Often, portioned cupcakes and muffins are equated with each other, but this is wrong. The recipe and cooking sequence are still different, although they are similar in appearance. Moreover, cupcakes are often not filled with anything and are rather dry when muffins allow all sorts of variations of fillings and impregnations. Where did this difference come from?
History reference
The recipe for muffins was developed in the nineteenth century, and two countries are considered their homeland - the United States of America and Great Britain. In the English version, these are yeast buns, and according to the US version, they are pies with pastry, most similar to biscuit. At the moment, muffins from America have won world fame and love, mainly because you can experiment on the test and, depending on your preferences, make it more or less high-calorie. By the way, there are a lot of different recipes for muffins, and sometimes it is not clear which one is classic. And the basis for traditional baking is corn flour.
In whatever country the muffins were first prepared, this name is everywhere interpreted as "tasty and soft bread."
Modern housewives practically do not use the yeast variation of the dough, but they are actively experimenting with biscuit.
Classic Muffin Recipe
Traditional recipes do not require any rare products or devices. Everything you need is sold in the nearest store and is relatively inexpensive, but the taste, look and aroma will exceed all the wildest expectations.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - one faceted glass.
- Sugar - a little more than half a faceted glass.
- Milk with a low fat content - one faceted glass.
- Butter - about 70 grams in melted form.
- Chicken eggs - 2 medium.
- Dough baking powder - 2 teaspoons.
- Zest of orange or lemon - no more than one teaspoon.
- Salt is optional.
- Vanillin - 10 grams.
How to cook? First, all bulk components are mixed. This refers to lemon or orange peel, flour, salt, sugar and a baking powder. A very important addition - it is necessary to sift the flour before mixing in order to saturate it with oxygen, and the baking is more airy.
The next step is to mix all the fluid components. Chicken eggs are shaken with milk, first with a fork, and then beat with a mixer. Melt the butter, let it cool slightly so that the chicken eggs do not curl, and inject it into the milk-egg mixture.
Next, add the dry mass to the liquid batch. It is best to pour the flour mixture in small portions, while thoroughly kneading so that there are no lumps.
The dough is allowed to stand, and while it is standing, they turn on the oven 180 degrees.
A recipe for muffins in silicone molds will work out just as well as in any other. Whatever forms are chosen, they need to be lubricated with oil from the inside. If desired, it is allowed to lay the bottom of the molds with berries or fruits or dried fruits.
The dough is poured portionwise into molds and sent to a preheated oven for a period of twenty minutes to half an hour.
After baking, cool the muffins slightly, so that they easily move away from the molds, and serve.
Orange flavored
Baking is not only classical without any fillers and flavoring. There are muffin recipes like this.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - one faceted glass.
- Sugar - 150 grams.
- Butter - about 70 grams of pre-melted.
- Baking powder for dough - no more than one teaspoon.
- Chicken eggs - 2 medium.
- Vanillin for the test - optional.
- Orange - large or medium sized two.
The recipe is presented below.
First, rub the zest of the orange (only the orange layer of the peel to a white layer), squeeze the juice from the whole orange. Chicken eggs, granulated sugar and vanillin are mixed and slightly beaten with a mixer. Then pour the slightly cooled melted butter. Add the juice of orange, zest to the liquid components and mix everything. After kneading, add flour in small portions, and at the last moment - baking powder for dough. This muffin recipe will be even more successful if you use air sifted flour before kneading the dough.
Lubricate the baking dish with oil from the inside and fill it with 3/4 dough. In an oven preheated to 180 degrees, they put the molds on for half an hour. The degree of preparation can be found by piercing the cupcake with a wooden toothpick.
With filling
Both adults and children really like fluid filling, a particularly tasty combination is obtained with a scoop of ice cream and a cup of coffee.
This recipe for muffins in molds from any materials will turn out equally well. You can see for yourself.
The following is a recipe for cottage cheese muffins.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - 150 grams.
- Sugar - 150 grams.
- Chicken eggs - 2 medium.
- Kefir of low fat content - 100 milliliters.
- Sunflower oil - 50 milliliters.
- Cocoa Powder - 2 tablespoons.
- Baking powder for dough - no more than one tablespoon.
- Vanillin - to taste.
- Curd of medium fat content - 180 grams.
- Sour cream 15% - 2 tablespoons.
- Sugar - 2 tablespoons.
How to cook? Chicken eggs are slightly shaken with a fork, mixed with granulated sugar and beat with a mixer for no more than 8 minutes, gradually increasing speed. Kefir and vegetable oil are added to the egg mixture and mixed. Wheat flour and cocoa powder are passed through a sieve. After thorough mixing, baking powder and vanillin are added. The whole mass is once again kneaded with a mixer.
Start making mass for the filling. To do this, grind the cottage cheese with sugar and sour cream to a homogeneous consistency. In the baking molds lay a layer of dough, a layer of filling, a layer of dough. While the mold is filled with dough, the oven heats up to 180 degrees. 25 minutes are enough for cooking. After baking, the dessert is slightly cooled and pulled out of the molds. If desired, you can sprinkle with powdered sugar.
