This afternoon we have made some Mars Bar muffins ready to pop in the freezer for packed lunches. I bought a pack of 10 silicon moulds from Asda this afternoon in all different colours so I was dying to get started with my baking.
I have a basic muffin mix that I always stick to and I add different bits and bobs to the mix depending on what sort of muffins I am making.
The basic muffin recipe is:
300g self rasing flour
150g sugar
1 medium egg
175mls milk
125 mls veg oil
- Preheat the oven to 190 / gas mark 5
- Sieve the flour, add the sugar.
- Mix the egg, milk and oil together.
- Add the egg mix to the flour mix and mix it together.
- Get rid of most of the lumps but don’t worry if its got a few left.
- Add in whatever it is you are using to flavour the muffins… I used 2 chopped mars bars today but you can use practically anything. I often use those bags of frozen fruit that you can get from the supermarket (you don’t need to defrost it before using it). If you are adding fruit I would add about 150g – 200g.
- Bake for about 20 minutes and when you get them out of the oven its nice to sprinkle some brown sugar on the top of the warm muffins.
I also like to use mashed banana with some chocolate chips, or raspberry and white chocolate buttons. There are probably hundreds of different variations to experiment with.
The muffins were lovely and I now have a stash in the freezer that should do me at least the first week back at school. The silicon moulds were brilliant – the muffins just slide right out so I can use them again straight away.
can you use the same amount of butter instead of oil? Thanks soo much great recipe xx
Brilliant simple recipe that you can just add whatever extras you want……just what I was looking for, just wanted something to use up over ripe bananas instead of throwing away and wasting them, all other muffin recipes seem too complicated. Thankyou very much, need to get started.
These are the best muffins I have ever tasted so thank you.
I\’m so please you enjoyed them x
Hello, I have just made white choc chip muffins following your recipe, WOW they are amazing and soo easy the recipe is soo simple thankyou!! Believe me I have never baked before and I did these unsupervised in about 40 mins – brilliant result!! : ) Yum : )
Ooh I could just eat one of those now – thanks for commenting x
Absolutely delicious, keep these recipes coming
Glad you liked it x
Me and my mum have made 12 and I hop they will be so yummy!
I hope they were yummy – did you save me one
I love the mashed banana version x
I usually substitute about 25% of the flour with cocoa
So sorry for the delay in responding, you comment never came up in my dashboard x x
I added the mashed bananas like you said as i love them. These muffins came out wonderful!
Hello, I just thought that I would let you know that I tried this recipe and it worked well. Quick, easy and delicious.
I'm so pleased they turned out well for you x
Thank you very much for recipe yesterday my daughter had birthday and we cooked muffins together, it was wonderful!
You're welcome – I'm glad they worked out well x
Thanks so much for this, it is greatly appreciated
You're more than welcome x
How much cocoa would you add / substitiute for Flour if you were to make chocolate muffins? Want to make some to ice with cream cheese frosting for Birthday Party .. thanks!
fantastic recipie made over 200 in one night for Jeans for Genes day at my son's school they went down a treat all that came back were the empty boxes lol
WOW
200 – that's amazing.
Well done you x x
Try adding all spice (or speculaas kruiden if you can get hold of them) and some apples, wonderful and autumnal.
Now that sounds lovely and perfect for Christmas coming up x
No butter ??? Novel ….. will try today !!!!
Were you surprised by how well they worked – even without butter? I know I was x
I have got to try this muffin recipe – it sounds delicious
It certainly is – hope you enjoyed them if you did try it x
Thank you so much! Haven't tried i yet, but they look yummy!!!
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They really are – well worth a try x
my mum and i have just found this recipe and can't wait to bake them later they look lush! lol!
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I hope they worked out well for you x
This will work great for Halloween. I haven't tried the silicone yet, but it sounds like a great idea.
I hope you had fun making them. I love silicone, easy to use and even easier to wash
Didn't think the ingredients could be this simple. Would be popular with the kids.
It really is easy…. and yummy x
Can i just ask is it full fat milk you use or semi skimmed?
Sorry for the delay – I use whatever I have in x
Thanks for the recipe..I love the mars bar ingredient. I have also used buttermilk with muffins and that works really well too. I'm a big fan of the silicone trays – somehow it seems wrong putting something 'rubbery' into a hot oven, but that's the magic of these new products!
Thanks once again
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I know exactly what you mean about the silicone – it seems weird but they're loads easier to cook with I think and really easy to wash aswell.
I've never tried buttermilk but I've hear people have some really good results with it – must investigate x
Wow, thankyou for sharing ur recipe with us, it NEVER fails, my family love them, made so many different kinds, cant thank you enough! Happy baking folks!!
I'm so pleased they work well for you – we're just about to make a huge load of them to freeze ready for packed lunches
made some with chocolate buttons, family loved them. want to try add some cocoa this time to make them extra chocolatey:) thank you for the recipe:)
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed them
just found the recipe going to try the tomorrow with some stewed apple and cinnamon
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Hope it turned out nice x
I was looking for a muffin recipe to make for my daughters Birthday Bash as moneys short right now, and thought it would be alot cheaper and original as she can ice them. I found your recipe and added Vanilla essence and they look and smell fantastic. Thankyou!
So pleased it worked out well for you x
I've just bought the very same silicon muffin cases from Asda, so thought this must be a good omen and decided to make these. I must say, they are a great success and I highly recommend everyone to have a go!
I'm glad they worked out well for you.
If you add ahalf teaspoon of salt to the recipe, they'll be even fluffier!
That's excellent – thanks very much x
Very good results with this recipe, I added cinnamon and chopped bramley apple, and sprinkled a little brown sugar over before baking.
Mmmm that sounds nice x
They freeze really well too…. I have made a few batches now all with different fillings!
Great for packed lunches that way
These look yummy! I think I might have to make a trip to the shop to buy some mars bars! Tahnks for the recipe
You're more than welcome x