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Our 16 Best Muffin Recipes

By Food & Wine Editors February 11, 2021
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Zucchini Muffins with Coconut-Cashew Streusel
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Zucchini muffins! Blueberry muffins! Scallion-corn muffins! Muffins are a great choose-your-own adventure kind of food, and you can make them sweet or savory, big or small. We've gathered some of our favorites in this roundup, from white-chocolate walnut to mini deviled crab cornbread muffins. Read on for even more recipes to try and start preheating your oven now.

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Blueberry Muffins with Crumb Topping

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These muffins are easy to make: Simply mix the dry and wet ingredients separately, then combine them. Since the baking powder, which lightens the muffins, is activated by moisture, get the batter into the oven immediately.

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Chocolate Chip and Banana Muffins

Chocolate Chip and Banana Muffins
Credit: © Fredrika Stjärne
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Like banana bread, these especially moist chocolate chip muffins are a great way to use up overripe bananas.  Muffins are an easy baking project because there's very little prep; this batter comes together in just 15 minutes. To add extra protein and delicious crunch, add some chopped toasted pecans, too.

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Pumpkin Muffins with Crumb Topping

Pumpkin Muffins with Crumb Topping
Credit: © Alexandra Rowley
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These moist and tender lightly spiced muffins have a luscious cream cheese filling that is complemented by the cinnamony crumbs on top.

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Pumpkin Muffins with Oats and Orange Marmalade

Pumpkin Muffins with Oats and Orange Marmalade
Credit: © Ryan Liebe
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Orange marmalade gives these muffins a bright, sunny flavor.

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Apple Snickerdoodle Muffins

Apple Snickerdoodle Muffins
Credit: © Kamran Siddiqi
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Brown sugar and cinnamon get swirled through these light, apple-filled muffins.

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Banana Nut Muffins

Banana Nut Muffins
Credit: © Abby Hocking
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These muffins might just be the best use for those too-ripe bananas on your counter. We like our banana nut muffins with toasted chopped walnuts, but pecans, hazelnuts or roasted salted peanuts would be delicious too. We've also been known to sneak in some dark or milk chocolate chips.

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Pimento Cheese Muffins

Pimento Cheese Muffins
Credit: © Con Poulos
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These muffins get a double-dose of pimento cheese—it's mixed into the batter, and served with the finished muffins as well.

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Matcha Muffins with White Chocolate Chips

Matcha Muffins with White Chocolate Chips
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Molly Yeh combines toasty matcha powder and creamy white chocolate in this fast muffin recipe.

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Gluten-Free Pumpkin Muffins

Gluten-free pumpkin muffins
Credit: © Abby Hocking
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It may seem like a fussy step to let both the batter and the streusel rest at room temperature, but it is important. The starches in gluten-free flour—usually potato starch or cornstarch—need time to absorb enough liquid. The payoff for your patience? Moist, tender muffins with a delicate crumb.

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Corn-Studded Corn Muffins with Honey Mascarpone

Corn-Studded Corn Muffins with Honey Mascarpone
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Justin Chapple keeps his corn muffins light and moist by using buttermilk in the batter.

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins

Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins
Credit: © Cedric Angeles
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If you want to make these muffins ahead of time, they can be stored in an airtight container for up to two days.

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Sausage-and-Cheddar Muffins

Sausage Muffins
Credit: © Eva Kolenko
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Kay Chun likes making these savory muffins for breakfast instead of the more typical sweet muffin.

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Zucchini Muffins with Coconut-Cashew Streusel

Zucchini Muffins with Coconut-Cashew Streusel
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Zucchini muffins get a tropical makeover thanks to an easy stir-together coconut-cashew streusel topping punched up with a lime-and­–coconut milk glaze. Grated zucchini keeps the muffins extra-moist and tender, while cardamom adds a nice citrusy, floral note.

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Scallion-Corn Muffins

Scallion-Corn Muffin
Credit: John Kernick
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These deliciously moist muffins get fantastic flavor from corn kernels and scallions.

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White Chocolate–Walnut Muffins

White Chocolate–Walnut Muffins
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When white chocolate is baked into a muffin like this one from Food & Wine's Justin Chapple, little bits of it get toasty, caramelized, and irresistible.

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Mini Deviled Crab Cornbread Muffins

Deviled Crab Stuffed Mini Cornbread Muffins
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At his dinner parties in Harlem, chef and cookbook author Alexander Smalls pairs creamy, slightly spicy, fresh deviled crab with tender corn muffins, barely sweetened with brown sugar and studded with corn kernels, for a quick one-bite appetizer. Choose fresh crab over pasteurized for the best flavor.

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    1 of 16 Blueberry Muffins with Crumb Topping
    2 of 16 Chocolate Chip and Banana Muffins
    3 of 16 Pumpkin Muffins with Crumb Topping
    4 of 16 Pumpkin Muffins with Oats and Orange Marmalade
    5 of 16 Apple Snickerdoodle Muffins
    6 of 16 Banana Nut Muffins
    7 of 16 Pimento Cheese Muffins
    8 of 16 Matcha Muffins with White Chocolate Chips
    9 of 16 Gluten-Free Pumpkin Muffins
    10 of 16 Corn-Studded Corn Muffins with Honey Mascarpone
    11 of 16 Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins
    12 of 16 Sausage-and-Cheddar Muffins
    13 of 16 Zucchini Muffins with Coconut-Cashew Streusel
    14 of 16 Scallion-Corn Muffins
    15 of 16 White Chocolate–Walnut Muffins
    16 of 16 Mini Deviled Crab Cornbread Muffins

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