easy peasy muffins
A lazy Sunday where I didn’t have any plans. No one to meet up with, no movies to watch, didn’t feel like going to the gym. What could I fill my time with?
I could either wash the car, or bake some muffins.
Wash the car…
Bake some muffins…
Wash the car…
Bake some muffins…
Ok, muffins it is! The rain would take care of the car later. Besides, I haven’t baked in awhile, and I think some of you have already given up on seeing another recipe here! Never fear, there’ll always be one or two sprouting up one day or another.
I did my usual surf on the All Recipes website, and found this really easy recipe to follow for Best Ever Muffins.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Ready in: 35 minutes
Yields: 12 servings
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 400° F (205° C).
- Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the center.
- In a small bowl or 2 cup measuring cup, beat egg with a fork. Stir in milk and oil.
- Pour all at once into the well in the flour mixture. Mix quickly and lightly with a fork until moistened, but do not beat. The batter will be lumpy. Pour the batter into paper lined muffin pan cups.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden.
This recipe also allows for variations if you don’t want plain muffins. I opted to add 1 cup finely chopped raisins to my second batch. You could also try these other variations:
- Blueberry Muffins: Add 1 cup fresh blueberries.
- Date Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped dates.
- Cheese Muffins: Fold in 1 cup grated sharp yellow cheese.
- Bacon Muffins: Fold 1/4 cup crisp cooked bacon, broken into bits.
RESULTS:
The muffins are easily made, but a tad dry for the plain ones. Hmmm, maybe I should’ve added either more oil or milk. Either way, the taste is not too sweet, and rather springy texture. I had one with some strawberry jam and it makes up for the lack of “excitement” to its plainness. Not too bad…
The raisin muffins turned out way better! A little more moist, slightly sweeter because of the natural sugary content of the golden raisins, and definitely a better chew. Just in time for tea!
Ahhh, I think I’ll go get a glass of cold milk while I’m at it…
You want?
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YES, I WANT!
wah..miss your baking entry…sorry for m.i.a for quite sometimes here, thanks for still visiting me at my blog..
muffin, two please!
-hehe, getting my milk ready-
carcar - 5 HUG TOKENS!! waaaaa, you’re amazing! were you stalking me the whole day or what? just barely 5 minutes and you chupped. well done! the baking entries are coming back, slowly… slowly… I still love dropping by your side for a read, no worries!
one plain muffin and one raisin muffin comin’ up…
WANT! WANT!! WANT!!!
Waaaaaa, still unpacking… still feeling whiplash from weekend trip.. still in one piece.. but gotta drool at these muffins!! Gimme, gimme, gimme!!!
ps: The Lapcheong made it through in one piece, amongst others. Stand by for Blog.. 5.. 4… 3… wait, need to download pics!
i also want
sudah lama tak ada baking class liao..
now May, the Baker is back in action again
Can I have three?
(very tamak huh? kakkaka)
Yes
Food food
Now I know why my diet plans are always foiled
I also want too!!!!
I want the tray` and of cos the muffins!!!!!!!!!! ooooolalalal
Yum! Pls send some over. Thanks so much.
L B - 3 HUG TOKENS!! waaaa, you made it back just in time to chup! checked out your stash, and that’s a really cool crate of goodies you’ve got there. now you won’t have to worry about saving those few pieces of longyoke for a rainy day!
Chen - 1 HUG TOKEN!! sudah lama tak buat muffin liao, don’t hold your breath just yet, there won’t be any next week since I’ll be away. now that you have the recipe here, you could make and eat as many as you want! LOL!
zeroimpact - I think my baking had lots to do with the folds of fats I see around my middle now. and the extra padding on my bum! wakakaka!
consuela - one Raisin Muffin and a cold glass of milk, beaming to a keyboard near you!
Ben - at first I thought I could just give you the tray, without them muffins… LOL!! *beams over yet another muffin…*
boo_licious - would that be plain or raisin for you, Miss? how about some strawberry jam to go with it?
me want too.. hey thanks may.. good idea i shall bake muffins instead of normal cookies for upcoming raya.. maybe i can put some of the golden chocolate, kids just luf them yummy yummy may
Which reminds me…I have a muffin tray sitting in my cupboard and it’s never been used before.
Well, Sunday…perfect for pigging out!
Yeah, I totally agree
Must… think… moderation…
But then again, eating is one of life’s best pleasures
OMG May May, this post is so evil!!! My saliva is dripping like Niagara Falls now!!! Please save some for me!!!
