucchini, pumpkin, cucumber, sun-dried tomatoes
  • with any mushrooms
  • with spinach, with spinach and feta cheese
  • with avocado
  • with herbs, garlic
  • with canned corn or green peas
  • with olives or olives

And all these ingredients can also be combined with each other.

As you already understood the recipes for cooking this simple and unpretentious baking, there is simply great amount... It is due to the fact that the dough is prepared for them is the simplest, you can add the most varied fillings to it.

In order for your cupcakes to always turn out to be risen and tasty, let's take a closer look at the basic rules for their preparation. In this case, you will not be tied to any of the recipes, but you can always make pastries to your liking.

1. It is believed that the correct proportions for baking should be as follows - 2 parts flour, 2 parts liquid, 1 part butter and 1 part eggs. That is, if you use 200 g of flour, then you will need 200 g of milk, 100 g of butter and 1 egg. Sugar can be added to your liking, some people like sweet pastries more, others less sweet. Usually, 100 grams of sugar is added to this amount of flour.

2. A pinch of salt is always added to sweet pastries, and a pinch of sugar to unsweetened ones.

3. If fermented milk products are used, then add a little soda along with the baking powder.

4. A special feature of the preparation is that all dry components are mixed separately, and liquid components are mixed separately. After that, liquid components are poured into dry ones.

5. When mixing liquid and dry parts, use only a spoon. The dough should be kneaded for a short time, just stir and that's it. It is allowed that the dough may remain slightly lumpy.

When kneading with a spoon, the dough is less porous. And when mixed with a mixer, on the contrary, it becomes too airy.

6. Because of simple test baked goods can dry out quickly. To prevent this from happening, the molds must be greased with either butter or sunflower oil.

If we also use special paper inserts, then it is not necessary to lubricate the form,

7. Molds can be used silicone or any other. There are special paper ribbed liners. You can mix them into basic shapes. They also keep baked goods from drying out quickly. In addition, such pastries are more convenient to eat and store.

8. If you did not have molds, then you can make from baking paper homemade, tie with twine and bake like this. It will be not only tasty, but also beautiful. The presentation method will surprise and delight everyone present.


9. When the pastry is ready, it should be allowed to cool slightly. Then put on a plate and cover with a towel. So it will retain its softness for a longer time.

10. Cupcakes are baked at a temperature of 180 to 200 degrees. Depending on the recipe, sometimes the temperature is set at first alone, and after a short amount of time, it decreases.

11. The readiness of the pastry is determined with a toothpick; when pierced, no batter should remain on it. And when pressed, the baked goods should be elastic.

12. Readiness can also be determined visually. The finished baked goods should rise well, brown and easily come off the walls of the form.

13. If for some reason, you could not eat everything at once, then the baked goods can be frozen. To do this, wrap it in plastic wrap, release all the air and place it in the freezer. At any time, you can take it out and heat it up in the microwave.

These are the basic rules for preparation and storage.

You can also focus on how to make your favorite pastries with fewer calories. To do this, you can:

  • reduce the amount of butter. Add more kefir, yogurt or milk with a low percentage of fat.
  • sugar can be replaced with honey or fruit and berry purees
  • dairy products can also be substituted for fruit juices or fruit purees.
  • flour can be partially replaced with oatmeal, or you can use bran flour, or even fiber at all, which can be purchased at any pharmacy.
  • by the way, you can cook pastries from corn flour, this is how this pastry is prepared in America.

What is the difference between muffins and cupcakes and cupcakes

The closest relative of our today's hero is a cupcake. Sometimes these two concepts are confused and do not see much difference in them. Now I'll tell you how they differ.

Well, first of all, they have different shapes. Cupcakes are usually baked large, round or rectangular. And our products are baked in small tins.


You will say that there are also small muffins baked in small tins. I agree with you. There are also differences for their distinction.

Secondly, muffins use butter dough, they are more fatty and therefore more high-calorie. In muffins, the butter can be partially vegetable oil and is more palpable when consumed. In muffins, in which a good 82.5% oil was used, it is not felt at all.

Thirdly, there is a significant difference in the method of kneading the dough. When preparing dough for muffins, all the components are carefully knocked down with a mixer, and this makes the dough more fluffy. And for their brethren, the dough is kneaded with a spoon, and even then quite quickly. Therefore, it can turn out to be somewhat lumpy and heterogeneous.

Fourthly, when preparing our baked goods, dry components and liquid components are first mixed separately, and only after that they are combined. For muffins, sugar is churned with butter, and then other ingredients are added.

