VARIATIONS:

Streusel topping
3 Tbsp flour
3 Tbsp brown sugar
¼ tsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp butter, chopped
Blend together in Thermomix until crumbly. Sprinkle over uncooked muffins prior to baking. Can add 2 Tbsp chopped pecans.

Apricot Muffins
Add ½ cup chopped dried apricots into flour mix.

Date and Orange Muffins
Add ½ cup chopped dried dates and rind of one orange. Use 100g milk and add 20g of orange juice.

Cheese Muffins
Reduce sugar to 2 Tbsp and omit vanilla. Stir ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese and ¼ tsp cayenne pepper into flour mixture. You can also add corn, diced red capsicum and grated zucchini.

Breakfast Muffins
As with the Cheese Muffins, but add any of the following: chopped bacon, spring onion, corn niblets and well drained semi dried tomatoes.

Berry Muffins
Fold ¾ cup frozen berries into flour mixture just before adding liquid mixture. Add some chopped white chocolate for extra decadence!

Banana Muffins
Reduce milk to 50g. Add 2 small bananas, mashed and ½ cup chopped nuts into flour with the liquid ingredients.

Cranberry Muffins
Fold 1 cup coarsely chopped cranberries.

Oatmeal Muffins
Reduce flour to 140g and add ½ cup rolled oats to flour mixture.

Lemon Muffins
Add zest of one lemon to flour mixture. Make up milk to ½ cup including 2 Tbsp lemon juice.
Grind 2 Tbsp raw sugar with thinly peeled rind of one lemon 8sec/sp 8 or until fine. Sprinkle over muffins just before baking.