Our family would visit my grandmother’s house every Sunday morning for her baked muffins. After years of trial and error, I finally figured out the fundamental recipe and the proper serving sizes to make them taste just like she used to make them. Please try to have fun.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 dozen muffins |
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups. Stir the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add 1 egg and allow it to blend into the butter mixture; beat the vanilla and milk into the mixture with the second egg. Mix the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until just incorporated. Divide the dough into the prepared muffin cups.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 222 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 32 g |
| Cholesterol | 53 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 245 mg |
| Sugars | 18 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Added the extra flour to 2 cups as some reviewers noted but next time, I’ll stick to 1 3/4 cups as they seemed heavy. I added cherries macerated with brown sugar to the top and they were so good! Easy recipe to adapt and add all kinds of fruits
Each time I attempted to make this recipe, my muffins would not rise and they had a bitter taste. I followed the instructions exactly as they were written and it didn’t work. I will be looking for a new recipe.
I was looking for a muffin recipe for peach turnovers and I finally just gave in and clicked here. THIS IS A GREAT. RECIPE!!! I love how simple it is and it really made my peach turnovers become whole!!!
Surprisingly addictive. They kept calling my name like I was the muffin whisperer.
Perfect! So easy my 10 year old son did it all by himself while I coached. We sprinkled a few chocolate chips on top.
Great taste!
I upped the recipe to 2 cups flour and 2 tsp vanilla. I also added 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 cup chocolate chips. So yummy!
Tasty basic muffin to which you can add any fruit
These were great!
I made as directed in there instructions and they were good. I added chocolate chips and cranberries to a second batch and they were delicious.
The muffins turned out okay; next time I will increase the flour to 2 cups. I added chocolate chips and orange zest… will try other variations next time. The muffins were springy to touch but the tops didn’t brown. Mine were done in about 22 mins at 180 degrees (my microwave convection oven doesn’t allow for 175).
Used 2 cups flour, 1/4 cup each butter and vegetable oil, 2jumbo eggs, 1/4 c jelled cranberry sauce, 1/4 tsp backing soda, 1 tsp cinnamon, added: 1 cup grated carrots and 1/2 cup raisins and crasins. Made 12 really beautiful muffins filled tin 3/4 full. 30 minutes on 350 was perfect,
Really quite delicious. We followed the recipe to a T for all except the baking. We baked it at 150 degrees c for five mins less and they turned into a beautiful light gold brown top with a moist inside. Absolutely amazing with some strawberry jam or any fruit jelly. I was a little worried they might end up looking like the picture which looks rather burnt but with this adjustment they came out perfectly!
Hubby rates these 4 stars. Used 2 cups flour as recommended by other reviewers. Also added chocolate chips and chopped pecans. Will make them again.
Delicious! Not uber-sweet, but sweet enough to be an unfrosted cupcake.
really good! I made a lot of changes, mostly due to my being short of ingredients, but I didn’t add any milk, added about 1/4 cup more butter, doubled the vanilla, used whole wheat flour, and used about 1/4 cup less sugar. They still turned out excellent!!
delicious. A fantastic vase for fruits and/or spices. I added a cinnamon streausal and they were delicious.
Fantastic recipe, so delicious on its own. I added raspberries and chocolate to some. Will make again and again.
Absolutely fantastic recipe!! I reduced the sugar amount into half and used coconut sugar instead. The muffin tastes very delicious, the texture is very smooth and my son loves it very much!! (For his batter I added raisins, and for my batter I added walnut!)
it was a little to dry
Great recipe for some basic vanilla muffins. Turned out beautifully.