Customer Reviews

500 Best Muffin Recipes

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This is the ultimate book for those who love to bake not just the modest muffin (although this is included), but the more adventurous and elegantly baked treat. The recipes are diverse, easy to follow and will cater to every palate. Every muffin you could possibly think of are included and then some!

My only criticism would be that ingredients such as butter is measured in cups or millilitres rather than grams which would be far easier to measure and more accurate. It is also what us Australian and English bakers are used to.

But this is a tiny aspect in what is a brilliant book.

Happy Baking!

Esther Brody is THE muffin lady, and except for a misguided conversion of USA measurements to only milliliters throughout, this is as good as a muffin collection of this size can get. The book begins with technique suggestions and troubleshooting, then the recipes themselves are organized into categories: Classic, Wholesome Healthy, Low-fat, Fruit and Vegetable, Make Ahead, Microwave, Buffins/Cuffins/Puffins, Specially for Kids, Special Occasion, and a final section on Spreads and Toppings. The batters that are kept refrigerated and the make-ahead mixes are great for days when prep and baking times only come in small segments. Ingredient variations and tips are sprinkled liberally throughout. The index has never let me down--if I have an ingredient I want to use, the index shows me which recipes use it.

This is a recipe book that I keep handy. The recipes are varied~there are old favorites and new recipes that call for different fruits, nuts, and all sorts of healthy grains. I just gave this book to a bride-to-be to help start her new kitchen. I recommend this book to aspiring new bakers as well as those of you who are old hands in the kitchen.

I love muffins, making new ones, throwin in new ingredients...so how could I not love this book. It has EVERYTHING!

I purchased this cookbook for my granddaughter's 14th birthday and found it so great that I had to get a second one for me. This is a beautifully illustrated book with recipes that are easy for the novice as well as the "old hand". Some other reviewers commented on the fact that some of the ingrediants were measured in metric amounts. I found that to be a plus. Gives my granddaughter an opportunity to practice her math skills. Happy birthday, Tessa!

I have made many of these recipes and find them consistently good. I really like the extra tips in the 500 best muffin recipes edition and the way the recipes are arranged, by fruit, wholesome, kids, holiday, etc. I especially like that all the muffins have been tested by a muffin expert. The peach melba muffins are my favorite. A great resource. I had checked out her 250 muffins recipe book from the library and was very sad to return it. This book contains those recipes and more.

I found some very good recepies that became my family's favorites. A must have, book. I'm still going through other recepies.

I rented this book from the library to check it out before I bought it. It was terrible. I tried two muffin recipes and they were both bland and tasteless. Don't waste your money on this book.

Either there were some errors in typing the recipes or Ms. Brody didn't test all of the recipes the printed. Though I love this book, because there is so much variety and it was an inexpensive purchase, I am wary of trying anything new for the occasional mistake.

For example the beautiful rhubarb muffins (Pg 48) I made today said the recipe would yield a dozen muffins...24 muffins later I was handing them out to whomever would dare try rhubarb. The baking time said 20 minutes, but were ready at 12 minutes. Just check your muffins at about 10-15 no matter what the recipe.

This book is getting a spot right up front on my bookshelf! There are sooo many great and tasty muffin recipes in this book. So many of these "Several hundred" recipe books sound great title wise but the recipes when you look inside fall short of appeal because there are just so many ways you can make one thing. Brody did a great job of making the majority of these recipes sound great. I have only tried some of them but they've been delicious and I've got a list of those still to try!