Once I came across an interesting comparison, and I remember it, but the meaning is that muffins are something between a cupcake and a mini - cake or cupcake. If you add more sugar to the dough, and ready-made baked goods decorate with cream, you get a mini cake. And if, on the contrary, reduce the amount of sugar, and add milk and eggs, then you get a cake.

And so another relative appeared - this is a cupcake. What is it, and what is its difference from its brethren.

Cupcake "cupcake", as you probably already understood, is a mini-cake. In past centuries, it was baked in small ceramic cups, hence the name.


It is very easy to distinguish them from congeners - cream, frosting, whipped cream and other decorations are used to decorate them, which are used to decorate all large cakes.

Well, now that we have figured out all the nuances and secrets in cooking, found out how they differ from their closest relatives, and also familiarized ourselves with many recipes - we can safely start baking.

Knowing all this, you will always get delicious and aromatic pastries, moreover, the one that you want to bake, using those products that are at your fingertips!

And I really hope that today's big article will be your assistant in this! Therefore, cook muffins, delight yourself and your loved ones with delicious homemade cakes... After all, what could be better at home than the aroma of fresh bread or the smell of fresh baked goods!

Muffins are becoming more and more popular. The culinary world never ceases to amaze us with new recipes. The method of making cupcakes is quite simple, for this simple reason, you can easily meet friends and treat them to delicious delicacy... Also muffins can be cooked on hastily and to please the household at any time.

Dark Chocolate Muffins

  • wheat flour - 230 gr.
  • granulated sugar - 95 gr.
  • chocolate (85% cocoa) - 120 gr.
  • chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
  • natural cocoa - 30 gr.
  • butter - 160 gr.
  • baking powder for baking - 25 gr.
  • vanilla - 12 gr.
  • raisins ("Kish Mish") - 130 gr.
  1. Remove the hard oil from the refrigerator compartment, place on a flat plate, and leave at room temperature. Wait for the product to soften. Next, the butter must be combined with cocoa and granulated sugar.
  2. Beat eggs in a separate container, add to prepared ingredients. Stir the components in a way convenient for you, you can resort to using a mixer. Whisk the food on the lowest speed.
  3. Avoid foaming. Then melt the chocolate bar a little. Stir in baking powder, flour and vanillin. The resulting composition must be added to the main egg mass. Achieve uniformity (dough) from the ingredients.
  4. Wash the raisins with a sieve and let the water drain. The dried product must be processed with a small amount of flour. Then add the dried fruit to the cupcake base. Stir again thoroughly.
  5. In parallel, preheat the oven to 190 degrees, cover the baking sheet with parchment. Fill in special forms ready dough, put on a tray. Place the muffins in the oven for a third of an hour. Serve the cakes with powdered sugar.

Rice flour muffins with berries

  • cane sugar - 95 gr.
  • rice flour - 210 gr.
  • baking powder - 7 gr.
  • egg - 3 pcs.
  • red apples - 180 gr.
  • fresh blueberries - 60 gr.
  • drinking water - 65 ml.
  • olive oil - 55 gr.
  1. Separate the whites from the yolk, combine the latter with brown sugar. Stir the ingredients until white. Next, add oil and water. Beat the mixture again until smooth.
  2. If necessary, sift baking powder and flour through a fine sieve, add to the total mass, mix thoroughly. In a separate container, beat the whites with a mixer until stiff foam. Add to dough. Rinse the apples and pass through a coarse grater.
  3. Add fruit gruel to the total mass. Stir the ingredients again until a homogeneous mixture, fill the baking tins. Leave some space, lay out the blueberries.
  4. Send the muffins to the oven at 180 degrees. Wait half an hour. After cooling on a baking sheet, serve with hot cocoa or a similar beverage. Also, cupcakes can be decorated with a small amount of condensed milk.

  • baking soda - 6 gr.
  • flour - 470 gr.
  • margarine - 190 gr.
  • whole milk - 130 ml.
  • eggs - 4 pcs.
  • granulated sugar - 135 gr.
  • cocoa - 130 gr.
  1. Soften the margarine with any in an accessible way, stir in milk, cocoa and granulated sugar to the product. Send the ingredients to the saucepan, turn on the stove. Stir the composition, bring to a boil.
  2. Cool to room temperature, enter chicken eggs... Beat the ingredients with a mixer or blender. Then add baking soda and wheat flour. Stir again until smooth.
  3. Prepare the oven, treat the baking tins with vegetable oil, place the finished dough in them. Send the muffins to a baking sheet, put in the oven. The temperature in the chamber should be about 185 degrees. Bake the treat for 35 minutes.

