Sweet tooths have always been ingenious. They invented how to bake - small cupcakes, in which you can put everything you want - berries, fruits, vegetables, marzipans, nuts, cottage cheese. You can decorate them with cream, icing, chocolate. Muffins are baked in round or oblong portions.

In England, there were small cakes that were called moufflet, which in French meant “soft bread”. A similar word is in German. These muffins were baked from wheat and corn flour.

Smear the molds with vegetable oil, fill them with 2/3 cooked dough and bake in the oven at 180 C. Cool, decorate butter cream  and fresh or frozen berries.

From a type of a filler the compounding of the test changes a little. For example, cherry muffins are kneaded in milk with a lot of sugar and flour. Can be taken as a filler.

Quite easy recipe  - cupcakes on kefir. They are less oily, almost dietary. For them, you need to take:

  • Half a cup of kefir and granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • Incomplete glass of flour
  • 1 g of flavoring
  • 1 tsp mixture for pomp test
  • 40 g refined sunflower oil

Progress:

Combine flour, sazar, soda, vanillin. In a separate bowl, mix well, egg and butter. Add dry ingredients to them and knead soft dough. Bake as stated above.

Willingness is checked with a wooden toothpick. Pierce the muffin to the bottom and take out the wand. If it is dry, then the dough is cooked to the end evenly.

Some secrets from experienced confectioners

  • If the cupcakes are well raised, do not push through in the middle and easily lag behind the walls of the form, then they are ready. The surface color should be smooth, golden.
  • You should not keep a high temperature in the oven. The heat should be soft and even.
  • Until complete cooling, you can not remove the muffins from the molds. They are very .
  • Ready-made muffins can be stored for a long time. They can be wrapped in food wrap  so that no air is left and put in the freezer. If necessary, they must be heated directly in the film in the microwave.

Where did the recipe come from?

Muffins come from England. The word "Muffin" is known there from the 10th century. It denoted a bread product, a small cake that was served with tea. As sweet muffin muffins began to qualify in the UK in the 18th century.

It is known that in this country there is a five-hour tradition. So fresh pastries for this meal has become its indispensable addition. English muffins are different from the lush mini-stalls we are used to in beautiful paper packaging.

They are more like flat cakes, which were previously roasted on a hot oven before serving. Over time, at the end of the 19th century, they came up with muffin-rings for leveling the edges.

Traditional English muffins are baked without filler and served with jam or berry. They can be found in every shop or cafe.

Solid British prepare the dough in advance, as it is kneaded with yeast - 4-5 hours before serving. Previously, they resembled tea cakes more.

At first they were prepared only for workers from the remnants of the lordly dough. Then she moved to the table of the aristocrats and began the distribution of muffins throughout the UK.

Those cupcakes that are familiar to us now, appeared in North America. They invented their way in metal forms with a paper outlet. It was in America that sweet cupcakes with fillings were made. They settled down in Europe and on other cantines.

A special feature of this vintage delicacy is the manual mixing of ingredients without the use of a mixer. Wet and dry ingredients are separately combined, then they quickly mix up with each other and immediately put into forms and baked.

This way of making dough makes it easy. That is how they are baked in England and America.

American muffins have recipes that look more like bread, and the more sweet and sweet types are desserts - muffins. They differ in the recipe amount of butter and sugar.

They add not only the above-listed fillers, but also, for a change in the texture of the dough, bran, oatmeal, herbs and spices are added to the flour for. They are traditionally served to the table warm.

Top muffins decorated with cream, icing, candied fruits, marmalade, chocolate. The correct cupcake during baking is doubled. Its flesh is fluffy, soft, without cavities.

Dough can not be kneaded for a long time and strong. A few spatula movements from the bottom up is enough. Not mixed lumps will disperse in time, but the dough will be lush.

In our stores sell a large number of  different shapes for muffins. These are whole pans with holes, separate metal and silicone molds of different sizes.

But classic muffins should be baked in paper sockets, should have a rounded shape and a smooth dome. The edges of the form can be smooth or wavy.

Muffins have become a familiar dish on the table. Their lovers do not want to abandon the usual baking, even in the post. There are many recipes muffins. Here are some of them.

Lean muffins with carrots and pumpkin

Ingredients:

  • On a fine grater, grate carrots and pumpkin, take 1 cup of both.
  • Crushed oatmeal and sugar - half the same capacity
  • Potato starch - 1/3 cup
  • 100g warm water
  • 2 tbsp. refined sunflower oil
  • Grated orange peel, cranberries, cinnamon (to taste)

Cooking cupcakes:

In a container with grated carrots and pour sugar, pour water and oil. After that pour the oatmeal, soda, starch, zest and cinnamon. Stir with a wooden spatula quickly. Pour dried cranberries. Spread out into forms and bake as usual.

Baking will not very airy, but it will be tasty and healthy. And in the post you can enjoy the usual sweets, cook a savory dessert for the family.

In the post it is good to pamper yourself with honey cupcakes. They are moderately sweet, but have a delicious aroma and taste of honey. They do not have animal products. Therefore, they can be eaten not only by those who comply with the requirements of the post, but also.

Among the many recipes for cooking small cupcakes are the most popular and traditional. They can not be ignored.

Blueberry filling


How do your favorite blueberry muffins prepare? This dish has many advantages - wild berry aroma, its unique taste and beneficial features. And the cupcake itself is unusually light and not very sweet.

In addition, blueberries when mixed with components do not emit a lot of moisture, the dough remains lush. Required:

  • 300g wheat flour
  • 2 eggs
  • regular sweetener - 165g
  • oil - 125g
  • 1 tsp air test mixes
  • a glass of milk
  • blueberries (can be frozen) - 180 g

In the sifted flour add sugar and dough mixture. In another bowl, rub the butter with eggs and milk. Combine everything and knead quickly the dough. Then add to the dough, evenly and carefully, without crushing them.

Heat the oven hotter than usual - up to 210 C and keep cupcakes in it for 20 minutes. Before placing them in the oven, you can sprinkle sugar on top.

