Muffins, Man

In honor of the new kitchen, we will have a recipe today.
Not that this is a recipe that can be MADE in the outdoor kitchen, but honoring it just the same.

This is the recipe for a muffin mix.  It makes a huge batch, so don't let it scare ya--you will use it all, and make more.  It has a nice long shelf life, and you can "customize" usage to need.  Plus, you can throw some in a dolled up jar for a quickie giftie.

Muffin Mix

18 c flour (i have used all purpose, self rising, and bread flour--all of them work so use whatcha got)
5 c sugar (or omit and use 1/2 c honey per dozen when you mix them up)
2 1/4 c dry milk or buttermilk
6T baking powder
2T baking soda
2T salt
3t ground nutmeg
3T cinnamon (cinnamon measurements {and vanilla} are merely suggestions at my house, we just dump it in until it looks right, or we start sneezing.  Whichever comes first.)

Mix it all up, and do the airtight container bit. 

When you need a little lovin' from the oven, here's whatcha do for two dozen muffins:

Combine:
4 eggs
3t vanilla (merely a suggestion, but at the very least make them "running over" t's)
2c water
1c veg oil
5 1/2 c muffin mix

18 - 20 minutes at 400*

(When i only need a dozen (rarely) i use 2-3 eggs, 2t vanilla, 1c water, 1/2 c oil, and 3 scoops of mix {my scoop is a bit less than a cup})

Okay, now here is the great part about this recipe. 
Add in's.
You can put anything you like in these muffins when you are mixing the batter...i have used nuts of all variety, dried fruit of all kinds, bran, carrots and raisins, chocolate chips, oats, even zucchini.  Or any combination of the above.

Go nuts. 
Clean out the fridge and make muffins.

Sometimes i get industrious and bake a whole bunch, then wrap each one in cling and freeze them.  30 or 45 seconds in the wave (not that i advocate wholesale usage of microwaves, mind you) will get a "what's for breakfast" out of your hair.

When i make a freezer batch, i divide the batter and do different add in's, so that at least if i am feeding from the freezer, i am giving them a choice.  Just be sure and label them, coz it all looks the same when it is frozen.  Nothing will sour your coffee like biting into a chocolate chip muffin and getting a mouth full of blueberry.