Jam muffins

  • fruit jam - 80 gr.
  • wheat flour - 255 gr.
  • vanillin - 2 gr.
  • salt - 1 gr.
  • baking powder - 14 gr.
  • sunflower oil (refined) - 75 gr.
  • chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
  • fat sour cream - 175 gr.
  • drinking soda - 13 gr.
  • sugar - 90 gr.
  1. Connect homemade sour cream and chicken eggs. Beat the ingredients with a mixer. Add sunflower oil to the composition, repeat the manipulation with the kitchen appliance.
  2. Achieve a uniform composition. In a separate cup, combine sugar, flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Add the free-flowing mixture to the egg mass. Stir the ingredients slowly with a fork.
  3. Do not overdo it, otherwise the dough will irrevocably deteriorate. Just a few movements are enough. Do not be alarmed if the mixture comes out with lumps, this phenomenon is normal.
  4. Divide the dough into the tins by about half, add jam, cover with flour composition. Bake muffins at 190 degrees for about 25 minutes. Consume after cooling.

Muffins with viscous chocolate

  • pieces of different chocolate - in fact
  • cocoa - 60 gr.
  • hard butter (butter) - 95 gr.
  • baking powder - 20 gr.
  • flour - 185 gr.
  • eggs - 2 pcs.
  • granulated sugar - 110 gr.
  1. If the oil is hard, rub it with a grater, the holes can be chosen arbitrarily. Combine the product with eggs and sugar, mix well. Then add flour, cocoa and baking powder.
  2. If the mixture is dry, pour in about 25 ml. milk. Bring the composition to homogeneity. Treat baking dishes with vegetable oil, place the dough.
  3. Place 1 piece of chocolate in each muffin. Cover the food with a light layer of dough. Cook the muffins in a hot oven for about half an hour. The temperature in the chamber should be 190 degrees. Sprinkle the finished muffins with powder.

  • sunflower oil - 85 gr.
  • lemon juice- 40 ml.
  • premium flour - 190 gr.
  • freshly ground cinnamon - 8 gr.
  • granulated sugar - 110 gr.
  • egg - 1-2 pcs.
  • carrots - 180 gr.
  1. Peel the carrots with an iron sponge under running water, then pass the vegetable through a grater. Combine the gruel with egg, lemon juice and sugar. Stir food thoroughly.
  2. Then add the cinnamon, butter, baking powder and flour. Stir well again. The dough will come out with small lumps. Divide it into baking tins. Cook muffins for classical technology in the oven for about 35 minutes.

Cottage cheese muffins

  • baking powder - 12 gr.
  • sugar - 210 gr.
  • butter - 165 gr.
  • eggs - 3-4 pcs.
  • cottage cheese - 220 gr.
  • flour - 200 gr.
  1. Melt the butter in the microwave or steam bath. Mix the product with sugar and egg. Achieve consistency in any way you can.
  2. For convenience, set the minimum speed on the mixer, start mixing baking powder, cottage cheese and flour. Avoid foam formation.
  3. In the usual way, treat the forms with butter, heat the oven. Send the muffins to bake at 185 degrees. After half an hour, remove the muffins and garnish with whipped cream after cooling.

Cherry Muffins

  • butter - 75 gr.
  • salt - 7 gr.
  • vanillin - 9 gr.
  • milk - 225 ml.
  • sugar - 165 gr.
  • ripe cherry - 270 gr.
  • flour - 375 gr.
  • egg - 1-2 pcs.
  • baking powder - 11 gr.
  1. Take a suitable cup, add all the loose components to it, mix. In the second container, you need to combine softened butter, whole milk and an egg.
  2. Whisk the contents of the two bowls until smooth. Remove the seeds from the berries, chop the fruits into pieces.
  3. Pour the dough into molds, add the cherry pulp to the center of the muffins. Send the product to the oven, bake until tender at 195 degrees.

  • baking powder for dough - 8 gr.
  • eggs - 2 pcs.
  • beet sugar - 155 gr.
  • butter - 75 gr.
  • brown sugar - 40 gr.
  • bananas - 3 pcs.
  • flour - 640 gr.
  1. Combine two types of granulated sugar with soft butter, flour, eggs and baking powder. Achieve uniformity from the mixture using a mixer. Use only the minimum speed of the household appliance.
  2. Run the peeled bananas through a food processor and stir the gruel into the dough. The composition should not be too vague or dry. Add a little flour or whole milk if needed.
  3. Submit banana dough in greased silicone molds. Place the composition in a preheated oven, bake at 195 degrees. Cook the muffins for about 40 minutes.