On a note! The flavor qualities of muffins baked in aluminum molds and in silicone are no different. It is more convenient to work with silicone molds. They do not need to invest paper sockets. Finished and so well behind.

Coconut Muffins

All women strive for a slim figure, they want to taste delicious and not gain weight. Lighter dough with the addition of coconut chips meets the requirements of slender beauties. This is an exotic dish to please everyone.

It will take: 2 limes, 60 g coconut shavings, half a cup of coconut milk, an egg, half a cup of sugar, the same amount of olive oil, the same amount of butter and sour cream. Another - 1.5 cups of flour and 0.5 tsp. soda, 1 tbsp. sah. powders and a pinch of salt.

Algorithm of action:

Mix flour, coconut, salt, sugar, soda. Separately we connect the oil and coconut milk. Pour dry mix into it.

Knead with a spoon and lay out the dough in molds. Bake them in a well heated oven for 20 minutes. Ready to give cupcakes cool.

And now the main thing - we do for muffins. Limes carefully wash, wipe. On a fine grater, rub the zest with them. Cream cheese, sour cream, powdered sugar and zest mix and beat with a whisk.
  We extract cupcakes from the molds, decorate them with a cap of fragrant air and serve them to the table.

Sugar free muffins

Muffins are a cooking method. quick baking. But not everyone loves sweets. And there are many recipes for muffins with cheese, bacon, and tomatoes. They certainly will like men.

How to cook them with cheese? This dish is well suited to morning coffee as a rich aromatic breakfast.

Pour a glass of flour in a bowl, add a pinch of salt and dry herbs, a little baking powder. Beat 50 g of butter with an egg, add dry ingredients.

At the very least, add 140 g of grated hard cheese, mix everything. Fold the dough into 2/3 in shape, sprinkle with black sesame. Bake for about half an hour at 200C.

Among the wide variety of muffins, every hostess will find recipes that will hit her family dinners and breakfasts. On how to make muffins with bacon and cheese, you can see in the video:

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If you want a tasty and nutritious breakfast, try making muffins - small cupcakes. Adding kefir will help to give an amazing tenderness and pomp to the dough for these products. A fermented milk product helps make baking airy and light.

How to make muffins on kefir

The process of how to make muffins on kefir is divided into several stages:

  • Kneading the dough, which is based on dairy product.
  • Add toppings: fruits, berries, cream, curd, cheese, vegetables or spices.
  • Baking inside the preheated oven.
  • Decoration: icing sugar, icing, pieces of nuts or chocolate.

Dough for muffins on kefir

If you want to get sweet muffins, then in the dough for muffins on kefir, you must first add eggs, and then sugar. When using baking soda, it is poured immediately into the fermented milk product, baking powder, however, must be mixed with flour before adding to the dough. To make the muffins dry, you should mix vegetable or melted butter. Stir with a spoon.

Recipe for muffins on kefir

Small tasty and airy cupcakes have a simple cooking technology. Each recipe for muffins on kefir involves kneading dough and adding fillers. You can add confectionery fragrant spices, nuts, chocolate or fruit pieces. The filling is mixed directly into the dough or placed in the middle of baking.

A simple recipe for muffins on kefir

  • Cooking time: 40 min.
  • Calorie dishes: 293 kcal.
  • Purpose: for breakfast.
  • Cuisine: American.

A simple recipe for muffins on kefir - quick way  cook delicious and airy dessert. Since the dough is not yeast, you do not have to wait until it rises. Before baking, you can add a small drop of jam or jam to the top of the cupcake. To enhance the flavor, mix vanilla or cinnamon extract into the base. So lush muffins will get fruit and berry notes in taste. Serve delicacy should be hot in special paper baskets, so that the guest was comfortable to eat.

Ingredients:

  • chicken egg - 1 pc .;
  • granulated sugar - 100 g;
  • vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • kefir - 1 cup;
  • salt - 1 pinch;
  • flour - 2 tbsp .;
  • baking soda - 1 tsp.

Cooking method:

  1. Take a deep dish, put kefir, vegetable oil and egg inside. Mix all ingredients thoroughly until smooth.
  2. The oven should be turned on immediately so that it warms up to 190 degrees.
  3. In another bowl, add salt, flour, sugar and soda. Mix well. Spray the prepared silicone tins with a small amount of the mixture.
  4. Combine bulk and liquid substances. Beat the resulting dough with a mixer until smooth, so that there are no lumps.
  5. Place the dough in the form. Each outlet should be filled to the top.
  6. The delicacy should remain in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, until a golden hue appears.

Chocolate muffins on kefir

  • Cooking time: 45 min.
  • Servings: 4-5 persons.
  • Calorie dishes: 309 kcal.
  • Purpose: dessert, breakfast.
  • Cuisine: American.
  • The difficulty of preparation: easy.

Chocolate muffins on kefir will help you to please yourself and loved ones fragrant, tasty, but at the same time useful baking. The dough with the addition of cocoa and cottage cheese cream will make baking tender and airy. Decorate muffins can be sprinkled with chocolate chips, powdered sugar or ground nuts. Let the dessert cool slightly before serving. Fresh chocolate pastries are suitable not only for breakfast or snacks, but also for the festive table.

Ingredients:

  • flour - 0.2 kg;
  • sugar - 150 g;
  • lean oil - 100 ml;
  • cocoa - 3 tbsp. l .;
  • cottage cheese - 0.2 kg;
  • baking powder dough - 2 tsp;
  • vanilla sugar - 2-3 tbsp. l .;
  • kefir - 300 ml;
  • chicken egg - 1 pc.

Cooking method:

  1. Combine the flour and cocoa by passing through a sieve. Sprinkle baking powder. Mix the ingredients well.
  2. In a separate container, place the butter, egg, sugar and kefir. Mix until smooth.
  3. The next step on how to make chocolate kefir muffins with curd cream, combine the two previously obtained substances. You should have a dough of liquid consistency.
  4. Curd and vanilla sugar mash inside a separate bowl.
  5. Take plastic molds for muffins, put paper sockets there. In each lay out 2 tbsp. l chocolate dough. In the center send a small curd ball. Cover the dough again.
  6. Bake the blanks for about half an hour in the oven preheated to 180 degrees. Willing cupcakes check with a wooden toothpick.


