Our 10 Best Muffin Recipes
Muffins make a fantastic breakfast! They are quick and easy to make, easily portable, freeze like a dream, and the flavors are endless. From classics like banana and blueberry to savory options and hearty morning glory, there is a muffin here for everyone!
Muffins are one of my favorite breakfast (and snack, and lunch) options. They are filling, fast to get on a plate, and there are flavors to please everyone (kids especially love them)!
The list below features the ten recipes that have been visited over and over again, garnering thousands of five-star reviews from readers, and are time-tested favorites. They include classic recipes like banana and blueberry, but also other creative and unique flavors that you are going to LOVE!
Before we get to the list, I've also rounded up all of my favorite equipment for making muffins so you can arm yourself with the best tools.
Favorite Muffin Tools
Part of making fabulous muffins is having the right tools for the job! Luckily most muffin recipes are quite simple in terms of preparation, but below are my recommendations for the best equipment for making delicious, beautiful muffins:
- Regular Muffin Pan: USA 12-Well Muffin Pan
- Mini Muffin Pan: USA 24-Well Mini Cupcake and Muffin Pan
- Liners: I usually stick to classic white paper liners.
- All-Purpose Whisk: An 11-inch balloon whisk is perfect for any job.
- The Best Spatula: 11-inch silicone spatula
- Mixing Bowls: I love a classic mixing bowl set for various sizes.
- Carrier: Store or transport muffins in a sturdy carrier. This collapsible carrier can hold 24 muffins or up to a 10-inch round cake.
Now, let's get on to this list! I've been sharing muffin recipes since 2007, and these are the ten that have risen as the best of the best and most beloved among readers. Enjoy!
Our 10 Best Muffin Recipes
10. Oatmeal Muffins with Dates, Cranberries & Pecans
A hearty breakfast muffin studded with chopped dates for sweetness, dried cranberries for a little bit of tartness, and chopped pecans for a wonderful crunch.
These savory corn muffins are loaded with corn flavor and are the perfect accompaniment to chili or your favorite stew.
One of my freezer staples – a super simple, sweet breakfast treat!
These have been a favorite of mine for nearly 20 years. It’s one of the first recipes I started baking over and over again. They’re sweet and delicious – breakfast or dessert!
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These remind me of the fabulous honey muffins thrown into the bread basket at one of my favorite restaurants. I love them slathered with sweetened butter.
Healthy and indulgent all at once, these fabulously hearty muffins are full of carrots, pineapple, apple, raisins, walnuts, and flavored with ground toasted coconut. Breakfast dressed up like carrot cake is something I can get behind!
These chocolate muffins have cocoa powder and dark chocolate in the batter, with chocolate chips added to the batter.
3. Apple Muffins with Cinnamon-Sugar Topping
These apple-cinnamon muffins have a huge flavor thanks to apple cider and chopped apples, with a fabulous cinnamon-sugar crunch on top.
These easy blueberry muffins mix together quickly for a perfect morning treat. Soft and tender from sour cream and bursting with blueberries (use fresh or frozen!), these muffins have been a long-time family favorite.
One of my oldest and most-loved nostalgic recipes! Raisin bran cereal (use any brand you want!) is mixed right into muffin batter and baked up into absolutely delicious muffins. I hope you’ll make a batch soon!
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Muffins are the best choice to stuff. Trying it with different ingredients will make difference in taste and it would be the healthy snacks.
Try lemon poppyseed with lime glaze. The best ever!!!
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berry muffins i like the taste of them please or recipe
Hello.Great recipes. what is an alternative to buttermilk please?
I am making my first recipe from your website today.
so happy i found this. going to come in handy for a muffin lover like me
I love muffins! Totally just an excuse to eat a tiny, tiny cake for breakfast! I love the look of Morning Glory Muffins – anything carrot cake-y certainly has my attention :)
I make Mocha Banana Muffins and I love them because it’s chocolate and fruit for breakfast – it’s all about balance ;)
oh i could DEFINITELY go for a couple of these right now:)
My favorite Muffin is a Fresh Cranberry Orange Frosted Surprise………the surprise is a dark Dove chocolate in the middle of the cranberry muffin..,.complete with an Orange zest end cream cheese frosting……yum!!
Hmmm I don’t see any replies from Michelle! I wonder if its baby time!?!
Not yet, unfortunately!! Still here, waiting :)
Darn! I was thinking the same thing. Hope it’s soon!!
I was thinking the same thing! Her due date was this week.
I’m a fan of this Mark Bittman bran muffin recipe that is a bit lighter than the typical one because you whip the egg white:
https://scrumptiousgruel.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/boyfriends-and-bran/
Your banana muffins put me in the mood for muffins and now this. I really need one of those blueberry ones.
To me, muffins are meant to be healthy…this goes back to their origins. I love a good oatmeal or bran muffin but don’t underatand chocolate muffins…they seem more like a cupcake to me. And I prefer the texture of those made with butter rather than oil.
Yes! Finally something about boom Beach hack.
looks good!
That just looks great, gluten free or not! Thanks for sharing all of the recipes.
my favourite muffin mix would be my marshmallow muffin mix (that doesn’t taste like marshmallows)
15-17 marshmallows (put in mix and melted for 1.30/2 mins until they can be mixed into a non lumpy mix)
175g – ( preferably caster) sugar
175g – margarine (melted in a microwave and mixed in)
325/350g – self raising flour
1tsp – cinnamon
1tsp – vanilla
3x – large eggs
pinch – salt
175ml – milk
1) mix all gradually into a bowl (try to melt the marshmallows in to the mix in the early stages)
2) put in muffin pouches and put in oven set to standard 180 degrees Celsius
3) leave for 10-15 mins until the muffins when stabbed with a knife, the knife is clean.
4) enjoy your muffins :)
mmmmmmmmmmmmm………………. Muffins…….. YUMMY!:)
Hey my wife needs a recipe for muffins help me choose please thanks!:)
HOW DO YOU FIND SUCH GOOD RECEIPIES?! I would love it if you told me! thx for them anyway!:)
Yum! Keep it up!
Delicious.
These look great; I love bran muffins. I’ve just finished a post about my favorite muffins- blueberry! I have a few great tips to alter that classic favorite, including a divine sugar crumb topping. I’d love your feedback and I think you’d love the muffins as well! Check it out at:
http://thenetherlandsnanny.com/2013/09/21/the-best-blueberry-muffins-on-either-side-of-the-atlantic/
Yum! These all look very good. One of my favorite muffins is Chocolate Chip.
Great muffins I have already made two of your great muffin recipes… Loved them and so did my husband! :-) thanks for sharing … I’ll try all of them!!
Made the blueberry muffins and they are amazing. I’ve deleted my other recipe, these are my go to’s.
Have you ever tried parsnip, pecan and maple muffins???? Mmmmm!!!!! Or Lady Grey Tea and choc chip muffins!! I have recipes if you fancy them my lovely Brown Eyed Baker!!
Got amazing recipes here as well for delicious muffins, Had already tried couple of recipes: http://bit.ly/pmJZVN
Nice!!! I think I like the savory one the most:)