Name: Muffins
Yield: 6
Ingredients: all purpose flour; salt; sugar; oil; egg; milk; warm water; baking powder

Even a simple muffin recipe has an enormous amount of science involved. Click here to learn the chemistry occurring in this muffin recipe.

This recipe can be varied by using different leavening agents.

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Leavening agent Baking Soda with vinegar added

0/8 Ingredients

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Dry Ingredients

Liquid Ingredients

Leavening Agents

1 1/2 tsp baking powder (This is added to the dry ingredients. (other options are possible see above for choices))

0/8 Instructions

Step 1 Preheat oven to 400F
Step 2 Place a muffin liner in each of the cups in the muffin pan.
Step 3 To the larger bowl, combine the dry ingredients: all purpose flour, salt, and sugar. Include the dry leavening agent, baking powder. If using another leavening agent, see theappropriate link above about the adjustments to make.
Step 4 To the smaller bowl, combine the liquid ingredients: oil, egg, milk, and warm water.
Step 5 Add the liquid ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients.
Step 6 Quickly mix the ingredients together, counting exactly 20 stirs. Never mix the muffin batter until smooth. See above for a link explaining why.
Step 7 Fill each muffin liner 2/3 full with the batter.
Step 8 Bake at 400F for 20 minutes or until done.