Apple muffins on kefir

  • Cooking time: 45 min.
  • Servings: 5-6 persons.
  • Calorie dishes: 250 kcal.
  • Purpose: for breakfast, afternoon tea.
  • Cuisine: American.
  • The difficulty of preparation: easy.

Apple muffins on kefir - juicy, light confectionery  with a soft dough and a pleasant aroma of cinnamon. According to its taste baking reminds sponge cake. Preparing a dessert is very simple and fast. If you do not like the smell of cinnamon, you can not put seasoning. When serving, sprinkle icing sugar over muffins. Guests should be offered them fresh, slightly cooled.

Ingredients:

  • granulated sugar - 50 g;
  • kefir - 250 ml;
  • lean oil - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • apples - 2 pcs .;
  • flour - 150 g;
  • soda - 1 tsp;
  • egg - 1 pc .;
  • cinnamon - ½ tsp.

Cooking method:

  1. Sift flour, combine with sugar and cinnamon inside deep dishes.
  2. Pour the fermented milk product at room temperature into a separate container, pour soda to it. Mix the ingredients, let stand for a few minutes.
  3. Wash apples well. Peel the fruit off the fruit using a sharp knife and remove the seeds. Fruits are required to cut into small slices. To keep the apples dark, sprinkle them with lemon juice.
  4. To kefir hammer egg, add vegetable oil. Beat the liquid with a whisk or mixer.
  5. Pour the resulting kefir substance to flour with sugar. Stir with a spoon, kneading the lumps until you get a homogeneous mass. Its consistency should be comparable to fat sour cream.
  6. Put the pieces of fruit into the dough, mix it evenly.
  7. Fill each mold with 2/3 of the test mass with filling.
  8. The oven should first be brought to a temperature of 180 degrees. Bake muffins with apples on kefir for half an hour, the finished products should appear golden hue.


Muffins on kefir with cheese

  • Cooking time: 1 hour.
  • Servings: 5-7 persons.
  • Calorie dishes: 325 kcal.
  • Purpose: a holiday, breakfast.
  • Cuisine: American.
  • The difficulty of preparation: easy.

Muffins on kefir with cheese are distinguished not only by their pleasant taste and aroma, but also by their satiety. If you do not have ham, you can replace it with boiled sausage. It is better to cut the ingredients for the filling into small pieces so that they are evenly distributed over the dough. Such savory muffins can be used at a festive reception or as a nutritious snack at work.

Ingredients:

  • ham - 100 g;
  • kefir - ¾ st .;
  • 3 chicken eggs;
  • cheese - 100 g;
  • flour - 1 tbsp .;
  • vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l .;
  • baking powder - 1 tsp.

Cooking method:

  1. At the first stage of how to make muffins on kefir in the oven, prepare the dough. Beat the fermented milk product with eggs, salt, baking powder, flour and sugar.
  2. The filling will consist of cheese and ham, cut into small cubes. Add a mixture of these ingredients to the kefir base.
  3. Stir all ingredients until smooth.
  4. Spread the dough with filler in special forms, leaving a little space on top. Send the future delicacy inside warmed to 200 degrees oven. Baking should remain in such conditions for 30 minutes.


Muffins on kefir with banana

  • Cooking time: 40 min.
  • Servings: 10-12 people.
  • Calorie dishes: 170 kcal.
  • Purpose: breakfast, dessert.
  • Cuisine: American.
  • The difficulty of preparation: easy.

Banana kefir muffins have a sweet, bright taste and amazing fruit flavor. Delicate kefir dough like any gourmet. Bake them is not difficult. Bananas should be kneaded with a fork and mixed with dough. When serving pastry can be coated with icing or sprinkled with powdered sugar. For convenience, place the treat on the table in special paper baskets.

Ingredients:

  • whole grain flour - 250 g;
  • honey - 1 tsp;
  • kefir - 0.2 l;
  • bananas - 2 pcs .;
  • baking powder - 5 g;
  • raisins - 2 tbsp. l

Cooking method:

  1. In a deep bowl, mash the bananas using a fork. Add dairy product and raisins to fruit puree.
  2. Separately combine the flour and the test baking powder.
  3. Mix both masses to make batter.
  4. Spread the base in cupcake forms. Oven products should be about 40 minutes. in the oven at 200 degrees.


Muffins on kefir with raisins

  • Cooking time: 40 min.
  • Servings: 6-8 people.
  • Calorie dishes: 307 kcal.
  • Purpose: breakfast, snack.
  • Cuisine: American.
  • The difficulty of preparation: easy.

Muffins on kefir with raisins - one of the popular recipes for this delicacy. Similar products are often found in shops and cafes. You can make them at home from simple components by easy recipe. Replace baking powder can be baking soda, extinguished apple cider vinegar. The product is suitable for breakfast, snack. Serve the product with coffee or tea. Decoration for the dessert will be powdered sugar, sprinkled on top.

Ingredients:

  • flour - 250 g;
  • butter - 100 g;
  • eggs - 2 pcs .;
  • baking powder - 5 g;
  • kefir - 0.2 l;
  • sugar - 200 g;
  • raisin - 30 g

Cooking method:

  1. Chicken eggs  whip with sugar.
  2. Add the fermented milk product, vanilla sugar, butter, dissolved in a water bath, baking powder and flour to the resulting mass. Mix all ingredients thoroughly until smooth.
  3. Turn on the oven so that it heats up to 200 degrees.
  4. Spread muffin dough in molds so that the substance fills the outlet about 2/3.
  5. Bake the blanks until the products become rosy. Check baking readiness using a toothpick or wooden skewer. It is necessary that the dough does not stick to the tool when piercing.


