How to make muffins quickly and easily

Video: EASY MUFFIN RECIPE | Muffin Base Recipe

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Method 2 of 3: Chocolate Cupcakes
Method 3 of 3: Strawberry Cupcakes
Tips
Warnings
What do you need

1 Measure out the ingredients you need. Prepare all the ingredients in advance before you start kneading the dough, so you will hardly forget to add anything.

2 Preheat oven to 190 ° C.

3 Place 12 paper or silicone muffin molds in the slots of the muffin molds. If you do not have these, grease each cupcake tray with vegetable oil or butter to prevent the cupcakes from sticking to it.

4 Sift flour, salt, and baking powder into a bowl. Use a sieve or whisk to mix dry ingredients well.

5 Add sugar and butter. Stir, but not too thoroughly.

6 Add eggs, milk, and vanilla extract (or vanilla sugar). Mix until smooth.

7 Add additional ingredients if desired. At this stage, you can add chocolate drops, confectionery sprinkles, or other ingredients of your choice to the dough.

8 Divide the dough into equal portions and place in the tins. Fill each mold about two-thirds full. If there is too much dough in the mold, the cake will rise a lot during baking and the dough will spread over its edges.

9 Bake muffins. Place the dish in the oven and bake for 15-18 minutes. To check if the cupcakes are ready, pierce one of them with a toothpick. If it stays clean when you take it out, then the cupcakes are already baked.

10 Let the cupcakes cool before decorating with cream or icing. Place them on a baking rack or rack and wait for them to cool completely.

11 For a finishing touch, prepare a cream or frosting for your cupcakes. Decorate the vanilla muffins with any cream or icing you like. For example, try these options:

vanilla glaze;
chocolate glaze;
oil cream.

Method 2 of 3: Chocolate Cupcakes

1 Preheat oven to 180 ° C.
2 Place 12 paper or silicone muffin molds in the slots of the muffin molds. If you do not have these, grease each cupcake tray with vegetable oil or butter to prevent the cupcakes from sticking to it.
3 Place all ingredients in one bowl. In this simple recipe, it doesn't matter in which order you add them. The main thing is to choose a large bowl that will hold all the ingredients.
4 Mix the ingredients - you should get a homogeneous mass, similar in consistency to a cream. Continue stirring until no lumps of flour remain in the dough.
5 Divide the dough into the molds in equal portions. Fill each mold about two-thirds full. This will help the cupcakes rise well without spilling the dough over the edges of the mold.
6 Bake the muffins for 15-20 minutes. To check if the cupcakes are ready, stick a toothpick in the center of one of them. If the toothpick stays clean, you can remove the muffins from the oven. If the toothpick gets damp, leave the muffins in the oven for another 5 minutes.
7 Let the cupcakes cool before decorating with cream or icing. Place the muffins on a baking rack or rack and wait for them to cool completely. If you hurry and start decorating the cupcakes while still warm, the cream or frosting will melt and the cupcakes will look ugly.
8 Decorate the muffins with any cream or icing you like. Almost all creams and icings work well with these simple chocolate muffins. Pick your favorite or cook several and decorate the cooled muffins with them. For chocolate muffins, the following are best:
- cream cheese frosting;
- peanut butter frosting;
- chocolate glaze.

Method 3 of 3: Strawberry Cupcakes

1 Preheat oven to 180 ° C.
2 Place 12 paper or silicone muffin molds in the slots of the muffin molds. If you do not have these, grease each cupcake tray with vegetable oil or butter to prevent the cupcakes from sticking to it.
3 Mix liquid ingredients. Place strawberry jam, milk, vanilla extract (or vanilla sugar), butter, eggs, and sugar in a large bowl. Stir the ingredients thoroughly until smooth.
4 In another bowl, combine dry ingredients. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a separate bowl.
5 Mix dry ingredients with liquid ingredients. Using a spatula, gently stir the dry ingredients into the batter, pouring over the flour and crushing on top with a spatula. Do not mix too well, or these muffins will be thick and tasteless.
6 Divide the dough into the molds in equal portions. Fill each mold about two-thirds full. This will help the cupcakes rise well and prevent the dough from spreading over the edges of the mold.
7 Bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes. To check if the cupcakes are ready, stick a toothpick into the center of one of them. If the toothpick stays clean, you can remove the muffins from the oven. If the toothpick gets damp, leave the muffins in the oven for another 5 minutes.
8 Let the cupcakes cool before decorating with cream or icing. Place them on a baking rack or rack and wait for them to cool completely. If you hurry and start decorating the cupcakes while still warm, the cream or frosting will melt and the cupcakes will look ugly.
9 Decorate the muffins with your favorite cream or frosting. The sweet strawberry flavor pairs well with cream cheese frosting, plain butter cream, or strawberry frosting. Try one of these options:
- cream cheese frosting;
- oil cream;
- strawberry cream.
10 Bon Appetit!

Tips

When you take the muffins out of the oven, you can test them for doneness by lightly pressing on one of them with your finger. If the cake is firm, then it is ready. If the cake rinses from the pressure, put the pan back in the oven and wait a few more minutes.
Pierce each cupcake with a toothpick. If the toothpick stays clean, then the cake is ready. If the toothpick is damp and there are crumbs stuck to it, the cake is not yet sufficiently baked. Place the mold back in the oven and check again after a few minutes.
Get creative with cupcake decorating! Use frosting, chocolate, fruit pieces, marshmallows, or pastry sprinkles.
Crack the eggs carefully - no pieces of shells should get into the dough. You can break the eggs into a separate bowl so you can remove any pieces of shell that may have come in and check to see if the eggs have deteriorated.