Honey Muffins

These honey muffins are sweet, moist, and full of rich honey flavor. They come together in one bowl and are great for snacking, breakfast, or even dessert.

About my go-to honey muffins

These honey muffins are comes together in one bowl and can be mixed with either electric mixer or a whisk. They are perfect for snacking, breakfast or as a treat. I often pack them in my son's lunch box.

This recipe is beginners friendly, the muffins come out soft, moderately sweet with a hint of honey flavor. The recipe makes 12 standard honey muffins.

If you love baking with honey, check out my 8 baking recipes with honey, for more muffins, cookies, scones, cakes.

Ingredients

Honey is the star ingredient in these muffins. I used local wild flower honey, but you can use clover, buckwheat or acacia. There is no need for super fancy honey for baking, but it should be a real honey. Your local honey would be the best and also affordable one to use. And while I do not rely solely on honey for sweetness ( I also add some sugar), honey still plays the major role in flavor, texture and beautiful golden browning. As much as I wanted to make these muffins with just honey, it was not quite successful. Baking with honey as a main sweetener can be tricky (especially for cakes and muffins), and after a few attempts, I found that this batter needs some sugar to taste like real muffins. You can learn more about substituting honey for sugar in my new guide.

Other ingredients you need:

• Eggs: To bind the muffins together and for texture.
• Sugar: I used granulated sugar. You can also use coconut sugar.
• Kefir: Kefir creates moist and light texture for the muffins. Make sure it is room temperature. You can warm it up slightly in the microwave. You can also use the same amount of sour cream.
• Oil: I use light olive oil (for baking and everyday cooking). You can also use vegetable oil or melted and cooled butter.
• Vanilla extract: For flavor.
• Baking soda: It is a leavening agent and will activate when mixed with kefir and honey.
• Flour: All-purpose flour is the best one to use for soft muffins texture.
• Cinnamon: For flavor.

How to make honey muffins

Mix eggs and sugar with electric mixer.

Add kefir, olive oil, honey and vanilla extract. Mix again on low speed to combine.

Add baking soda to the bowl, followed by flour mixed and cinnamon. Mix on low speed just until combined.

Gently fold in chocolate chips, raisins or nuts into the batter.

Fill each muffin cup with the batter, ¾ full.

Bake honey muffins at 350℉ for about 18-22 minutes or until they rise golden brown and the toothpick comes out clean. Allow cool 10 minutes in a pan.

Hot tip: for even more honey flavor muffins, brush the tops with raw honey after baking, while they are still warm

Recipe tips

• Use real honey, but do not skip the sugar.
• If your honey is crystalized, warm it up gently in a saucepan for easier mixing.
• Bake at 350℉ (not higher), so they do not brown too much.
• Add-ins: Chocolate chips, nuts, dried fruit complement well honey muffins.

Storage tips

• Room temperature: 3-4 days, in a Ziploc bag or airtight container.
• Fridge: 7-8 days in an airtight container.
• Freezer: 3 month in a freezer safe container or a bag.

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