Muffins on yogurt with cottage cheese

  • Cooking time: 35 min.
  • Servings: 6-9 persons.
  • Calorie dishes: 305 kcal.
  • Purpose: snack, breakfast.
  • Cuisine: American.
  • The difficulty of preparation: easy.

Muffins on kefir with cottage cheese and lemon are much easier to prepare than regular muffins. To make the dough, you only need to mix the dry and liquid components separately, and then combine them. It will not need to use a mixer or blender. The basis prepared by this technology will make baking high and lush. To diversify the taste, you can add vanilla extract or spices as you wish.

Ingredients:

  • lemon - 1 pc .;
  • semolina - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • salt - pinch;
  • kefir - 180 ml;
  • sunflower oil - 100 g;
  • vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
  • flour - 0.3 kg;
  • eggs - 2 pcs .;
  • cottage cheese - 0.2 kg;
  • baking powder - 1 bag;
  • sugar - 180 g

Cooking method:

  1. Wheat flour pass through a sieve. Add granulated sugar, vanilla, semolina, salt and baking powder. Mix dry ingredients evenly.
  2. In the second stage, take a liquid test component. Combine vegetable oil, eggs and kefir product in separate dishes. Take a lemon, squeeze the juice and grate the grated with small holes zest. Add fruit ingredients to the total mass.
  3. Combine the resulting mixture evenly, forming a cake dough. Leave the base for 5-10 min., So that the semolina is slightly swollen.
  4. Curd mash with a fork and gently enter into a viscous dough mass, mixing well.
  5. Prepare products for baking, spreading the base in special forms, leaving a little space on top, because the baking will swell.
  6. Cook for about 20 minutes. at a temperature of 200 degrees.


Muffins on kefir - cooking secrets

To make a delicious breakfast or snack, pay attention to some secrets of cooking muffins on kefir:

  • To make the dough rise well, do not mix it for too long.
  • Molds need to be oiled or sprinkled with flour.
  • If you add fruits or berries to the dough, mix them with starch or flour beforehand.

Video: delicious muffins on kefir

What could be better than homemade muffins - ruddy, fragrant, with a crispy hat and a tender center melting in your mouth?

The timid rays of dawn, in which the morning mist dissolves, freshly brewed coffee, quiet cozy time alone with loved ones - this is the beginning of the day perfectly complemented by ruddy, fragrant, freshly baked muffins. Cottage cheese and chocolate, with raspberries and blackberries, with a pleasant pear sweetness or, on the contrary, with spicy citric sourness ...

Ideas for muffins - they are endless. Apple, nut, vanilla, banana, orange. But there are also unusual ones: with zucchini, pumpkin, chanterelles, mozzarella, dried tomatoes, spicy herbs, spinach, avocado.

A bit of history

According to one of the versions, muffins were invented in the XI century in France, and the name of this dessert comes from the old French “moufflet”, which means “soft”.
  Today muffins are traditional pastries in the USA and the UK. But it is American muffins that are especially popular in different countries. They are prepared from non-yeast dough, mostly sweet, with the addition of baking powder, and baked in small tins. English muffins are kneaded with yeast, fried in a frying pan and eaten cut lengthwise, with butter or jam.

How are muffins different from cupcakes?

A cupcake is a big cake: round, with a hole in the middle or rectangular. And muffins are small portioned buns that are cooked in tins. Unlike cupcakes, they are simpler to prepare and less rich, and in the end - more healthy. The dough for cakes is thoroughly whipped, and the cooking technology is different: first, the butter is ground with sugar, and then other products are added - eggs, flour, milk. For muffins, dry and liquid ingredients are combined separately, and only after that they are kneaded, but not for a long time and without beating. The only drawback of muffins is that they harden very quickly compared to more rich muffins.

How to cook muffins: TOP 10 best recipes



Recipe 1. Muffins with cottage cheese stuffing

Ingredients: 200 g flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 150 g sugar, 50 ml refined vegetable oil, 1 egg, 75 ml milk and kefir, 50 g butter, 0.5 coffee spoon vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, 0.5 tsp of soda, ginger and nutmeg at the tip of a knife, 200 g of curd mass, 100 g of raisins.

Wash the raisins and soak for 10 minutes. hot water, then lay down on a strainer and dry on paper towels. Melt the butter. Silicone tins should be pre-greased with butter (cream or vegetable), lightly sprinkled with flour and put on a large baking sheet. In a deep bowl, sift the flour along with baking soda and baking powder, add salt, ginger, sugar and vanilla sugar. In a separate bowl, mix all the liquid ingredients: beaten egg, vegetable oil, butter, milk and kefir cooled to room temperature. All well whisk. Then enter the liquid mixture into the dry. Stir until all the flour is moistened, but not for long and carefully: you should get a thick lumpy mass. Raisin roll in flour and add to the dough. Fill the molds at 1/3, put 1 tablespoon of curd mass in the center and cover the filling with dough. Forms must be filled to 3/4. Sprinkle each muffin with large sugar and bake in a well-heated oven at 205º for 18-20 minutes.

Recipe 2. Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients: 200 g of flour, 100 g of sugar, 80 g of natural chocolate, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, 50 g of butter, 1 egg, 200 ml of milk, 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, 200 g of boiled condensed milk.

In absolutely dry dishes (this is very important!) In a water bath, melt chocolate along with butter. Be sure to use natural, high-quality chocolate. Smear the silicone molds with oil and place them on a large baking sheet. In a deep bowl, sift the flour along with baking powder, add salt, sugar and vanilla sugar. In a separate bowl, mix all the liquid ingredients: beaten egg, milk, chocolate cooled to room temperature with butter. The milk in this recipe can be replaced with yogurt or kefir (then, in addition to baking powder, a pinch of soda should be added to the dough). All well whisk. Then add the liquid mass to the dry mix. Stir until all flour is moistened. Fill the molds with dough for 1/3, put 1 tablespoon of boiled condensed milk in the center and cover the filling with dough. Forms must be filled to 3/4. Sprinkle each muffin with large sugar and bake in a well-heated oven at 205º for 18-20 minutes.

