Muffin Recipes

Gourmet Muffin Recipes provides everything you need to create delicious muffins perfect for any meal or occasion. Here are recipes for the classics, new gourmet muffin favorites, and the light in calories to the more decadent and savory. In mere minutes you can be enjoying freshly baked muffins.

Simple to make, muffins can be served at any meal during the day from breakfast to dessert. Muffins can be a savory snack delivering nutrition and light on calories. Why spend store or bakery prices for the classics like blueberry and banana muffins, and you’ll have treats everyone will enjoy throughout the day.

Serve them hot or serve them cold, plain or buttered, or with jam or a special spread. Muffins are the perfect compliment to any meal.

Gourmet Muffin Recipes offers a growing muffin recipe collection, tips and techniques for basic and advanced muffin baking. Enjoy !

Featured Recipe

Banana Muffins With Mascarpone Cream Frosting

Ingredients -

3 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
2 cups Sugar
1 cup Vegetable Oil
3 large Eggs
1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
4 ripe Bananas, peeled and coarsely mashed

Frosting:
1 (3 ounces) package Cream Cheese, at room temperature
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
1/3 cup Mascarpone Cheese, at room temperature
3 tablespoons Honey
1/2 cup chopped Walnuts, toasted

Preparation:

Line 18 muffin cups with paper liners. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg in medium bowl to mix.

Beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla in large bowl to mix. Stir in banana. Add dry ingredients and stir until just mixed. Divide batter among prepared muffin cups. Bake on middle oven rack until tops are golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out with no crumbs attached, about 25 minutes. Transfer muffins to a rack and cool slightly. The muffins may be eaten warm or cooled completely and frosted.

For Frosting:
Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in mascarpone cheese, then beat in honey. Spread frosting over muffins. Sprinkle with walnuts. Makes 18 servings.