White Chocolate Muffins

  • eggs - 3 pcs.
  • freshly ground coffee - 4 gr.
  • cane sugar - 50 gr.
  • flour - 55 gr.
  • dark chocolate - 1 bar
  • baking powder - 14 gr.
  • butter - 105 gr.
  • white chocolate - 60 gr.
  1. Send the dark chocolate pieces to a saucepan, add butter. Melt the food, stir until smooth. Combine sugar with eggs, coffee, flour and baking powder in parallel.
  2. Whisk the ingredients with a mixer or similar household appliance. Combine both masses, mix thoroughly. Further, the muffins are baked in the oven using classical technology.

Cheese Muffins

  • cheese - 140 gr.
  • flour - 245 gr.
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • milk - 185 ml.
  • baking powder - 15 gr.
  • salt - 4 gr.
  • butter - 45 gr.
  • fragrant seasonings - in fact
  • black sesame seeds - 4 gr.
  1. Grind the cheese with a grater, mix flour with seasonings, salt and baking powder. Mash soft butter with a fork, beat it with an egg.
  2. Stir milk and wheat flour into the mixture. Add cheese, whisk the ingredients with a whisk until smooth. Submit the dough into molds.
  3. Melt the oven to 200 degrees, place the muffins on a baking sheet, put in the oven. Wait half an hour. Then the muffins need to be cooled. The treat can be consumed.

  • vanillin - 3 gr.
  • baking powder - 13 gr.
  • vegetable oil - 40 ml.
  • sugar - 115 gr.
  • egg - 1-2 pcs.
  • flour - 170 gr.
  • kefir - 230 ml.
  1. Combine sugar, vanilla, baking powder and flour in a small container. In a second container, beat the egg, sunflower oil and kefir. Combine both compounds and mix thoroughly.
  2. Break the mixture well, there should be no lumps in it. Use the classic oven technology to bake muffins. Use a toothpick to test the muffins for readiness.

Curd muffins with vanilla

  • cottage cheese - 260 gr.
  • eggs - 2-3 pcs.
  • flour - 190 gr.
  • baking powder - 12 gr.
  • vanilla - 6 gr.
  • sugar - 140 gr.
  • butter - 160 gr.
  • salt - 3 gr.
  1. Melt the butter at room temperature. Mix the granulated sugar, vanillin and egg in parallel. Achieve uniformity from the components.
  2. Add softened butter, flour, cottage cheese, baking powder and salt to the mass. Whisk, distribute the finished dough into the molds.
  3. Place the muffins in the preheated oven to bake. Cook muffins at 210 degrees for a third of an hour. Extend the procedure if necessary.

If you are going to make muffins for the first time, it is recommended to follow simple instructions. After that, you can vary the amount of ingredients to your liking. Also added to the cupcakes different berries and fruits. Serve treats with hot drinks.

Video: chocolate muffin recipe

What could be better than homemade muffins - ruddy, fragrant, with a crispy cap and a delicate center that melts in your mouth?

Timid dawn rays, in which the morning fog dissolves, freshly brewed coffee, a quiet, cozy time alone with loved ones - this beginning of the day is ideally complemented by ruddy, fragrant, freshly baked muffins. Curd and chocolate, with raspberries and blackberries, with a pleasant pear sweetness, or, conversely, with a spicy lemon sourness ...

Muffin ideas are endless. Apple, nut, vanilla, banana, orange. But there are also unusual ones: with zucchini, pumpkin, chanterelles, mozzarella, sun-dried tomatoes, spicy herbs, spinach, avocado.

A bit of history

According to one version, muffins were invented in the 11th century in France, and the name of this dessert comes from the Old French "moufflet", which means "soft".
Today muffins - traditional pastries in the US and UK. But especially popular in different countries it is American muffins that are used. They are prepared from non-yeast dough, mostly sweet, with the addition of baking powder, and baked in small tins. English muffins are kneaded with yeast, fried in a pan and eaten, cut lengthwise, with butter or jam.

How are muffins different from cupcakes?

Cupcake is big pie: round, with a hole in the middle, or rectangular. And muffins are small portioned buns that are prepared in molds. Unlike muffins, they are easier to prepare and less rich, and ultimately healthier. The dough for muffins is thoroughly whipped, and the cooking technology is also different: first, butter is ground with sugar, and then other products are added - eggs, flour, milk. For muffins, dry and liquid ingredients are combined separately, and only after that they are kneaded, but not for a long time and without whipping. The only drawback to muffins is that they turn stale very quickly compared to more rich muffins.

