muffins and popovers

These muffins are a clone of "The Famous Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins" — which were indeed famous up until the mid-1990s, when Jordan's, one of Boston's two iconic department stores (Filene's being the other) was absorbed by Macy's and effectively disappeared.
These overstuffed muffins, with their signature sugary crown, were served in the Jordan Marsh dining room on the top floor of the store, where dedicated shoppers went to rest and compare purchases while sipping tea and enjoying a muffin — blueberry, of course.

Famous Department Store Blueberry Muffins

(113 grams) butter

(198 grams) sugar

eggs

baking powder

salt

vanilla extract

(241 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(113 grams) milk

blueberries

(50 grams) sugar

Moist, tender, and flavorful, you'd never guess these delicious muffins are gluten-free.

Gluten-Free Banana Muffins

baking soda

xanthan gum

cinnamon optional

(262 grams) King Arthur Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour

(131 grams) sugar

(43 grams) molasses

(340 grams) mashed very ripe bananas

(57 grams) chopped walnuts optional

Flour, milk, eggs, salt, and butter: what a simple combination of ingredients for such a sublime treat! These popovers don't require a special pan, nor any unusual mixing method; just blend in a blender; beat thoroughly with an electric mixer; or whisk vigorously by hand, and bake a dozen gorgeous popovers, ready in just about 30 minutes.

Popovers

(340 grams) milk (skim low-fat or full-fat) lukewarm

salt*

(177 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(43 grams) melted butter

We love traditional stollen for the rich, fruit-studded, sugar-coated bread that it is. Sometimes, though, we want the flavor without the wait — which is just what these muffins provide. They're quick and easy to stir together, and thanks to our stollen spice blend, they mimic that distinct flavor we long for around the holidays.

Stollen Muffins

(269 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

nutmeg

(67 grams) granulated sugar

(156 grams) Fruitcake Fruit Blend (or fruit blend of your choice)

(85 grams) candied mixed peel

(227 grams) buttermilk or plain (not Greek-style) unflavored yogurt

(85 grams) melted butter

(28 grams) melted butter

white sugar sugar

Add whatever fruit or nuts (or chocolate chips?) you like to these tasty muffins; they're a blank palette, awaiting your artist's touch.

The Simplest Muffins

(240 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(45 grams) quick-cooking oats

(99 grams) sugar

(227 grams) milk

vanilla optional

(57 grams) melted butter oil

sugar

Most sourdough bakers are on the lookout for ways to give their starters some exercise. These fruit-filled muffins with a bit of cornmeal crunch are a great way to put excess starter to work.

Blueberry Sourdough Muffins

(120 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(138 grams) yellow cornmeal preferably whole grain

cinnamon

(227 grams) sourdough starter ripe (fed) or discard

(57 grams) milk

maple syrup

This cornbread is a rare compromise between Southern and Northern cornbreads: it's "just right," as far as the amount of sugar. It's tender and moist, with pleasing corn flavor.

Cornbread

(206 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(156 grams) cornmeal

(283 grams) lukewarm milk

unsalted butter melted cooled

(50 grams) vegetable oil

These popovers are crisp on the outside, nicely moist within. Their crowned tops leave lots of room for melting butter and jam. And these popovers are so easy, you don't even need to use a mixer.

Gluten-Free Popovers

(156 grams) King Arthur Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour

(283 grams) milk slightly warm

(28 grams) butter

With only five ingredients, this recipe means you can have popovers mixed up and ready to go into the oven as soon as it's heated up. Half an hour later — hot popovers! The sourdough starter gives them just the slightest tang. And, while these aren't the lightest popovers you'll ever experience, their combination of crisp crust and soft interior is a wonderfully comforting treat.

Sourdough Popovers

(227 grams) milk (full-fat reduced-fat

(113 grams) sourdough starter ripe (fed) or discard

With just 2g of net carbs per serving, these popovers are likely to become a repeat favorite for those on a keto diet. They’re everything a popover should be: light, crisp, and buttery, plus quick to prepare. We’re thankful to Carolyn Ketchum — the writer and recipe developer behind the “All Day I Dream About Food” blog — for introducing them to us; we’ll take a cue from her and add herbs to our next batch!