What is the recipe for chocolate muffins? The aroma of this dessert and rich taste will leave a lasting impression.
Ingredients:
- Chicken eggs - 5 medium.
- Butter - 100 grams.
- Dark chocolate - 200 grams.
- Wheat flour - 50 grams.
- Sugar - 50 grams.
- Salt - a quarter of a teaspoon.
What to do with these products?
The recipe for chocolate muffins is simple. This time the oven needs to be set to warm up before cooking, as the dough is cooked instantly. The heating temperature is 200 degrees. Bitter chocolate is broken into pieces, butter is also cut and combined with chocolate. This mixture is heated in a water bath until smooth and slightly cooled. 2 chicken eggs are broken into a cup, three separated yolks and sugar are added. Whisk the whole egg mixture to soft peaks. Mix the chocolate-butter mass with the egg. Sift the wheat flour there, add salt. The dough, divided into forms, sent to the oven no more than 10 minutes. The meaning of these muffins is that the middle remains fluid, and the edges seize and resemble a biscuit. This dessert is eaten only hot.
So, we learned the recipe for chocolate muffins. Photos with finished products are presented below.
There is another similar recipe, but the filling here is not liquid, but very tasty.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - 150 grams.
- Cocoa powder - 40 grams.
- Baking powder for dough - one teaspoon.
- Baking soda - a quarter of a teaspoon.
- Salt - a quarter of a teaspoon.
- Sugar - 150 grams.
- Butter - 50 grams.
- Milk - 125 milliliters.
- Table vinegar - half a teaspoon.
- Egg.
- Dark chocolate - 100 grams.
- Milk chocolate - 50 grams.
The method of preparation is presented below.
Wheat flour, cocoa powder, salt are mixed in one cup, previously sifted through a sieve. Sugar is slightly beaten with a chicken egg, poured into the egg mixture, milk and vinegar. Combine all liquid components and dry. Bitter chocolate is chopped into pieces and sent to the dough. This simple recipe for muffins in molds is very good and does not require prior lubrication of the latter. Half the dough is poured into silicone molds and sprinkled with chopped milk chocolate. In a preheated oven, muffins are baked for about half an hour, readiness is easily checked with a wooden skewer.
Product Disposal
Something often remains in the refrigerator, and in order not to throw out the products, the housewives adapted to use in the dough what it is already impossible to eat without processing. For example, a little expired kefir or sour milk, no one will drink it, but in baking, after heat treatment, these products will not bring harm. So with the muffins. They can also use similar dairy products that are in the refrigerator.
Kefir
Ingredients:
- Chicken eggs - 2 medium.
- Sugar - 200 grams.
- Kefir low fat - 150 grams.
- Butter - 130 grams.
- Wheat flour - up to 320 grams.
- Baking powder for the test - a bag.
- Vanilla sugar - half a bag.
- Fresh or frozen berry - a glass.
- Zest of half a lemon.
There is no need to write a step-by-step recipe for muffins, as everything is extremely simple. Chicken eggs, granulated sugar, vanilla sugar, melted butter and kefir are mixed. All this is interrupted by a mixer. Rub the zest of half a lemon, combine with whipped mass. After adding flour and baking powder, beat the dough with a mixer again. Add berries and mix well again, but with a spoon. This is a fairly simple recipe for muffins in molds. The photo with the finished product is presented above. How to achieve the perfect dessert? In order for everything to work out, it’s very good to use silicone baking dishes. Fill the test with no more than 2/3 of the total volume. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for half an hour. Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Savory recipes
Recipes (with photos) of muffins sprinkled with coconut, chocolate chip or icing sugar are common throughout the Internet. Because of this, the impression was created that this is an exceptionally sweet dish, but it is not. There are a huge number of recipes for snack muffins, with a variety of cheese fillings or even made from meat.
Consider a few simple savory muffin recipes.
With cheese
Ingredients:
- Melted butter - 3 tablespoons.
- Milk - 250 milliliters.
- Wheat flour - 200 grams.
- Hard cheese - 100 grams.
- Egg.
- Baking powder for dough - 10 grams.
- Sugar - a teaspoon.
- Salt is optional.
The cooking process is described below.
Melted butter is combined with egg and milk. Hard cheese is rubbed on a very fine grater and poured into the butter-milk mixture. Separately mix wheat flour with baking powder for dough, sugar, salt. Liquid and dry ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Forms for cupcakes, regardless of material, are filled in 2/3 with dough and sent to the oven for 25 minutes at 180 degrees. Serve and eat hot.
Chicken with mushrooms
Another simple recipe for muffins, perfect as a snack or snack on the festive table.
Ingredients:
- Chicken breast - one, grams per 500.
- Cheese pigtail - 100 grams.
- Fresh champignons - 4 large mushrooms.
- Hard cheese - 100 grams.
- Cilantro is a medium-sized bunch.
- Chicken eggs - 2 medium.
- Milk - half a glass.
- Wheat flour - half a glass.
- Ground black pepper - optional.
- Salt is optional.
What to do with products?