Recipe 3. Lemon muffins

Ingredients: 3 eggs, 1 lemon, 300 ml of sugar, 100 ml of vegetable oil, 400 ml of flour, 1.5 tsp of baking powder, 1 tsp of vanilla sugar, 200 g of sour cream with a fat content of 10-15%.

Using a grater, rub 1-2 teaspoons of zest from the lemon (only the yellow part!). Beat the eggs well with a sugar-mixer or a blender nozzle, add grated zest, lemon juice and butter, constantly beating the mixture at medium speed. Then pour the sour cream. In a deep bowl, sift the flour together with the baking powder, mix with vanilla sugarand then add the egg mass and mix well. Spread the dough in pre-oiled and sprinkled with flour with silicone or iron tins. Bake for 20-25 minutes at a temperature of 200 º in a well-heated oven. It turns out airy, light, tender, with a little perceptible citric sourness, very tasty lemon muffins! You can cook them with any filling, for example, as in previous recipes - with condensed milk, cottage cheese, chocolate cream, berry jam.

Recipe 4. Curd muffins with zucchini

Ingredients: 3 large eggs, 200 g of cottage cheese, 200 g of flour, 1 small zucchini (or zucchini), 100 g of butter, 1 teaspoon with a baking powder bowl, salt, a small bunch of dill.

Silicone or iron tins are pre-greased and lightly powdered with flour. Melt the butter. Beat eggs with a whisk and mix with cottage cheese. Chop the zucchini on a beet grater, squeeze out excess liquid and add to the curd mixture. In the same container, send the cooled to room temperature butter, chopped dill and salt to taste, mix, then sift the flour with baking powder, quickly mix and fill the molds with dough for 2/3. Bake in a well-heated oven at 180 º, without opening the door during this time.

Recipe 5. Cheese Muffins with Mushrooms

Ingredients: 80 g of hard cheese (for example, Dutch), 100 g of cheese or Adyghe cheese, 2.5 cups of whole-grain flour, 240 g of low-fat sour cream or natural yogurt without additives, 3 eggs, 80 g of butter, a pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 bag of baking powder, pine nuts for powder (or sesame). For the filling: 200 g of mushrooms (chanterelles, champignons or porcini mushrooms), 1 tablespoon of sour cream, salt, black pepper, olive oil,

Grease the molds in advance. Fry mushrooms in olive oil until golden brown. Season with salt and pepper. At the end of cooking, add 1 tablespoon of sour cream and, if desired, a little greens. Melt the butter and cool. Combine eggs, butter and sour cream (yogurt) in one dish, flour, salt, baking powder in the other. Chop the cheese on a coarse grater and add to the dough. In each container, put a little dough, then - 1 tablespoon of mushroom filling, on top - again the dough. Forms must be filled to 2/3 of the volume. If desired, sprinkle muffins with sesame seeds or pine nuts. Bake for about 20 minutes at 210 °.

Recipe 6. Savory Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients: 250 g pumpkin pulp, 150 g butter, 3 tablespoons of natural yogurt without additives, 2 eggs, 125 g of hard cheese, 100 g of brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of pumpkin seeds, a cup of wheat flour, 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder, a pinch of black pepper, a pinch of chili pepper, 1.5 tsp of salt.

Turn a pumpkin into a puree using a blender. Preheat oven to 200º. Smear the silicone molds with oil. Whip pumpkin puree with yogurt until smooth using a whisk. Add eggs, melted (and cooled) butter and beat well again. In a deep bowl, mix the sifted flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, black and red pepper. Then send the liquid mixture to a bowl of flour, mix. Chop grated cheese, set aside 1/4, add the rest to the dough and mix. Spread the dough in prepared molds, decorate with cheese and pumpkin seeds. Bake until golden brown - about 20 minutes. It turns out very unusual, extremely tasty muffins, with beautiful color and unique aroma - thanks to the addition of pumpkin, with a light peppercorn, which gives the pepper and a special, sweet-salty taste, thanks to the use of brown sugar.

Recipe 7. Honey muffins with nuts

Ingredients: 100 g of butter, 4 tablespoons of honey, 1 tablespoon of sugar, half a packet of vanilla sugar, 2 eggs, 240 g of flour, 100 ml of milk, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 100 g of walnuts.

Chop the nuts with a knife. Muffin cups smear with sunflower oil. Melt the butter in a water bath with honey. You can do it in the oven or microwave oven. In a separate container, beat the eggs with milk and add to the mixture the cooled honey and creamy mass. In another dish, sift flour with baking powder, add salt, sugar, vanilla sugar, nuts and mix well. Then pour the liquid mass into the dry ingredients and mix gently. It should turn out to be quite thick and doughy in consistency - fill the molds with 2/3 of them, sprinkle with large sugar on top and put in the preheated oven to 185º for 25 minutes.

Recipe 8. Bran Muffins

Ingredients: 400 grams of natural yogurt (or kefir), 2 cups whole-wheat flour, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 1.5 cups wheat bran, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons of butter, 100 g of liquid light honey, 1 teaspoon of soda, a pinch of shallow sea salt, 1 cup of dried fruit, icing sugar for sprinkling.

Lubricate the molds. Preheat oven to 200 °. In a deep bowl, mix the bran, salt, soda, sugar and sifted flour. In another bowl, whisk the eggs well with yogurt, honey, melted (and cooled) butter, then add chopped dried fruits (you can take raisins, dried apricots, figs, dried cherries) and mix. Ready dough  Spread in the forms, filling them in 3/4. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Serve hot, garnished with powdered sugar.

Recipe 9. Pear poppy muffins

Ingredients: 2 pears (about 250 g), 1 glass of flour, 1.5 tsp of baking powder, 1 tablespoon of poppy, 100 g of brown sugar, 100 ml of kefir or natural low-fat yogurt, 50 ml of refined sunflower oil, 1 egg + 1 yolk , 1 teaspoon of grated lemon zest (only the yellow part), 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence, a pinch of salt.