How to make muffins: TOP 10 best recipes


Recipe 1. Muffins with curd filling

Ingredients: 200 g flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 150 g sugar, 50 ml refined vegetable oil, 1 egg, 75 ml of milk and kefir each, 50 g of butter, 0.5 teaspoon of vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, 0.5 teaspoon of soda, ginger and nutmeg on the tip of a knife, 200 g of curd mass, 100 g of raisins ...

Rinse the raisins and soak for 10 minutes in hot water, then fold over a strainer and pat dry on paper towels. Melt the butter. Grease silicone molds in advance with butter (butter or vegetable), lightly sprinkle with flour and put on a large baking sheet. In a deep bowl, sift the flour along with baking soda and baking powder, add salt, ginger, sugar and vanilla sugar. In a separate bowl, combine all the liquid ingredients: beaten egg, vegetable oil, butter, cooled to room temperature, milk and kefir. Whisk everything well. Then add the liquid mixture to the dry one. Stir until all the flour is moistened, but not for long and gently: you should get a thick lumpy mass. Roll the raisins in flour and add to the dough. Fill the tins 1/3 full, put 1 tablespoon of curd mass in the center and cover the filling with dough. The molds must be 3/4 full. Sprinkle each muffin with coarse sugar and bake in a well-preheated oven at 205º for 18-20 minutes.

Recipe 2. Chocolate muffins

Ingredients: 200 g flour, 100 g sugar, 80 g natural chocolate, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 50 g butter, 1 egg, 200 ml milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, 200 g boiled condensed milk.

In a completely dry container (this is very important!) Melt the chocolate along with the butter in a water bath. Be sure to use natural, high quality chocolate. Grease silicone molds with oil and place on a large baking sheet. Sift the flour and baking powder into a deep bowl, add salt, sugar and vanilla sugar. In a separate bowl, combine all the liquid ingredients: beaten egg, milk, chocolate and butter cooled to room temperature. Milk in this recipe can be replaced with yogurt or kefir (then, in addition to the baking powder, you need to add a pinch of soda to the dough). Whisk everything well. Then add a liquid mass to the dry mixture. Stir until all flour is moistened. Fill the molds with 1/3 dough, put 1 tablespoon of boiled condensed milk in the center and cover the filling with dough. The molds must be 3/4 full. Sprinkle each muffin with coarse sugar and bake in a well-preheated oven at 205º for 18-20 minutes.

Recipe 3. Lemon muffins

Ingredients: 3 eggs, 1 lemon, 300 ml of sugar, 100 ml of vegetable oil, 400 ml of flour, 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar, 200 g of sour cream, 10-15% fat.

Using a grater, grate 1-2 teaspoons of zest from the lemon (only the yellow part!). Beat the eggs well with sugar - a mixer or a blender attachment, add grated zest, lemon juice and butter, whisking constantly at medium speed. Then pour in the sour cream. In a deep bowl, sift the flour along with the baking powder, mix with the vanilla sugar, and then add the egg mass and mix well. Divide the dough into pre-greased and floured silicone or iron molds. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 200º in a well-preheated oven. It turns out airy, light, tender, with a subtle lemon sourness, very tasty lemon muffins! You can cook them with any filling, for example, as in the previous recipes - with boiled condensed milk, curd mass, chocolate cream, berry jam.

Recipe 4. Curd muffins with zucchini

Ingredients: 3 large eggs, 200 g cottage cheese, 200 g flour, 1 small zucchini (or zucchini), 100 g butter, 1 heaped teaspoon of baking powder, salt, a small bunch of dill.

Pre-oil silicone or iron molds and lightly dust with flour. Melt the butter. Whisk the eggs lightly and mix with the curd. Grind the zucchini on a beetroot grater, squeeze out the excess liquid and add to the curd mixture. In the same container, send the oil cooled to room temperature, chopped dill and salt to taste, mix, then sift the flour with baking powder, mix quickly and fill the molds with 2/3 of the dough. Bake in a well-preheated oven at 180º without opening the door during this time.

Recipe 5. Cheese muffins with mushrooms

Ingredients: 80 g hard cheese(e.g. Dutch), 100 g feta cheese or Adyghe cheese, 2.5 cups of whole grain flour, 240 g of low-fat sour cream or natural yogurt without additives, 3 eggs, 80 g of butter, a pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 bag of baking powder, pine nuts for dusting (or sesame seeds). For the filling: 200 g of mushrooms (chanterelles, champignons or porcini mushrooms), 1 tablespoon of sour cream, salt, black pepper, olive oil,

Lubricate the molds with oil in advance. Fry mushrooms on olive oil until rosy. Season with salt and pepper. At the end of cooking, add 1 tablespoon of sour cream and, if desired, some herbs. Melt the butter and refrigerate. In one bowl, combine eggs, butter and sour cream (yogurt), in the other - flour, salt, baking powder. Chop the cheese on a coarse grater and add to the dough. Put a little dough in each container, then - 1 tablespoon of mushroom filling, on top - again the dough. The molds must be 2/3 full. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top of the muffins, or pine nuts... Bake for about 20 minutes at 210 °.

