Miles Of Melodies

Hi! This is Chaos Cookin‘, a collection of recipes that sums up my approach in the kitchen.

Think of this as cooking with wiggle room: measurements are flexible (if they exist at all), and perfection is never the goal. No step-by-step photos quite yet (please bear with me while I figure out how to make everything camera ready).

Each recipe is more of a base to build on, which gives you the freedom to tweak, swap, or modify however you wish.

As always, I’ll skip the small talk and get straight into the muffins:

Ingredients

Dry

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Wet

• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil

Optional Add-ins

• berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, etc.)
• chocolate chips
• peanut butter
• brown sugar (to sprinkle on top like a crumble)
• nuts
• spices (cinnamon, all spice, etc.)
• savory and spicy (jalapeno slices, shredded cheese, bacon, etc.)

Steps

• Preheat your oven to 400°F
• Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl
• Mix wet ingredients together in a separate bowl
• Slowly add the wet ingredient mixture to the dry ingredient mixture and mix everything together
• Add any toppings that you would like. If you’re doing multiple, wait until after scooping into muffin tray
• Fill each muffin tin about 2/3 full with the mixture
• Bake for 18-20 minutes

And that’s all there is to it! A super simple and adaptable muffin base that works for picky toddlers just as well as it does for adults.