Muffin Recipe needed please

BaileyB

Hi,

Looking some good reciepes for fluffy muffins. My GF has made them 3 times now and they always come out a little flat topped and the mixture is very close and now fluffy.

So looking for some tips that we can get these right

Thanks

Pink.

Hi Mr Kennedy,

This thread may help: Muffins...help!

And there are some lovely recipes on this thread too:

Muffins muffins muffins

Pink

spaghetti_monster

Hi there!
I've tried a few of the different recipes that Pink has directed you too and can throughly recommend them.

Some tips that may help:
Mix the dry ingredients separate from the wet. Then mix them together very gently and bake immediately - don't let the mix sit around. I think this has something to do with how the raising agents (baking powder/soda) works.

My muffins are never as "muffin-looking" as those huge shop-bought ones. I think my cases are a bit smaller. But they all rise quite a bit and they all taste pretty good though

floyd

As Alex said, mix gently, the batter should be lumpy! My Muffin bible (Susan Reimers book) recommends using a metal dessert spoon and mixing for no more than 30 seconds. It also says that rather than falling ribbon-like off the spoon that it should plop in loose globs.

Over-stirring is the thing that makes muffins dense so although it feels really wrong to do so, mix quickly, don't aim for a smooth batter and get it into the tins quickly.

Taffyscot

Thanks for the tips and help with the muffins. I made some last week and they were very dense. I think I overmixed and I put too much dried fruit, nuts and seeds in overkill is my middle name. Do love muffins tho. Had a wonderful recipe for bran muffins years ago in Canada which were actually good for you wish I could find it now but will look in the recipes that were advised on here. Taffy