Recipe 6. Spicy pumpkin muffins

Ingredients: 250 g pumpkin pulp, 150 g butter, 3 tablespoons natural yoghurt without additives, 2 eggs, 125 g hard cheese, 100 g brown sugar, 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds, glasses wheat flour, 1.5 teaspoon baking powder, a pinch of black pepper, a pinch of chili, 1.5 teaspoon of salt.

Mash the pumpkin with a blender. Preheat the oven to 200º. Grease silicone molds with oil. Pumpkin puree whisk with yogurt until smooth with a whisk. Add eggs, melted (and cooled) butter and beat well again. In a deep bowl, combine the sifted flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, black and red peppers. Then send the liquid mixture to a bowl of flour, stir. Grind the cheese, set aside 1/4, add the rest to the dough and mix. Divide the dough into prepared tins, garnish with cheese and pumpkin seeds. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Very unusual, extremely tasty muffins are obtained, with a beautiful color and a unique aroma - thanks to the addition of pumpkin, with a light peppercorn that pepper gives and a special, sweet-salty taste, thanks to the use of brown sugar.

Recipe 7. Honey muffins with nuts

Ingredients: 100 g butter, 4 tablespoons honey, 1 tablespoon sugar, half a packet of vanilla sugar, 2 eggs, 240 g flour, 100 ml milk, 1 tablespoon baking powder, 100 g walnuts.

Chop the nuts with a knife. Lubricate muffin tins with sunflower oil. Melt the butter in a water bath with honey. You can do it in the oven or microwave oven... In a separate container, beat the eggs with milk and add the cooled honey-creamy mass to this mixture. Sift flour with baking powder into another bowl, add salt, sugar, vanilla sugar, nuts and mix well. Then pour the liquid mass into the dry ingredients and mix gently. You should get a rather thick and viscous dough in consistency - fill the molds with it by 2/3, sprinkle with coarse sugar on top and place in an oven preheated to 185º for 25 minutes.

Recipe 8. Bran muffins

Ingredients: 400 g of natural yogurt (or kefir), 2 cups of whole grain flour, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 1.5 cups of wheat bran, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons of butter, 100 g of liquid light honey, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, a pinch shallow sea ​​salt, 1 cup dried fruit, powdered sugar for sprinkling.

Lubricate the molds with oil. Preheat the oven to 200 °. In a deep bowl, combine the bran, salt, baking soda, sugar, and sifted flour. In another bowl, whisk eggs well with yogurt, honey, melted (and cooled) butter, and then add chopped dried fruits (you can take raisins, dried apricots, figs, dried cherries) and mix. Ready dough distribute to the molds, filling them 3/4 full. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Serve hot and garnish with powdered sugar.

Recipe 9. Pear muffins with poppy seeds

Ingredients: 2 pears (about 250 g), 1 cup flour, 1.5 teaspoon baking powder, 1 tablespoon poppy seeds, 100 g brown sugar, 100 ml kefir or natural low-fat yogurt, 50 ml refined sunflower oil, 1 egg + 1 yolk, 1 teaspoon of grated lemon zest (only the yellow part), 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence, a pinch of salt.

Grease muffin molds with oil beforehand. Preheat the oven to 180 °. Grate pears coarsely. Mix the liquid ingredients separately (yogurt, butter, egg and yolk) and separately mix the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, poppy seeds and brown sugar). Pour the liquid mass into the dry mixture, add lemon zest and squeezed grated pear. Stir (but not for long and without beating), distribute the dough into the tins, filling them 2/3 full, and bake for 30 minutes.

Recipe 10. Berry muffins with white chocolate

Ingredients: 260 g flour, 150 g sugar, 1 egg, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, 200 ml milk, 50 g sour cream, 80 ml vegetable oil, 40 g butter, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 200 G white chocolate, 400 g fresh or frozen berries.

