The Simplest Muffins King Arthur Flour Food

THE SIMPLEST MUFFINS (KING ARTHUR FLOUR RECIPE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F Lightly grease a 12-cup muffin pan; or line it with papers, greasing the papers.
• Whisk together the flour, oats (or Hi-maize Natural Fiber), sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and additions of your choice: dried fruit, nuts, and/or chips.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, vanilla, butter or oil, and eggs.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix until just blended.
• Scoop the batter into the prepared pan, filling each cup three-quarters full. Sprinkle tops of muffins with coarse sparkling sugar, if desired.
• Bake the muffins for 15 to 18 minutes, till they're set and a light golden brown.
• Remove the muffins from the oven, and let rest in the pan for 5 minutes before turning out to cool completely on a rack. Serve warm.

APPLE WHOLE WHEAT MUFFINS (KING ARTHUR FLOUR)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F Grease and flour a 12-cup muffin tin, or line with papers and grease the insides of the papers.
• Mix together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, and set aside. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and add the granulated sugar and 1/4 cup of the brown sugar Beat until fluffy. Add the egg and mix well; stop once to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl. Mix in the buttermilk gently. (If you over-mix, the buttermilk will cause the mixture to curdle.) Stir in the dry ingredients and fold in the apple chunks.
• Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, sprinkling the remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar on top. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from the oven, cool the muffins for 5 minutes in the tin, then turn them out onto a rack to finish cooling completely.