The pulp is first boiled or fried, then chopped in the desired manner, dividing into fibers or diced. Mushrooms, herbs, cheese plaits are also chopped into cubes. Hard cheese is rubbed on the smallest grater. All components connect. Wheat flour, chicken eggs and milk are thoroughly mixed. Add salt and pepper. Divided into 2 parts. Half is poured into a mixture with chicken and mixed well. What happened is divided into muffins, and the remaining egg mass is poured onto the top. Bake at 180 degrees for twenty minutes.
Such muffin recipes at home can be supplemented with various ingredients according to your taste preferences.
Fasting and Baking
Is it possible to bake post? How to cook something for tea without eggs, milk and other animal products?
Lenten dessert exists. And this is confirmed by vegetarian recipes for muffins. A photo with ready-made pastries is presented below.
Fruit and Berry Muffins
Below is a step-by-step recipe for muffins with a photo of the finished product.
Ingredients:
- Ripe bananas - 2 large.
- Blueberries or any wild berries - one glass.
- Flour from spelled - 2.5 cups.
- Almond flour - 2/3 cup.
- Sugar - half a faceted glass.
- Almond milk - two-thirds of a glass.
- Olive oil - two thirds of a glass.
- Baking powder for dough - 4 teaspoons.
- Salt - one teaspoon.
The recipe is presented below:
- Bananas are peeled and mashed with a fork.
- Add almond milk to the banana puree and mix thoroughly. Pour olive oil.
- In a separate bowl, two types of flour are kneaded, a baking powder for dough, granulated sugar and salt.
- Next, pureed banana and dry ingredients are mixed. They do not interfere for a long time, because it only takes to wet the flour.
- The last thing they introduce is berries and then they are quickly stirred.
- Paper cups are placed in silicone cupcake molds and the dough is poured.
- Muffins are baked at 200 degrees for no longer than 25 minutes. Allow them to cool and serve.
However, some digressions can be made here. For example, replace almond milk with any other vegetable milk - soy, rice, nut, and so on.
Peach based
Another delicacy, permissible in the post.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - 250 grams.
- Peaches in sweet syrup - 250 grams.
- Sugar - 100 grams.
- Refined sunflower oil - 100 milliliters.
- Baking powder for dough - 2 teaspoons.
- Vanillin - a teaspoon.
- Salt - half a teaspoon.
The procedure is very clear. First, the oven is heated to 180 degrees. Peaches are taken from syrup and mashed. Sunflower oil is poured into them. All dry ingredients are mixed together, a funnel is made of them, and peach puree is added there. Knead the dough very quickly. Distributed by baking dish and placed in the oven for a third of an hour. After baking, they take it out of the oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Gourmet baking combinations
There are unexpected combinations in baking, and in this case it turns into food for gourmets.
Below are some simple muffin recipes, but with unusual flavors.
Cheese with grape
Perfectly complement gatherings with wine.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - 280 grams.
- Chicken eggs - 2 medium.
- Milk - 250 milliliters.
- Sugar - 120 grams.
- Butter - 100 grams.
- Blue French cheese - 150 grams.
- Red grapes - one faceted glass.
- Baking powder for dough - 2 teaspoons.
- Salt - on the tip of a teaspoon.
The first thing they do is heat the oven to a temperature of 180 degrees. Melt butter and cool. Bones are removed from the grapes and the berries are cut in half. French cheese is finely diced. Sift flour through a sieve, pour salt and a baking powder into it for dough. Separately, beat the egg and sugar. There also add milk and melted cooled butter. The very last stage is mixing all the components. The important thing is that you need to mix it lightly, and not stir until a homogeneous consistency. After mixing, cheese cubes and halves of grapes are introduced. The dough is distributed in forms and sent to the oven. Baking time - from 10 minutes to 25 minutes (depending on the volume of forms). Eat warm or cold.
Tomato
Another simple muffin recipe. A photo with finished baked goods looks quite appetizing.
The original flavor combination will delight both at a romantic dinner, and at a picnic.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - 120 grams.
- Milk - 70 milliliters.
- Sun-dried tomatoes - 100 grams.
- Selected pitted olives - 100 grams.
- Chicken eggs - 3 medium.
- Olive oil - 70 milliliters.
- Parmesan - 70 grams.
- Baking powder for dough - 2 teaspoons.
- Dried oregano - half a teaspoon.
- Sweet ground paprika - optional.
- Salt is optional.
How to cook? Olives are divided into two parts and cut in different ways. Half should be cut into circles, and the second part - in small cubes. Sun-dried tomatoes are also cut into small cubes. Cheese is grated on a very fine grater.
All dry ingredients are mixed with grated cheese. Add olive oil, milk and chicken eggs. Lightly mix all the dough. Pour tomatoes and olives and then they interfere more diligently. Distribute in suitable forms, lay on top of the rings of olives. Shake the last egg with a fork, add salt and grease the top layer of dough. Muffins are cooked at one hundred eighty degrees for half an hour. They take out the finished ones from the oven, leave to cool and serve. If desired, you can sprinkle with herbs.