Keto-Friendly Popovers

(28 grams) butter divided

(85 grams) water

(57 grams) heavy cream

(60 grams) King Arthur Keto Wheat Flour

This basic muffin is not your stir-it-gently, dense, fruit-and-nut-filled health muffin. Instead, it's a beat-it-up, cake-type muffin, high-crowned and very "vanilla-looking." This is a great muffin for kids (young or old) who don't want a lot of "stuff" in their muffins. With its basic sugar-cinnamon-nutmeg flavor, it's more reminiscent of a plain doughnut (without the deep-fat frying) than anything else. 
As plain as it is (which is just the way some people like things), it's a good candidate for additions of dried fruit and/or nuts to the batter, as well as a garnish of flavorful jam or preserves when serving time rolls around.

Doughnut Muffins

(57 grams) butter

(99 grams) granulated sugar

(71 grams) brown sugar

(319 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

butter

(39 grams) cinnamon-sugar *

These tender, moist muffins, packed with chocolate chips, feature a bright red heart: fresh raspberries in the center.

Raspberry-Chocolate Chip Muffins

(57 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(170 grams) milk

(149 grams) sugar

(11 grams) baking powder

chocolate chips

raspberries

These tender, tasty, fruit-filled muffins — made with self-rising flour — go together in a snap. If you have blueberries in the freezer and our self-rising flour on the shelf, this is a quick and easy option for warm treats on a busy day.

Easy Self-Rising Blueberry Muffins

(312 grams) King Arthur Unbleached Self-Rising Flour

(149 grams) granulated sugar

These muffins are rich and tender, high-rising, and deep chocolate, both in color and flavor. Warm from the oven, spread with butter or raspberry jam, they're a totally decadent way to greet the day. We recommend them anytime you feel like treating yourself to something really special. And, by the way, they don't need to be relegated to the breakfast table; frosted with fudgy icing, they double as an awesome cupcake. A final aside — one of the King Arthur taste-tester comments we received was as follows: "This is the best chocolate thing I've ever had to eat in my whole life, and the best thing I've ever eaten here at King Arthur." Fair praise, indeed!

Chocolate Breakfast Muffins

(57 grams) Dutch-process cocoa

(266 grams) light brown sugar

espresso powder

vinegar

(113 grams) melted unsalted butter oil

Some of you may remember hearing the voice of Betty Crocker over the radio a number of years ago. In real life, the radio Betty was Zella Lane, who gave us this recipe — "a whale-of-a-big-one which will keep for six weeks in the refrigerator." Interestingly, Zella regularly baked with King Arthur flour. Sorry, Betty... 
While we haven't let this batter sit for 6 weeks (it never lasts that long), we've left it for 2 weeks in the fridge, and it's been just fine. The recipe as written makes about 18 muffins; it doubles easily. 
Put this together the night before baking, so the bran can soften and the batter thicken.

Zella Lane&#039;s 2-Week Bran Muffins

(227 grams) boiling water

(99 grams) vegetable oil

(301 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(454 grams) buttermilk

(248 grams) sugar

(142 grams) bran cereal (buds

What better way to start Thanksgiving Day than with easy, oven-fresh muffins? These moist, deep-gold pumpkin muffins can be ready in under an hour, with a minimum of effort. Generously studded with cranberries and cinnamon bits, they're a wonderful salute to Thanksgiving's favorite flavors.

Thanksgiving Muffins

(227 grams) pumpkin purée

(106 grams) brown sugar

(35 grams) vegetable oil

(21 grams) molasses

Apple Pie Spice cinnamon

(170 grams) cinnamon chips

cranberries

(90 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour *

(85 grams) King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour *

This recipe, a throwback to the "back to the land" '60s, brings together all kinds of fruits and vegetables in an earthy whole-grain muffin that, despite the description, manages to taste very good indeed. Moist and just sweet enough, Morning Glory are a great "eat in the car" treat. They need the enhancement of neither butter nor jam (though either — or cream cheese — wouldn't be out of place).