PREEEEEEEEETY
PUHLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEE
oi! Hungry la. First Rojak and his Pizza. Now you and your muffin. Gro gro gro already.
dowan dowan no milk pls:p
wah looks nice leh..
u really can bake la. the last time i made muffins back in sch days was to use those pre-mixed ingredient…hehehe…
i hope i can bake like u.
wuahhh…1st wingz blog now ur blog oso food…7 early 8 early read food post…hmmm…
can i have the milk?muffin i dowan…
yes, i want cheese muffin, thank you
cp1 - oooh, chocolate muffins always a sure winner!! taruh lots of chocolate chips, and maybe you could make those lil’ mini cupcakes instead of these bigger ones. bite-sized, easy to eat, very addictive too!
king’s wife - an unused muffin tray? donate it to me lah! hahaha! pig-out Sunday indeed. I didn’t do anything much but eat them muffins and watch some movies (all unfinished, got bored with most of them after 15 minutes or so… sheesh!).
zeroimpact - eat to live, or live to eat? I’d like to think there’s truth in both of them! if we don’t eat, we don’t live, and if we live, why not eat to our hearts’ content, yea? piggy Sundays (and every other day) are best!
titoki - waaaaa, watch that drool! I still have a good dozen left after distributing some out to my aunt and uncles… plain or raisins? *throws a towel to cover keyboard from drool*
gbyeow - that one dinner, this one dessert mah! how could a meal be complete without desserts? or appetizers. this is pretty good both ways…
Winn - uik, you no like milk, hor? ok ok, satu milo ais kurang manis, boss!! my Mom buys those packs of pre-mixed ingredients from the bake shops too, but I kinda prefer to gather all the ingredients individually. that’s half the fun! jom bake with Winn!!
ah nel - just in time for breakfast this morning mah. you no like muffin meh? you share-share with Winn lah, AhMay’s Breakfast Special Set — you get the milk, she gets the muffins! wakakaka!
me - errr, looks like the wrong order leh, my dear. plain or raisins, that’s all for today. cheese and bacon, maybe the next batch, yea?
Either one darling.
Either one will stop the drooling. LOL!!!
It’s good to see the recipes coming back.
powerrrr la. if anyone tries to show off their baking skills, i’l tell em, wait till u see may…ok?
i had my oat for breakfast just now… *wink*
Winn???i never saw,met,talk to her how to shared???btw u like milk mer as i noe most of gals dont like milk…most of my kolik gals here when told them milk they…yucks…
Muffins!!! to go with Tea, on a nice cool day, hanging out on the porch…ok I’m hungry now
ok, 1 question. can i replace the bacon with charsiu?
titoki - alrighty, one plain with strawberry jam on the side coming up! and use the muffin wrapper to wipe off that drool later, ok? LOL!!
bkworm - hahaha! it’s been a long time, hasn’t it? slowly… sporadically… there’ll be a few oven-warm days ahead.
kea…tix - this one considered power? waaaa!! you’ve not seen power baking yet! a couple of ovens operating at the same time, all kinds of everything baking inside. not that I’ve tried it lah, but I could just imagine those who bake cookies for Raya or CNY, they must have a mini bakery at home!!
ah nel - oats? horse-feed? ewww!! milk is ok what. I love it with my coffee, don’t quite fancy black. and how to eat cereals without milk leh? tastes terrible with plain water, no? hahahaha! ask them to drink chocolate milk lah!
fantasyflier - of course you’re hungry! isn’t it time for dinner at your place? muffins are great anytime. had a couple of them for breakfast this morning, pretty good to fill an empty stomach. oooh, and for that midnight snack too, yea? *beams over a raisin muffin*
sengkor - actually ha, never tried before. but hey, no harm baking up a batch of charsiew muffins. who knows, might be a hit at the kopitiams, can open franchise next time, hor?
I want cupcakes as well. Yum ! Yum !
woo.. muffin-li-cious… I want I want!!!!
cupcake? brilliant!!! can i use the same recipe??? so any delivery service tak??? can send one dozen for nellie ‘food taste - ting’ *puppy smile*
docter :u heard wat ur maymay say about our favourite food???she says horse feed so doncha think u can piak her ledi…
may :u like kopi so eat cereal with kopio kaw kaw lor…
they once heard milk words…uekkkk…kns…i day i sure wana ueeeekkk their face…
Yummy yummy..
Aiyo.. since Zara starts to ‘understand’ things and speaks I haven’t baked.. lazy me!
AhJit - think they’ll have cupcakes up in Beijing? I think you’ll be eating lots of kai dan gou when you’re there, hor? heheh! faster copy recipe, and do some baking there next time!
velverse - I think I still owe you and gang some makan. was it muffins or brownies? aiseh, I shouldn’t have reminded you of it… wakakaka!
cp1 - boleh kot! you want delivery service too? can can, hahahahaha! Raya time I come deliver myself to help eat all the cupcakes and cookies, ya? I think Nellie needs mashed up muffins, unless her teeth grow in time for all that Raya goodies!
ah nel - ewwwww!! how to eat cereal with kopi-o wan? not nice ler. I used to eat oats too but very zhai after a few spoonfulls, hahaha! best is still bread with kaya & butter… no milk involved!
zara’s mama - all the better if she could understand and speak now. she could be your little kitchen helper!! you’d have so much fun for sure. it’s the cleaning up after that that’ll be a chore…
hahahah i shall get dentures LOL
hahahah i shall get dentures for nellie LOL
u say cereal no taste with water only mar so mix with kopi o lor…eat the new instant oat and more soft and easy to swallow…
bread with butter n kaya…hmmm…ewwww… LOL
I want! I want!
hmm….I bet everything’s gone by now
Lormai faan! When can I get lormai faan??
