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Healthy Make Ahead Muffin Mix

This Make Ahead Muffin Mix and a Healthy Make Ahead Crumb Topping are Shelf Stable Pantry Staples. With these healthy mixes on hand, you'll always be ready to make scrumptious muffins for breakfast or anytime!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Quick Breads
Cuisine: Americana
Servings: 12 muffins

Equipment

  • 1 Quart-Sized jar with lid
  • 12-cup muffin tin

Ingredients

Healthy Make Ahead Muffin Mix

  • 2 1/2 cups Whole grain flour such as whole wheat flour You can also use white whole wheat, einkorn, or spelt flours or any other whole grain flour.
  • 1/2 cup All-purpose flour You can use any all-purpose flour, including einkorn all-purpose flour or spelt all-purpose flour.
  • 4 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Sucanat or other whole sweetener, ground into a powdered form. (See video.) You can also use other whole sweeteners, such as maple sugar, coconut sugar, or date sugar.

Healthy Make Ahead Crumb Topping Mix

  • 2 cups Whole grain flour such as whole wheat flour You can also use white whole wheat, einkorn, or spelt flours or any other whole grain flour.
  • 1/2 cup All-purpose flour You can use any all-purpose flour, including einkorn all-purpose flour or spelt all-purpose flour.
  • 1 1/2 cups Sucanat or other whole sweetener, ground into a powdered form. (See video.) You can also use other whole sweeteners, such as maple sugar, coconut sugar, or date sugar.
  • 1/2 tsp Salt

To Make Muffins using Healthy Make Ahead Muffin Mix

  • 1 jar Healthy Make Ahead Muffin Mix
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 cup Whole milk You can substitute non-dairy milk, such as oat milk or almond milk.
  • 1/2 cup Butter, melted You can use coconut oil or other healthy mild-flavored unprocessed oil.
  • 1/2 cup Full-fat yogurt, plain You can substitute 1/2 cup sour cream.
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cup "Mix-ins" See "Recipe Notes" below.

To Make Crumb Topping using Healthy Make Ahead Crumb Topping Mix

  • 1 jar Healthy Make Ahead Crumb Topping Mix
  • 1 cup Butter, softened 1 cup of butter equals 2 sticks of butter.

Instructions

To make Healthy Make Ahead Muffin Mix

  • Add all ingredients into a large bowl and whisk well until completely mixed.
  • Transfer the mix to a quart-sized jar and put the lid on tightly.
  • You can store this shelf-stable mix in a pantry for up to 6 months.

To make Healthy Make Ahead Crumb Topping Mix

  • Add all ingredients into a large bowl and whisk well until completely mixed.
  • Transfer the mix to a quart-sized jar and put the lid on tightly.
  • You can store this shelf-stable mix in a pantry for up to 6 months.

How to use Healthy Make Ahead Muffin Mix to make muffins

  • Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with muffin liners or lightly grease the muffin tin with butter.
  • Pour your jar of the Healthy Make Ahead Muffin Mix into a large bowl. If your mix-ins contain dry ingredients, such as chopped nuts, raisins, or chocolate chips, add them to the dry ingredients and mix well to combine. You want to make sure that the mix-ins are well coated with the flour. Set aside.
  • In a second bowl, combine the melted butter (or oil if using), milk, yogurt, eggs, and extract. Mix well to blend thoroughly. If your mix-ins include wet ingredients, such as mashed banana, apple sauce, or pumpkin puree, add them to the wet ingredients and mix well to combine.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Fold the mixture gently until the dry ingredients are just moistened. DO NOT OVER MIX! The batter will be lumpy. Fill muffin cups to almost full, leaving a small amount of room for the crumb topping.
  • Add a tablespoon or more of crumb topping to the top of each muffin. (See Crumb Topping instructions below.)
  • Place your filled muffin tin on the middle rack of the preheated oven and bake for 25-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
  • Remove the muffin tin from the oven and allow the tin to cool on a wire rack.
  • Once cool, remove the muffins from the muffin tin. Serve or store the muffins well wrapped in the refrigerator. Muffins will stay fresh refrigerated for 2-3 days.

How to use Healthy Make Ahead Crumb Topping Mix to make Crumb Topping

  • Pour crumb topping mix into a large bowl and add 1 cup (2 sticks) of unsalted butter.
  • With clean hands, two forks, or a pastry cutter, mix the crumb topping mix with butter until it resembles a mixture of fine sand with pebble or pea-sized pieces of crumb topping throughout. Sprinkle the crumb topping on top of the muffin batter in the muffin tin as instructed above. Freeze any unused crumb topping. It will stay fresh in the freezer for 2-3 months.

Video

Notes

Mix-Ins: For "mix-ins," you can add 1  1 /2 cups of your choice of additions.  Options include chopped apples, apple sauce, pumpkin puree, mashed banana, chopped nuts, seeds, small dried fruit (such as raisins, currants, cranberries), chocolate chips, or any combination of these. 
For example, if you want to make apple nut muffins, you could add 1 cup of chopped apples and 1/2 cup of chopped nuts and toss them with your dry Make Ahead Muffin Mix. If you want to use a fruit puree or mashed fruit, you would blend this ingredient with your wet ingredients and then add them to your dry mix to combine.
Adding Spices:  If you want to add spices to your muffins, such as cinnamon, you would add this to your Make Ahead Muffin Mix once you pour it into your mixing bowl.  For example, if you are making apple nut muffins and you want to add cinnamon, you would add 1 teaspoon (or more to taste) of ground cinnamon to your dry muffin mix.
The same process applies to the crumb topping.  If you want to add a spice, such as cinnamon, to your crumb topping, you would add it to the dry crumb topping mix once you pour it into your mixing bowl, but before adding the butter.  You would add 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon (or more to taste) or other spice or spice blend, such as apple pie spice or pumpkin pie spice, and mix it well with the other dry ingredients. 
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