Muffin shakers pre-lubricate with oil. Heat oven to 180 °. Coarsely grate pears. Separately mix the liquid (yogurt, butter, egg and yolk), separately - dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, poppy seeds and brown sugar). Pour the liquid into the dry mixture, add lemon zest and squeezed grated pear. Stir (but not long and not beating), distribute the dough in the molds, filling them in 2/3, and bake for 30 minutes.

Recipe 10. Berry muffins with white chocolate

Ingredients: 260 g of flour, 150 g of sugar, 1 egg, 2 teaspoons of lemon juice, 200 ml of milk, 50 g of sour cream, 80 ml of vegetable oil, 40 g of butter, 3 teaspoons of baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 200 g white chocolate, 400 g of fresh or frozen berries.

Lubricate the molds. Melt the butter. In one bowl, send all the liquid ingredients - vegetable oil, melted and cooled butter, lemon juice, milk, sour cream and egg. Mix them well. Cut chocolate into small cubes. In the second bowl, put all the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, chocolate, salt and baking powder (50 g of chocolate, leave to decorate the muffins). Then send the wet mixture to dry. Stir gently, do not overdo it - you need to lumps in the dough. Wash the berries, dry and roll in flour. If fruits are frozen, do not thaw them. It is best to take fresh blueberries, blueberries or blackberries, you can cherry, cranberry or raspberry. Fill the dough all the way to the top, garnish with white chocolate pieces and bake for 20-25 minutes at 180º, until golden brown.

7 secrets of delicious muffins



1.   With all the variety of recipes muffins, the formula correct test  for them it looks like this: 2 parts of flour, 2 parts of liquid, 1 part of butter and 1 part of eggs (for example: 100 g of flour, 100 g of milk, 50 g of oil and 50 eggs). And sugar, salt and other spices are added to taste.

2.   It is very important to knead the dough correctly: in one dish you need to mix dry ingredients, in the other - liquid, and only then pour the wet part into the flour (but not vice versa!). The dough is kneaded with a spoon, very carefully and not for long - it should remain lumpy.

3.   To make the muffins soft, the molds in which they will be baked (and silicone too) are smeared with sunflower or butter. Finished muffins are taken out of the molds when they have cooled down a bit, and then covered with a towel - this is another way to keep the softness of the finished baking.

4.   Muffins are baked at a temperature of 200-205 degrees for 15-20 minutes, and readiness is traditionally checked: the middle one, if it is punctured with a toothpick, should be completely dry.

5.   By reducing the amount of butter, using milk, yogurt or low-fat kefir, muffins can be made less calorie.

6.   "Heal" them in other ways: replacing dairy products fruit juices, using whole grain flour, adding honey or fruit puree to sugar instead of dough.

7.   The beauty of this baking is that it will never get bored, because you can cook muffins with different fillings  - berries, fruits, nuts, cheese, mushrooms, herbs, vegetables.

Muffins are good at any time of the day. Sweet with cottage cheese will delight in the morning, hearty with chicken and mushrooms will replace lunch, and low-calorie squash is perfect for dinner.

Muffins are a convenient option for snacking, gourmet dessert  for holiday table, an original treat for a children's holiday. You can take them with you for a picnic or a walk in the park. And with such "cakes" is not ashamed to visit.



"Prepare muffins at home, and you will see for yourself which one is extraordinary delicious dessert!»
  Alesya Musiyuk for the site

Muffins are sweet pastry made from flour, sugar, eggs, dairy product and fat. The structure, density, size and flavorings of the product depend on the recipe selected. Muffins are prepared with soda or yeast, may have additions in the form of nuts, raisins, chocolate, candied fruits.

Classic cupcakes have long been part of the Slavic cuisine. Traditionally, this pastry had a cylindrical, oblong shape and was necessarily prepared for a wedding and major church holidays - Christmas and Easter.

Now a portion of cupcakes are gaining popularity either with filling inside, or glazed with melted chocolate or fudge. Many recipes of this dessert allows you to cook it daily, and not just on a holiday. Let us consider in more detail the various options for muffins in silicone forms and recipes with photos.

The main differences of desserts


The closest old relative of a cake is a cake, and muffins and cupcakes are considered to be his foreign relatives. But before considering delicious recipes  keksikov, so as not to be confused in concepts, it is necessary to figure out whether there is a fundamental difference between all these names.

  • The dough for any cake is prepared with the obligatory presence of fat. This may be vegetable or olive oil, margarine, spread, butter. This component distinguishes the product from other sweet pastries.
  • The shape of the cake varies from the desired size. Previously, it was a pie-shaped view with or without a through hole. Nowadays, portion recipes of muffins in silicone tins for the oven are becoming increasingly common.
  • Muffin is always in the form of a small cake, always miniature.
  • According to its composition, muffins practically duplicate cupcakes. And although the components are the same, their proportions are always different, with the result that the muffins turn out harder.
  • Process of creation These two desserts are also different. For cakes and cakes, all components are mixed together, without having a clear strict sequence. When baking muffins, the dry ingredients are kneaded in a separate bowl, and wet in another, and only after that everything is whipped together.
  • Cupcake  - portion dessert with cream. Both cupcake and muffin can be the basis of the cupcake. This may be baked goods with fillings or additives. The main thing when creating a cupcake is to make a cream hat on top of the product, so that a mini-cake is obtained.

Simple cupcake recipes

The usual sweet dessert options will help out when an unexpected guest appears on the doorstep. The ease of cooking using the most affordable products makes the cupcakes very popular.

Microwave Muffin Recipe

When there is absolutely no time, then home appliances will allow you to bake a cupcake quickly and simply for breakfast or a snack for the whole family. Portion mini-cupcakes prepare faster than you are thinking about work.

