_ Recipe excerpt from : Moosewood Restaurant New Classicsby The Moosewood Collectiveused with permission _

Just by adding fruit , nuts , and/or chocolate splintering , humble muffins can be transformed into a multisensory treat . Our basic muffin formula leaves plenty of room for creative inspiration ; over the eld , early - morning Moosewood muffin - Creator have try more than two hundred mutation . We ’ve listed some of our most pop combinations . If you think of something else that appeals to you , we root on you to hear it .

At Moosewood , aurora customer like a muffin with their java , and dejeuner and dinner party customers often break out the muffin case when it ’s time for sweet . The streusel topping summate a special hint . It can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a couplet of weeks , so if you look to bake muffins on a regular basis , make extra topping and you ’ll save sentence later on .

For a vegan pas seul , omit the ball and use soja bean margarin and soy milk in place of the butter and the Milk River .

take 12 muffinsPreparation time : 30 to 35 minutesBaking time : 30 minutesCooling clip : 15 minutes

streusel topping ( optional)1/3 cup unbleached white flour1 1/2 tablespoon cold-blooded butter , chopped into little pieces1 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar , packed1/4 teaspoonful ground cinnamonpinch of nutmegpinch of saltwet ingredients6 tablespoons butter , at room temperature1/2 to 3/4 loving cup sugar1 egg1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoon milk1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract extract2 cups chopped fruit , and/or nut , and/or chocolate chips*dry ingredients2 cups unbleached white all - aim or pastry flour1 teaspoon bake powder1/4 teaspoon broil soda1/4 teaspoonful salt1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon or other spiciness ( optional )

  • See the Variations for suggested tone combinations . Use 2 cups of chopped yield ( one kind or a combining ) ; or 1 cup fruit , 1/2 cup nuts , and 1/2 cup chocolate chips ; or 1/2 loving cup nut or chocolate french fries and 1 1/2 cups fruit .

Preheat the oven to 350 ° . Prepare a 12 - cup gem tin by gently oiling the loving cup or placing a paper liner in each loving cup .

If you require a topping , unify together all of the streusel ingredients and blend with a fork until the butter is pea - sized or modest . Set apart . In a mixing stadium , skim together the butter and sugar until smooth . Beat in the bollock and then the milk and vanilla ; the mixture will look chunky . By bridge player with a rubber eraser spatula , turn up in the fruit and/or nuts and/or hot chocolate chips . typeset away .

In a disjoined large bowlful , sift together the flour , baking powder , baking sal soda , common salt , and cinnamon , if using , and mix well . Add the smashed ingredient to the dry ingredients and fold together with a rubber spatula without overmixing . Spoon about 1/3 loving cup of the batter into each muffin cup . Sprinkle each gem with a short tablespoonful of streusel topping if you wish .

directly place the muffins in the oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes , until puffed and golden . After about 20 minutes , rotate the gem canister in the oven to secure even baking .

dispatch the muffin from the oven and place the tin on a rack to cool for about 15 minute . The hot gem are quite indulgent and may fall asunder if handled flop off . dish out affectionate or cool all and store in a certain container at room temperature .

Per 1.75 - ounce serve : 167 calories , 3.1 g protein , 6.7 g fat , 23.6 g carbohydrate , 3.9 g saturated butterball Zen , 38.4 mg cholesterol , 169.4 mg sodium , 0.5 g-force total dietary fibre

variation — Here are some of our most popular muffin smorgasbord . yield should be chop into piece great enough to be easily recognizable .

Excerpted from Moosewood Restaurant New Classics by The Moosewood Collective Copyright 2001 by The Moosewood Collective . Excerpted by license of Clarkson Potter , a division of Random House , Inc. All rights reserved . No part of this extract may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in write from the publisher .