Ingredients

　　

Making Muffins, Step by Step

Step 1

For best results, bring the milk, eggs, and butter to room temperature. Take these ingredients out of the refrigerator before you start, letting them warm up as you measure the dry ingredients.

　　

Step 2

Whisk together the dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet ingredients in another.

　　

Step 3

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients; pour in the wet ingredients.

　　

Step 4

With a rubber spatula, fold the wet mixture into the dry one, with as few strokes as possible.

　　

Step 5

Fill buttered muffin tins about three-quarters of the way with batter. This leaves enough room for a crumb topping.

　　Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group.Buy the full book from Amazon.