Ingredients to the recipe:

  • Flour   3 tbsp. spoons
  • Cocoa   2.5 Art. spoons
  • Sugar   3 tbsp. spoons
  • Baking powder   ¼ tsp
  • Milk   2 tbsp. spoons
  • Egg   1 PC.
  • Vegetable oil   2 tbsp. spoons

Cooking method:

  1. Separately mix all the dry ingredients: sifted flour, sugar, cocoa powder and baking powder.
  2. Beat eggs into foam. Mix the butter and milk to them. Combine dry and wet ingredients. Put the ready dough into molds and bake at maximum microwave power for about 5 minutes.
  3. It is better to control the baking process in 2-2.5 minutes. If the cupcake is not cooked yet, then give it up to 3 more minutes. Sprinkle the finished product with powder.
  4. Coffee lovers can add another 1 teaspoon of instant coffee when making dough, and chocolate lovers can add drops of any color.

Baking on kefir


Cupcakes on kefir in silicone tins turn out lush and sweet without a long fuss in the kitchen. The classic recipe that is served with any jam, honey or melted chocolate.

Ingredients to the recipe:

  • Egg   3 pcs.
  • Kefir   2 glasses
  • Sugar   1 cup
  • Flour   4 glasses
  • Margarine   200 gr
  • Sunflower oil   1 tbsp. spoon
  • Soda   1 tsp

Cooking method:

  1. Melt margarine (preferably in a water bath) and then cool. Together with sugar, mix eggs with sugar into a smooth homogeneous mass. Pour in all the liquid: kefir, margarine, odorless vegetable oil. Pour the soda. The reaction of soda with kefir increases the splendor of the finished product, so you should not quench the soda with vinegar.
  2. Flour the flour over sieve and pour to the rest of the ingredients. Mix everything thoroughly, avoiding the lumps, until you get a mass, like thick sour cream.
  3. Bake the muffins for 15-20 minutes at 180-190С.
  4. This simple recipe for cake in the oven makes it possible to create new culinary masterpieces at its base. With the absence of kefir, milk or sour cream will easily cope. And in the dough, you can add nuts, candied fruits, dried fruits. The recipe for muffins with raisins in the molds in the form of hearts will show how to please a dear person every day.

Cottage Cheesecake Recipes

To make baking is not just delicious, but the most useful, it is enough to bake cottage cheese muffins in silicone tins according to recipes for children, for losing weight and for sweets. Such simple recipes without oil completely compensate the need for sweets for everyone and saturate the body with useful minerals.

Dietary mini-cupcakes


Diet should not be fresh and tasteless. It is not necessary to limit yourself to sweet, when there is an opportunity to eat a cupcake, while remaining in a slim form.

Ingredients to the recipe:

  • Cottage cheese (low fat)   180 gr
  • Egg   2 pcs.
  • Kefir   10 art. spoons
  • Oat bran   6-7 Art. spoons
  • Lemon juice   2 tsp
  • Sweetener   8-10 tablets
  • Water   1 tbsp. spoon
  • Soda   ¼ tsp

Cooking method:

  1. Turn oat bran into flour using a blender. Dry curd rub through a sieve to get rid of lumps. Dissolve the sweetener tablets in hot water.
  2. Beat eggs well into lush foam. Pour lemon juice, sweet water and kefir. Stir the ingredients. Add oatmeal and ground cottage cheese to them. Knead the ingredients well into a homogeneous mass. Last pour soda.
  3. Heat the oven to 180 ° C. Pour the dough into portioned silicone molds. Oil-free the easiest cake recipe will allow savoring dessert after 20-25 minutes.

Pumpkin-cottage cheese muffins for children

Children love sweet pastry with additives. Increasingly, classic raisins and nuts are being replaced with fresh fruits, berries, citrus. But nothing will cheer up children like bright and fragrant pastries. Pumpkin with cottage cheese - a useful option for breakfast, snack or dessert.

Ingredients to the recipe:

  • Cottage cheese   300 gr
  • Egg   3 pcs.
  • Sour cream   3 tbsp. spoons
  • Flour   2.5 Art. spoons
  • Sugar   90 gr
  • Pumpkin   200 gr
  • Cinnamon   8 gr
  • Orange peel   1 tbsp. spoon
  • Vanilla sugar   30 gr

Cooking method:

  1. For this dessert pumpkin should be taken bright juicy varieties. Peel a piece of fruit from the skin, cut into pieces. Bake the pumpkin in the oven until soft. Chilled vegetable problenderi along with sugar, cinnamon and vanilla sugar.
  2. In another bowl grind curd. Add to it sour cream, sugar, zest, drive an egg. Mix well. Add sifted flour and mix everything again.
  3. Fill in the silicone molds in the following order: pour the dough into ½ of the mold, then pumpkin puree, and then a thin layer of dough again.
  4. Such biscuit cakes in silicone tins are baked in a preheated oven for 20-30 minutes at 165-180С. Golden crust on top of the product indicates the readiness of the dish.

Avid sweets and chocolate lovers can make another kind of cottage cheese cake, watch the video

Unusual recipes muffins and muffins

Fantasy and desire to diversify dessert pastry will allow you to independently invent new ones. original recipes. And if you wish, each type of cupcake can become a small beautiful cake with a cream that will not be ashamed to serve guests.

Dessert with boiled condensed milk


In addition to sugar, sweetness will be given to cake by boiled condensed milk. Speaking as a filling, it is in perfect harmony with the biscuit base muffin.

Ingredients to the recipe:

  • Egg   1 PC.
  • Vegetable oil   200 ml
  • Milk   200 ml
  • Flour   250 gr
  • Sugar   80-100 gr
  • Baking powder   1.5 tsp
  • Boiled condensed milk   ½ can
  • Vanilla sugar   taste

Cooking method:

  1. Egg with sugar and vanilla sugar stir until smooth. Add milk and butter to them and mix again.
  2. Sift the flour into the liquid mixture together with the baking powder. Ready dough  fill silicone molds, filling them in 1 tbsp. a spoon. In the middle of each form lay out 1 teaspoon of boiled condensed milk, which cover the top with a thin layer of dough.
  3. Bake a flavored cupcake for about half an hour at 180 ° C.
  4. In baking portioned desserts, not only boiled condensed milk is used. Its liquid version is often a sugar substitute, which only improves the taste. So, a large marble cake with condensed milk in a silicone mold with the right decoration can be a real birthday cake. And the recipe for this simple miracle can be found here.

