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Make-Ahead Muffin Mix<\/h2>\n

I love a good muffin! But I’m not a big fan of the store-bought mixes.  Or maybe they’re not a fan of me.  Because whenever I make them, the muffins are teeny tiny.  Maybe I’m doing something wrong.  But when I think delicious breakfast muffin, I’m thinking of the ones you see in bakeries and coffee shops, or Costco (those things are HUGE, ha ha), with tons of mix-ins and preferably a streusel top!  Since I have yet to find a mix that pulls that off, that means I have to make my own. But sometimes the idea of hauling out all the ingredients to make muffins from scratch is just more than I can muster, even at 10 am! So, enter my favorite Make-Ahead Muffin Mix!!!<\/p>\n

I can’t claim any fame for this one. A baker I am not. So when I find a good recipe for baked goods, like Amazing Honey Wheat Bread<\/a>, and it works, I tend to just leave it alone, because why mess with a good thing, right? This is one of those things!<\/p>\n

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I found the recipe several years ago on grouprecipes.com<\/a>.  I’ve since seen it a couple of other places, with a different name attached to it as the author, so I’m not entirely sure who to credit here.  But whoever it is, they are a genius!  The recipe posting says they learned this recipe while working at a neighborhood bakery.  I have no idea if that’s true, but I have no reason to doubt it.  Because this make-ahead muffin mix makes true bakery-style muffins!<\/p>\n

The recipe itself is for the muffin mix base – all of the dry ingredients.  It makes a huge batch, which you can store until needed.  Then, when you’re ready to make muffins, you just add the correct amount of mix, your wet ingredients, and whatever mix-in’s you want (there is a list of about three or four dozen options) – and voil\u00e0!<\/p>\n

My personal favorite is the lemon poppy-seed variety, although I really like the pumpkin with cream cheese topping, too!<\/p>\n

For today’s post, and for most morning breakfasts, I go with blueberry, strawberry, or mixed berry muffins.<\/p>\n

\"Muffins<\/p>\n

The large batch of muffin mix will make enough for 5 batches of 24 muffins each.  However, feel free to halve the mix recipe if you’re not sure you’ll go through it quickly enough.  It’s good for a couple months in an airtight container in a cool, dry place.  Or you can also stick your extra dry mix in a ziptop freezer bag and freeze it to keep it good longer.<\/p>\n

I will add a couple of the mix-in instructions in the notes section, but for the full list, be sure to visit the original recipe page<\/a>.  You will not believe the combinations that are available!  You could probably make a different variety each week for an entire year and still not get through them all!!  It’s muffin heaven!!!<\/p>\n

Even better than having an amazing mix already to go, to speed up your muffin-making, is the fact that your baked muffins can then be FROZEN!!  I like to make up a batch of 24, keep about half out for the next few mornings, and then freeze the other 12 muffins for future breakfasts.  So, it’s really a make-ahead mix that makes make-ahead muffins!  Pretty clever, eh?  I had to get up really early in the morning for to come up with that one! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Corny jokes and bad alliteration aside, I hope you will enjoy these as much as we do at my house!!<\/p>\n

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Make-Ahead Muffin Mix<\/h2>\n\t\t
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<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Servings: <\/span>5<\/span> batches of 24<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Course: <\/span>Uncategorized<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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Prep Time: <\/span>5 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time: <\/span>20 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Total Time: <\/span>25 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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A make-ahead muffin mix that you can keep on hand and use to make amazing make-ahead muffins!  <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t
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