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Muffins
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Muffins – Pareve version

Dry ingredients in one bowl, wet in another, combined only briefly, just until no dry flour remains, and a short bake in a muffin pan: sweet with chocolate chips, lemon and poppy seeds or sweet potato, and savory with spinach and cheeses. Pareve version: Unsweetened soy milk.

⏱ 39 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F) and line a muffin pan with paper liners.
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOvenMuffin tin
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
    Bowl
  3. 3
    In another bowl, whisk the eggs, oil, unsweetened soy milk and vanilla.
    BowlWhisk
  4. 4
    Pour the wet mixture into the dry and Fold gently, just until no dry flour remains.
    ⚙ FoldingSilicone spatula
    💡Combine only until no dry flour remains: a brief mix keeps muffins soft and moist, and overmixing makes them tough.
    💡Fold with a spatula, in broad strokes from the bottom up, and stop when there's no dry flour: vigorous mixing of a batter with flour develops gluten.
  5. 5
    Fill the pan cups with batter to ¾ of their height.
    Muffin tin
  6. 6
    Bake 20–25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
    ⚙ BakingOvenMuffin tin
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
  7. 7
    Let cool on a rack.
    Cooling rack
818calories
14 gprotein
118 gcarbs
32 gfat
● protein 7%● carbs 58%● fat 35%

Per serving (252 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Cooling rack · Also works: Oven rack (Oven rack) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Plate (Bottom sweats and softens)
  • Muffin tin · Also works: Muffin liners (paper cups) (Doubled liners on a flat tray) · Ramekins / cocottes (None)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)
  • Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Cornmeal · Sugar · Cocoa · Poppy seeds · Baking powder · Baking soda · Cinnamon · Nutmeg · salt · black pepper · Cooked mashed sweet potato · Mashed ripe bananas · Grated carrot · Chopped walnuts · Blueberries · Oats · Honey · Dried oregano · Sour cream · Halved cherry tomatoes · Strong black coffee · Chocolate chunks · Oil · Melted butter · Milk · Labneh · Lemon juice · Grated lemon zest · Vanilla · Spinach · Yellow cheese · Bulgarian cheese (feta) · Chocolate chips · Chopped dark chocolate · Cooling in the pan (minutes) (5) · A nut half on each muffin · Fruit on each muffin · Sugar on each muffin · Dark chocolate melted with the butter · Heavy cream · Chopped parsley · Chopped green onion · Chopped apples · Lemon zest rubbed into the sugar · Candies on the ganache
  • Filling the cups (of their height): ¾

🔗 Used in

Chocolate Mousse

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