Lubricate the molds with oil. Melt the butter. Send all the liquid ingredients to one bowl - vegetable oil, melted and cooled butter, lemon juice, milk, sour cream and an egg. Mix them well. Cut the chocolate into small cubes. Place all dry ingredients in a second bowl: flour, sugar, chocolate, salt and baking powder (leave 50 g of chocolate to decorate the muffins). Then send the wet mixture to dry. Stir gently, do not overdo it - you need to leave lumps in the dough. Wash the berries, dry and roll in flour. If the fruit is frozen, do not defrost it. It is best to take fresh blueberries, blueberries or blackberries, cherries, cranberries or raspberries are fine. Fill the molds with dough to the very top, garnish with pieces of white chocolate and bake for 20-25 minutes at 180º until golden brown.

7 secrets of delicious muffins


1. With all the variety of muffin recipes, the formula correct test for them it looks like this: 2 parts flour, 2 parts liquid, 1 part butter and 1 part eggs (for example: 100 g flour, 100 g milk, 50 g butter and 50 eggs). And sugar, salt and other spices are added to taste.

2. It is very important to knead the dough correctly: in one bowl you need to mix dry ingredients, in another - liquid, and only then pour the wet part into the flour (but not vice versa!). The dough is kneaded with a spoon, very carefully and not for long - it should remain lumpy.

3. To make the muffins soft, the molds in which they will be baked (and silicone ones too) are greased with sunflower or butter. When the muffins have cooled slightly, the finished muffins are removed and then covered with a towel - this is another way to keep the finished baked goods soft.

4. Muffins are baked at a temperature of 200-205 degrees for 15-20 minutes, and the readiness is checked traditionally: the middle, if pierced with a toothpick, must be absolutely dry.

5. By reducing the amount of butter, using milk, yogurt, or low-fat kefir, muffins can be reduced in calories.

6. They "heal" them in other ways: replacing dairy products fruit juices using whole grain flour adding honey to the dough or fruit puree instead of sugar.

7. The beauty of this pastry is that it never gets bored, because you can cook muffins with the most different fillings- berries, fruits, nuts, cheese, mushrooms, herbs, vegetables.

Muffins are good at any time of the day. Sweet ones with cottage cheese will delight you in the morning, hearty ones with chicken and mushrooms will replace lunch, and low-calorie zucchini are perfect for dinner.

Muffins are a convenient snack option, a gourmet dessert for festive table, an original treat for a children's party. You can take them with you for a picnic or a walk in the park. And with such "cakes" it is not a shame to go on a visit.


“Make muffins at home and see for yourself how extraordinary it is delicious dessert!»
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Muffins are miniature muffins with a special structure and extraordinary taste. It does not take long to prepare them. And the products that make up the dough are almost always in every home. After reading today's article, you will find out more than one interesting silicone molds.

Blueberry and cocoa option

It should be noted that the dessert prepared according to this recipe has a special structure. It turns out to be incredibly tender and juicy. Therefore, both adults and children eat it with equal pleasure. To bake fragrant muffins in milk, you need to audit your own pantry in advance and, if necessary, buy all the missing components. You should have:

  • Fresh chicken egg.
  • 100 grams of granulated sugar.
  • 150 milliliters of milk.
  • 45 grams of cocoa powder.
  • 0.7 cups ripe blueberries.
  • 60 milliliters of vegetable oil.

To get airy homemade muffins, you should add a bag of baking powder to the above list. It will give the dough an indescribable lightness and splendor. As for cocoa, it is advisable to purchase a high-quality powder that does not contain sugar.

Process description

It should be noted that the technology for preparing this dessert is so simple that even a novice housewife, who has never dealt with dough before, can easily cope with it. In a bowl of lightly whipped raw egg send vegetable oil and milk heated to room temperature. Mix everything well. All bulk components are connected in a separate container. Moreover, cocoa and flour must first be sieved.

The resulting dry mixture is gradually poured into a bowl of liquid ingredients, making sure that no lumps form in the process. The washed blueberries are sent last to the almost finished dough. Everything is mixed well and poured into molds. Bake in milk at 190 degrees for twenty minutes.

Option with nuts and raisins

This simple airy dessert has an interesting flavor. It is due to the presence of thermally processed nuts. It is this ingredient that turns miniature cupcakes into unusual delicacy... To bake light muffins in milk with raisins, you should go to the store in advance for essential products... This time, your list should include:

  • Three fresh chicken eggs.
  • 200 grams of wheat flour.
  • A packet of vanilla pudding.
  • About 170 grams of sugar.
  • 100 milliliters of milk.
  • A pack of butter.
  • 2/3 cup raisins
  • Three teaspoons of baking powder.
  • A glass of shelled walnuts.

