Quick and Easy Muffin Recipes

Slather these quick muffins with softened butter, purchased apple jelly with jalapeño and sage, then top with ham. The result? A satisfying and creative dish that's sure to please your crowd. 

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A sprinkle of cinnamon-sugar gives a sweet crust to these berry-packed muffins.

These weekday-friendly muffins are healthier than many, thanks to whole wheat flour and limited oil. The batter keeps well in the fridge, so if you like, bake just a couple of muffins at a time, for always-oven-fresh treats. Our variations include Banana-Walnut, Chocolate-Dried Cherry, Blueberry-Orange, Veggie-Confetti and Cranberry-Lemon.

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Whether you use fresh or frozen raspberries, these muffins are sure to be perfectly moist thanks to sour cream.

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Chocolate for breakfast is always a treat! Semisweet chips start the day on a sweet note, while orange zest adds brightness.

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This North Woods-inspired recipe from Cheryl Francke of Arden Hills, Minnesota, was a finalist in a Best of the Midwest recipe contest.

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You can taste the maple sweetness in these oatmeal muffins from the Hoosier (Indiana) Maple Syrup Cookbook. Cinnamon and pecans pack the breakfast or snack bread with even more flavor.

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Rise and shine! These tender gems taste so good, you'd never guess we bumped up the fiber in this recipe with two kinds of whole grains and traded most of the butter for applesauce and buttermilk.

Hailing as they do from the Sunflower State, Kansas cooks have a knack for creatively including crunchy sunflower seed kernels in all sorts of treats. These tender pumpkin morsels are from the American Institute of Baking in Manhattan, Kansas. The muffins get a double dose of sunflower from both sunflower oil and the seeds.

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Light ricotta cheese and whole wheat flour cut fat and add fiber to these muffins from Covered Bridge Farm in Forest Lake, Minnesota. 

Reimagine an all-time quick bread favorite as a moist single serving, and it's an instant classic. Caramel sauce adds a luscious accent to cinnamon and pecans.

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Brown sugar, pecans and pumpkin pie spice create both a filling and topping for these muffins. Dried cranberries add a hint of tang and texture.

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Cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and pumpkin lend great flavor to these grab-and-go muffins.

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Shredded apples, chopped cranberries, shredded carrot and nuts pack this cinnamon- and coriander-spiced muffin from a Wisconsin cafe.

Serve these sugar-topped muffins with Whipped Honey Butter. Either frozen or fresh rhubarb works well in the muffin recipe.

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Pumpkin and chocolate blend beautifully in these spiced muffins from Thorp House Inn of Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Cinnamon, mace, nutmeg and cloves flavor the batter. One of our editors likes to make these in mini-muffin tins for bite-size treats; just adjust cooking time accordingly.