The smell of warm muffins in my house is one of my favorite things. But making the same kind gets really dull so I create a base muffin mix and then each time I make variations depending on what the kiddos want! The muffins I’m showing today are a mix of blueberries and then chocolate chips and coconut flakes.

It’s a great way for the kids to cook with you because it’s simple and easy to clean up!

Ingredients

Muffin Mix Recipe (makes 12 regular muffins):

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil

Variations:

• For 6 of the 12 muffins, I needed 2 cups blueberries
• For 6 of the 12 muffins, I needed 1 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup dried unsweetened coconut flakes

Recipe

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
• In a separate small bowl, beat the egg.
• Make a well in the center of the dry mixture and using a fork, stir in the egg, milk and oil. Stir lightly and not too much, just until it’s combined. This helps with the consistency and texture.
• If you’re making two kinds of muffins, grab another medium bowl and pour half of the muffin mixture into the second bowl.
• One bowl of muffin mix gets the blueberries and the other bowl gets the chocolate chips and coconut flakes.
• Pour the mixtures in paper lined muffin tins.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick that’s inserted comes out dry.

XO, Rachel