This is a super easy, practical and affordable way to replace those boxed and pouch muffin mixes that you get in the store.
Author: Cassie from The Thrifty Couple
Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 12
Ingredients
Here's the ingredients for the base mix:
8 Cups of All-Purpose Flour or wheat flour if you prefer
3 Cups of Sugar
3 Tablespoons of Baking Powder
2 Teaspoons of Salt
2 Teaspoons of cinnamon
2 Teaspoons of nutmeg
Mix all of these dry items together and store in a container in your pantry for you to use when you need it!
Instructions
To actually make our muffins:
two and ¾ths cups (2¾) of the above mix
beaten egg
cup of milk
half cup (1/2) of melted butter
Mix the beaten egg, milk and butter together and pour into muffin mix. Mix with a fork until well blended. Then add your add-ins and mix again. Pour into your muffin tin (2/3 full) or cake pan (for a cake like muffin) and bake at 400 degrees for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
More ideas:
These taste good on their own, but here's some mix-in ideas that you add at the time of preparation (there are literally thousands of ideas, these are just to get the ideas rolling).
I usually add around a cup of something. Whether it will be ½ cup of this and a ½ cup of that for 1 cup total. For example, today I added ¾ cup of Craisins and ¼ cup of brown sugar. My kids LOVED it!
Good add-ins: (add your ideas too!)
Blueberries
other berries
apples
peaches
apricots
Pumpkin puree
cranberries
craisins
raisins
cinnamon
brown sugar
chocolate chips
nuts
coconut
instant coffee granules
Flax seeds
Wheat Germ
OR make them like they are and then once baked roll in melted butter and then roll in sugar and cinnamon mix for what is called "French Muffins" (one of my mom's traditional muffins for special occasion breakfasts!
Notes
See more recipes and bulk pantry ideas at https://thethriftycouple.com/category/home-life/recipes/
Recipe by The Thrifty Couple at https://thethriftycouple.com/pre-made-homemade-all-purpose-muffin-mix-to-make-any-muffins-from-replace-store-bought-mixes/