These easy brown sugar muffins are simple, moist, and a delicious treat! They are perfect for a sweet snack, breakfast on the go, brunch, or to accompany a meal.
Preheat oven to 375 Fahrenheit. Grease or line 12 - 16 muffin cups with paper liners.
Combine the melted butter, brown sugar, egg, milk and vanilla.
Add in the flour, baking soda and salt and mix just until combined. Stir in the nuts, if desired.
Fill prepared muffin cups ⅔ full for 16 muffins or to top for 12 muffins. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Recipe Variations
This recipe is very basic and simple and it is easy to add some extra mix-ins to or make a simple variations of it.Some of our favorite additions to this brown sugar muffin recipe are finely chopped or grated apple, chopped nuts (like walnuts or pecans), chocolate chips, cinnamon chips, fresh blueberries, quick oats, dried fruit (like raisins or dried cranberries).The amount of each mix-in we recommend varies depending on the ingredients. For apple, dried fruit, or oats we recommend about a ½ cup. For blueberries, chocolate chips, or cinnamon chips, we recommend ½-1 cup. For chopped nuts we like about ¼ cup. Feel free experiment with more or less.If you prefer a more molasses-forward brown sugar muffin you can replace the light brown sugar with dark brown sugar.
Make them Cinnamon Muffins
One of our favorite variations of these easy brown sugar muffins is to turn them into brown sugar cinnamon muffins!To Make them Brown Sugar Cinnamon Muffins:
Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon to the batter
Melt two tablespoons of butter and brush the tops of muffins with it after they come out of the oven.
Mix together 2 tablespoons white sugar and ½ teaspoon of cinnamon and generously sprinkle over the butter brushed on top of the brown sugar cinnamon muffins.