This kitchen tested muffin batter creates extra large bakery style muffins with big muffin tops and dense, moist centers. Create plenty of flavors using this as the base-- 1 muffin batter with endless options.
Recipe by Sally on February 18, 2014
Prep time: PT15M
Cook time: PT30M
Total time: PT45M
Rating
4.8 stars ( reviews)
Keywords
jumbo muffins
Ingredients
3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
1/3 cup (5 Tbsp; 71g) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
1/3 cup (80ml) vegetable oil*
1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1/3 cup (80g) sour cream or yogurt, at room temperature*
1 cup (240ml) milk, at room temperature*
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1-2 cups add-ins (see blog post above for suggestions)
optional: coarse sugar for sprinkling
Categories
Breakfast
Cuisine
American
Steps
Preheat oven to 425°F (218°C). Generously grease a 6-count jumbo muffin pan with butter or nonstick spray (nonstick spray recommended) or line with muffin liners. Set aside.
Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon (if using) together in a large bowl. Set aside.
Whisk the melted butter, oil, sugar, and eggs together until combined. Then whisk in the sour cream, milk, and vanilla extract. Mixture will be pale yellow. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and fold together with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon until completely combined. Use a whisk to rid any large lumps of flour, if needed. Avoid overmixing. The batter will be thick. Fold in the add-in(s).
Divide batter between each muffin cup, filling all the way to the top. Sprinkle with coarse sugar (for added crunch, recommended!). Bake at 425°F for 5 minutes, then, keeping the muffins in the oven, reduce the oven temperature to 350°F (177°C) and continue to bake for 25-30 minutes or until the tops are lightly golden brown and centers are set. Stick a toothpick in the center of a muffin to test for doneness. If it comes out clean, the muffins are done.
Allow to cool for 10 minutes in pan before serving.
Cover leftover muffins and store at room temperature for 5 days or in the refrigerator for 1 week. Muffins freeze well for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator or on the counter.
Reviews
Del on 2024-11-05 (5 stars): I love this recipe! I make this recipe every Thursday with different add ins.
I was wondering if The batter can be made 1.5x? As I don’t want to double the recipe
EK on 2024-12-27 (5 stars): perfect banana nut muffins!
I halved the recipe and don't have a jumbo muffin tin, so I buttered six compartments of my normal muffin pan. (each are 1/3c volume) but I should have done 8!
I got huge muffin tops where the very edges got a little crispy, but i actually liked that. the muffins had the perfect dense but plushy soft inside. the keys here are not overbeating and that initial higher temp bake time. Thanks to Sally I have found my forever keeper muffin recipe! next up, lemon blueberry.
Thalia Sevier on 2025-02-09 (5 stars): This recipe is phenomenal! So far I’ve made chocolate chip and banana nut! I’m curious what you recommend to do if I wanted to make a coffee cake/cinnamon sugar type of muffin? I have no idea how to tweak this without making them overpoweringly sweet??
Paula Mix on 2025-04-14 (5 stars): I wanted to try this batter and put in fresh strawberries for a breakfast muffin for Easter. Should I maybe lightly flour berries first? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, love your recipes.
Emma on 2025-05-30 (3 stars): I made these muffins for an event a day in advance. I did a lemon strawberry variation, substituting 40ml of the milk with lemon juice, added lemon zest and 1.5 cups of diced strawberries and used sugar in the raw to top them. Both batches came out great the day I baked them. I covered both batches with aluminum foil and left at room temperature and by the next day they sugar on top seamed to have absorbed and they lost their crunchy top. I baked them at 425 for 5 minutes and then 25 minutes at 350 and the toothpick was clean when I tested them. Any tips/ suggestions for why that happened and how to prevent it next time?
Emily P on 2025-06-11 (5 stars): Hi Lexi,
Wanted to follow up on this. I did end up modifying this recipe to substitute additional baking powder for the baking soda, prepped the batter night before, and then scooped and baked the muffins in the morning for breakfast service. I made primarily chocolate chip muffins, since they kids at the breakfast devoured those, and also some blueberry, though I had to adjust the baking time for the blueberry ones because the blueberries were frozen. Over all they were excellent and looked beautiful, people raved about them.
I wish I could share a picture. I also 4xed this recipe and making that much batter in advance made morning baking quick and easy. Thanks for the great recipe! Just wanted to share an update for anyone who may be considering prepping this batter the night before.
Rupa Joshi on 2025-06-15 (5 stars): I have doubled the amount and made a out 44 strawberry muffins.. have yet to taste them mmm but looks yummy already!! Want to send photo.. let's see
Alyce Roberts on 2025-06-16 (5 stars): I have baked many of your muffins and they are absolutely delicious!
Sarah on 2025-06-24 (5 stars): I've used this master recipe several times now and had excellent results with every flavor combination I've tried. Today's version was raspberries from the brambles that are invasively taking over my entire back yard, dark chocolate chips and I omitted the cinnamon and added a 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract. Very pleased!
Katie on 2026-01-02 (5 stars): This muffin recipe is amazing! I made these today in a Le Creuset heart shaped muffin pan & couldn’t believe how much they rose. This is definitely going to be my new go-to muffin recipe.
Kathleen on 2026-02-19 (5 stars): Is this your recipe?
https://kookyfood.com/master-muffin-recipe-for-bakery-style-jumbo-muffins-at-home/#recipe
I came cross it and it seems identical to yours. Even the picture looks like yours. Delete after you see this. Seems kind of wrong.