I WANNNNNNNNNNNT
wahseh…
eeeeeeeeee looks so nice oh ur muffins…as if it was bought from a bakery! hee
i very lazy one..
easier to buy than bake
eeee.. oat is not horse feed lah, cos i’m not horse
kakakkak…
Do I want? Is this a trick question. Course I want. Thats only because I’m too far away to demand.
Ooops. Better mind my manners. 0.0
i also want one prease!
Want!
The charsiew muffins sound very interesting….
cp1 - dentures for Nellie? wakakakaka!!! I could just imagine her with a bit of Dracula teeth sticking out at the side! you could get one of those “blood-stained” ones too, with a bit of it dripping on a fang… ooooh Nellie, I’m sked liao!
ah nel - I don’t like the texture of oats, I guess. I used to eat them lots at one time, and got so tired of it. now a bit phobia… ewwwww!! *munches on a muffin*
ubisetela - surprisingly, I still have a dozen plus one in a box, it’s taking longer than I thought to finish! just had 2 for breakfast this morning too, ahhhh… the raisin ones are soooo yummy!
Cocka Doodle - how about lormaimuffin? that could be a new best-selling recipe, muffin with bits of lor mai sprinkied at the top, like how you’d have some chocolate rice sprinkles…
Pink Cotton - must be my good photography skills… *ahem*… LOLOL!! thanks for the compliment! actually har, they sometimes look better in pictures than they taste. thank goodness this one’s not too bad!
Chen - yea, I know the feeling exactly! all those hours put in for a couple of dozen muffins, when in just 5 minutes I could’ve bought them at the bakery. but different lah, get to main masak-masak, quite fun also. you mean oats is Sotong feed? a new breed of oat-eating Sotongs?
SA - oh dang, you didn’t fall for that trick! LOL!! you could always ‘virtually’ demand it, like the rest, as always. makes my muffins feel a little more special.
angel & carmistwinanplinktitokichen - you’re home and alive!! whee!! eh, no postcard yet in my postbox… I guess you beat it on your race home, hehe! are you jet lagged? ‘cos I certainly was for a good 4 days… *zzzzzz…zzzzz…*
plink - I wondered about that charsiew muffin too. think it’ll work? how about some TungKu muffins? a few fresh thinly sliced mushrooms inside… with almost a lormaifan flavour…
Yes, eating is good
I do both at times
Eat to live and live to eat
Now I’m so hoping forward to taste your food
*drooling*
don worry i feed u oat when we met…sure u no…ewwww…LOL
*whre my milk* ;P
dun remember what izzit.. but i think something that has zuccini in it!
Or sotong muffins, even!
But, what I’d really like is a freshly-baked blueberry muffin and (double-strength) vanilla latte, please.
Oh, and a good book too.
Its been a while since we had one of those baking posts. Yummylicious as usual.
Wow, look at those muffins!!
Hey, btw blueberries/blackberries really cost a bomb over here. I think it cost RM15 for a small box….. pokkai
Finally, I see a ‘baking post’. teeheee
They look really good. I never succeeded baking with vegetable oil. The texture of the muffins/cake turned out weird. The only exception was carrot cake.
zeroimpact - you and lots of others! but ahhh… not guaranteed that they’ll always turn out good, more often than not the photos look way better… wakakaka! if get food poisoning then how? need Doktor Chen to be on standby for resuscitation?
ah nel - how you know I no ewwww when you feed me oats leh? would you make it taste like chicken instead? or ice cream perhaps? *leaves a bottle of milk on ah nel’s doorstep*
velverse - ah, that must be the zucchini brownies!! waaaa, long time never made those. need to do some shopping for that. got any zucchinis to spare from your garden?
plink - I could just imagine all the tentacle bits sticking out of the muffins! LOL!! yea, blueberry muffins are fabulous. only problem is that a punet of blueberries are so expensive here, makes it quite unattractive to buy. latte is a must! *grin*
jane sunshine - thanks, dear! it’s been awhile that my oven’s felt warm and fuzzy all over too.
helen - uh-huh!! I wanted to make stuff with blueberries so many times, but the fact of having to fork out so much for a small punet puts quite a damper on it…
moopig - long time no see!! I never had any problems baking with vege oil. maybe it’s the type of oil found here, eh? it’s like how fresh mascarpone cheese in Italy is so different from the pre-packed ones here. hey, try some recipes with vege oil here, maybe you’ll have good results with ‘em this time!
i got secret ah nel recipe…don worry…
*thre only dust at my doorstep n no milk* ;P
mmm, the flour content seem kinda high. maybe you should try out other recipes. still look yummy though
ah nel - secret recipe? what’s that? sure you won’t make the oats taste like cough mixture ka? hmmm, I guess the milkman skipped your house during delivery… hehehehe!
rokh - is it? it looked ok to me, but I guess no harm in reducing it a tad next time, yea? hey, I love the way you decorated your muffins with the chocolate icing, really cool!
[…] Seriously, these muffins taste fantastic! And I’m not saying it because I baked them and wanna blow my own horn. This recipe is a keeper if you want to make banana muffins. Much better than the plain and raisin ones I made a few weeks ago, too. […]