Optionally, you can add a bag of vanilla sugar to the dough. This will make the dessert more flavorful.

Cooking technology

Although this recipe muffins in silicone molds are extremely simple, it is extremely important to strictly adhere to the recommended ratio of components. Only then will you get truly delicious and airy pastries.

The eggs should be dealt with first. They are placed in a clean bowl and whipped with a fork until foam appears. After that, sugar is gradually added to the same dish, not forgetting to constantly mix the components. Softened butter and milk are sent to the resulting mass. Stir again and slowly add millet flour combined with baking powder and vanilla pudding.

The resulting dough is thoroughly beaten with a mixer operating at minimum speed. After that, it remains to add the pre-fried walnuts and steamed raisins. The finished dough is gently mixed and laid out in molds. Muffins are baked in milk at a temperature of one hundred and sixty degrees for half an hour.

Orange zest option

As in all previous cases, you should stock up on all the necessary components in advance. Before starting the test, make sure you have on hand:

  • 375 grams of wheat flour.
  • A tablespoon of baking powder.
  • 65 grams of sugar.
  • Half a teaspoon of salt.
  • Fresh chicken egg.
  • 225 milliliters of milk.
  • A teaspoon of vanilla essence.
  • 75 grams of butter.
  • A teaspoon of grated orange peel.

In one volumetric bowl, combine table salt, baking powder, sugar and pre-sifted flour. Chopped orange peel is also sent there. Beat an egg in a separate bowl and add melted butter and milk to it. Mix everything well.

The resulting liquid is poured into a container with bulk components, the dough is kneaded and laid out in molds. Muffins are baked in milk with orange peel at a temperature of two hundred degrees for twenty minutes. The finished dessert is removed from the oven, cooled on a wire rack and served with tea. If desired, sprinkle it with powdered sugar or pour over melted chocolate.

Miniature delicious and airy cupcakes(muffins) will quickly take root in any housewife! I myself began to bake muffins quite recently, but I fell in love with them from the first time, more precisely from the first preparation!

What's the difference between cupcakes, muffins and cupcakes?

I myself wondered, what is the fundamental difference between cupcakes, muffins and cupcakes? As I understand it, the difference, in principle, is not so significant and critical as to greatly panic that you somewhere would incorrectly call a muffin a cupcake or cupcake.

Cupcakes. Traditional French pastries... At first, the butter was mixed with sugar, and then other ingredients were gradually added, due to which the muffins were porous, tender and airy.

Muffins. English pastries, the basis of which is: "wet" ingredients are mixed with wet, and "dry" with dry. In this case, the dough is kneaded by hand, and an airy delicate texture is created by using a baking powder or soda.

Cupcake. A miniature cake that is now baked in paper tins for muffins and muffins. The base is based on the same ingredients as for cakes, so there is no exact recipe for cupcakes.

All three types of muffins can be baked in any form (silicone or paper) and can have a wide variety of additives - nuts, shavings, chocolate, berries, dry fruits, cream, and more.

So, for making cupcakes in silicone mold, you will need:

  • Milk (1 glass for about 15-20 pieces);
  • The same amount of sugar;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 2 cups of flour;
  • Slaked soda or baking powder;
  • Vanillin;
  • A pinch of salt;
  • 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Easy Silicone Cupcake Recipe

I took 1.5 cups of milk, almost three cups of flour and a little less than one and a half cups of sugar and I got 20 muffins. To make the dough always airy and light, there is one rule that I mentioned above: "Mix dry with dry, and liquid with liquid."

So we will do with you now, let's start with liquid. Beat the eggs first. Everything is mixed by hand, since the dough is very tender and mixes well with other ingredients.

Add milk, mix.

I poured 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil and mixed the liquid base again.

In a separate container, I mixed the sugar and flour. Then I added salt and vanillin, you can add baking powder, but I added lightness and fluffiness to the dough with slaked soda.

She extinguished a teaspoon of baking soda, mixed and poured in the rest of the flour mixture again.

The dough should resemble thick sour cream in consistency.

Grease the tins or put paper tins in them and fill by a third with the dough, as the cupcakes rise well. Put in a preheated oven until tender; they are baked for about 20 minutes. The readiness of the muffins can be determined by the golden cap, as well as by a dry toothpick - pierce the middle of the muffins with a toothpick, remove and if it remains dry, ready.

These are the muffins that come straight out of the oven!

You can experiment with this recipe, such as adding nuts, raisins, chocolate, cocoa, fruits or berries to the dough. With any filling you will only add a unique refined taste, and every time on your table, the cupcakes will open in a new way! For example, try doing!

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