Festive Rainbow Cupcake


A colorful fast cupcake in the oven will be a wonderful conclusion to any holiday feast. Diversify the rainbow cupcakes and give them different flavoring notes will help sweet cream.

Ingredients to the recipe:

  • Flour   190 gr
  • Sugar   150-180 gr
  • Vegetable oil   ¾ cup
  • Egg   1 PC.
  • Yogurt   125 ml
  • Soda   ½ tsp
  • Vinegar   ½ tsp
  • Food coloring

Cooking method:

  1. For this recipe, the dough mix option for muffins is used. Sift the flour into a separate bowl, add soda and sugar to it. Stir dry ingredients.
  2. In the second bowl, beat the egg with a whisk. Pour yogurt, vegetable oil and vinegar to it. Stir the liquid ingredients.
  3. 3 times to mix the dry ingredients in the liquid components, constantly mixing them. Divide the resulting dough into 4-5 equal parts. Mix a little food coloring into each part.
  4. Spread the dough in the form of 1-1.5 spoons of each type, alternating them. Rainbow muffins are baked at 190-200C for about 20-30 minutes.
  5. Festive look ready-made cupcakes will give a cream: you can make a protein meringue, make cheese, butter or custard. Decorate the top of each cupcake according to your imagination.
  6. A great selection of muffins, muffins and cupcakes is offered by Jamie Oliver - a famous English chef. A simple recipe for berry muffins with cream will be found.

Everything you need to know about baking


After reading the recipes, the question arises: why is it about baking in silicone forms? Yes, because their use is a huge plus - the cupcakes are perfectly baked, do not burn and get easily. And still such forms easy and compact, well wash and stored.

The offered cupcakes in silicone tins and recipes with photos allow you to navigate in all the variety of products, giving the opportunity to choose the option to your taste. But in order for baking according to any recipe to be perfect, you should remember simple tipswhich will help both the beginning mistress and the culinary chef.

  • Baked butter should be at room temperature. If it is hot, the eggs will cook with flour, and the cake will not rise.
  • Used raisins and candied fruits are better pre-soaked, then they do not dry out. And so that they are evenly distributed throughout the form, they should be lightly rolled in flour.
  • To make the dough for muffins in silicone form biscuit base  it turned out to be soft, airy and evenly baked; whites, whipped into a tight foam, are best added at the very end of the kneading.
  • To make the dough structure more tender, use 2 yolks instead of a whole egg.
  • If the product is not uniformly baked, when the top burns and the middle remains raw, cover the baking paper with food paper.
  • Laying out the dough in forms, you need to fill it in ½ or ¾, but not more, because the dough rises well.

Fragrant, ruddy, decorated with chocolate chips on top and tender, oily, soft inside a muffin with a cup of good coffee - is this not the perfect way to start a new day? And how nice it is to see the happy faces of the children who eat these original cupcakes for both cheeks for breakfast.

Today I will talk about how to quickly and simply make very tasty muffins at home in just half an hour. This recipe was told to me by my girlfriend, who has been living in Prague for many years, and there she was taught muffins to the American pastry cook.

This simple, classic recipe the muffins were immediately registered in my kitchen, small tasty cupcakes come out of the right consistency and shape. The key to making our perfect baking is baking powder (baking powder) and soda. These components at high temperature (200 ° C) will help to create small air bubbles in the dough, which will give the dough a soft, fluffy structure and will help it to rise. And products such as milk, eggs and butter will make our muffins moist and juicy.

  • Time for preparing:30-35 minutes.
  • Number of servings: 12.
  • Kitchenware: 2 bowls (one bigger, the other smaller); corolla; spatula or spoon; 12 baking tins; oven.

Required Products

  • Flour - 320 g;
  • Baking powder (baking powder) - 2 tsp;
  • Soda - 2 tsp;
  • Salt - 0.5 tsp;
  • Butter - 100 g;
  • Eggs - 2 pieces;
  • Milk-200 g;
  • Vanilla essence - 1 tsp;
  • Dark chocolate - 100 g

Step by step cooking muffins

  Video Recipe Muffin Cooking

This form is very clearly shown how to bake muffins at home. This video is a good and easy recipe for muffins with lemon zest  and dried apricots.

  • Be sure to sift the flour before cooking.
  • Get in advance necessary products  from the fridge. All must be at room temperature.
  • Do not use the "heavy artillery" of your kitchen: a mixer, a blender, and the like. If you mix all the ingredients with a mixer, you will get a dough with a consistency like a hockey puck. Simply mix the dry ingredients of the dough in one dish and the wet in the other. Then mix everything with a spatula, spoon or with a whisk.
  • No need to achieve perfect uniformity of the test. Let there be small lumps, so it tastes better.

Cooking and decorating muffins

Using my recipe, which is basic and classic, you can create your own. Just add the foods you like to the dough.

To reduce calorie content, use oatmeal or low-fat cottage cheese instead of flour, instead of milk, you can take kefir or low-fat yogurt. Chocolate can be replaced with your favorite berries (raspberries, blueberries, cherries, strawberries, currants) or fruits (bananas, apples, oranges, peaches).

In the fillings of sweet muffins also put jams and jam. The main thing is to stick to the technology of cooking muffins, which I indicated in my recipe and cooking tips, and do not weigh down the dough by long beating. It should be soft and airy. Try to keep the proportions.

How to decorate muffins at home? Connect your imagination. Here are a few options: you can sprinkle top with a "snowball" from powdered sugar, melted chocolate, cocoa or cook icing. With glaze it turns out very elegantly.

How to make lemon icing

To make lemon icing, take three teaspoons of lemon juice for 100 grams of powdered sugar. Pour juice into the powder in one spoon and continuously work with a whisk until the mixture becomes thick, viscous and turns into a frosting.

Write to us about your experiments and success in the kitchen. Write reviews and comments. Offer your cooking options for muffins. Maybe you know unique recipe  or original decorating method.