Want to reduce the carbs and calories in this recipe? Substitute our <a href="https://shop.kingarthurbaking.com/items/baking-sugar-alternative-12-oz">King Arthur Baking Sugar Alternative</a> for the sugar called for. See how in "tips," below.

Morning Glory Muffins

(71 grams) raisins

(227 grams) King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour

(213 grams) brown sugar

ginger

(198 grams) peeled and grated carrots

apple

(43 grams) shredded coconut sweetened or unsweetened

(57 grams) chopped walnuts

(42 grams) sunflower seeds

(131 grams) vegetable oil

(57 grams) orange juice

Make 'em big or make 'em small, these are zesty, tasty biscuits. The tiny ones are great as appetizers. Serve the bigger ones with soup or stew to make the meal memorable.

Cheesy Pepperoni Bites

(180 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(28 grams) Better Cheddar Cheese Powder

Pizza Dough Flavor optional

Pizza Seasoning

(50 grams) pepperoni

(113 grams) shredded sharp cheddar cheese

(14 grams) sliced scallions optional

These savory muffins, made with rye flour, include a hint of crunch from dried onions and seeds, making an interesting change from typical sweeter breakfast fare.

Sour Cream Rye Muffins

(120 grams) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour

(106 grams) medium rye flour white rye flour or pumpernickel flour

Deli Rye Flavor

onion powder (powder not onion salt) optional

(14 grams) mixed seeds: caraway fennel mustard anise

(28 grams) brown sugar

(28 grams) dried onions minced

(227 grams) sour cream

(57 grams) milk anything

Sourdough's tangy flavor balances the rich sweetness of dates in these muffins flecked with tart cranberries.

Sourdough Date Nut Cranberry Muffins

(113 grams) water

(259 grams) dates chopped

unsalted butter room temperature

(57 grams) walnuts chopped

(227 grams) sourdough starter unfed/discard

(150 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

Here's a wholesome, hearty variation on our favorite muffin recipe. Serve them with a little butter and blueberry jam — homemade, if possible.

Blueberry Flax Muffins

(25 grams) flax meal

(35 grams) flax seeds optional

(106 grams) light brown sugar

King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract

(170 grams) buttermilk or plain yogurt

Aside from their deep golden color, no one will guess these moist, tender, absolutely delicious muffins are 100% whole wheat.

Want to reduce the carbs and calories in this recipe? Substitute our <a href="https://shop.kingarthurbaking.com/items/baking-sugar-alternative-12-oz">King Arthur Baking Sugar Alternative</a> for the sugar called for. See how in "tips," below.

100% Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins

(283 grams) King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour

(213 grams) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar packed

(128 grams) blueberries fresh or frozen or [product-link]Blueberry Jammy Bits[/product-link]

(67 grams) vegetable oil

(340 grams) buttermilk or plain yogurt regular not Greek-style

cinnamon sugar sugar

Eggnog flavor helps give these streusel-topped muffins their delightful taste.

Easy Holiday Eggnog Muffins

(60 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

flavor

(300 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(326 grams) eggnog

There's something incredibly comforting about a bran muffin. The flavor is wholesome and sturdy; just sweet enough to be a treat. For a portable breakfast, they're hard to beat. This recipe can be made up and held in the refrigerator, unbaked, for up to a week. You can scoop as many (or few) muffins as you need, so you'll always have a fresh, warm muffin when you want it. Please note that this batter needs to be made a day in advance, so the bran can soften and the batter thicken.

Bran Muffins

(113 grams) water boiling

(43 grams) bran cereal (not flakes

(128 grams) raisins

(283 grams) buttermilk

(53 grams) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar packed

(128 grams) bran cereal (not flakes)

Moist, tender muffins with soft bits of fruit "jammy bits" — delightful!

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