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Malt-O-Meal Magic Muffins

Posted by Team Malt-O-Meal on November 30th 2009 in Recipes

This great recipe comes directly from the Malt-O-Meal® hot wheat cereal package. The recipe isn’t found on every package, so we thought we would make it available for you right here! Enjoy the original Magic Muffin Recipe, or get adventurous with the ingredient variations we’ve provided after the cooking instructions. Let us know how your muffins came out by leaving a comment. You can add other variations of this muffin recipe to your comment as well!

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup Original Flavored Malt-O-Meal® hot wheat cereal, dry
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup milk
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 400°F
  2. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients
  3. stir together until ingredients are just moistened.
  4. Spoon into a greased or paper-lined 12-cup muffin pan, filling cups ¾ full.
  5. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Muffin Variations:

  1. Add and incorporate one 8.5-ounce can cream style corn to Magic Muffins recipe for Magic Corn Bread mix.
  2. Pour muffin mixture into a greased 13×9-inch pan and bake for 19 to 20 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  3. For Banana Magic Muffins add ¾ cup mashed bananas to basic ingredients and follow the basic muffin baking instructions.

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20 Responses to “Malt-O-Meal Magic Muffins”

  1. Julie Bicket Says:
    December 4th, 2009 at 12:05 am

    These are great!!! My mother used to make them all the time, I made them for my kids too! I don’t ever remember using vanilla though, or seeing it in the original recipe. Anyway…give em a try!

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  3. J L Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 11:32 pm

    I add chocolate chips and a bit of extra vanilla– mmmm!

  4. Patsy Gilley Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 9:18 am

    This recipe was very easy and good. I put 6 blueberries in the bottom of muffin pan these were very good.

  5. HeatherT Says:
    January 20th, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    For those in the northwest, stir in a cup of huckleberries, just before you put them in the muffin pan. This makes the best huck muffin EVER!!

  6. Fat Girl Gone Thin » Blue In The Face (And Tongue) Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 11:55 am

    [...] finally in hand, I fell back on a trusted childhood recipe – a take on the Malt-O-Meal magic muffin. The cereal’s been around since the turn of the century and the recipe has been on the side [...]

  7. Kate Says:
    April 10th, 2010 at 6:22 pm

    I made these healthier today and they were awesome. My husband, who doesn’t eat breakfast, actually ate these in the morning!

    Make these changes from the original Magic Muffin Recipe:
    A)Instead of all white flour, use 3/4 cup whole wheat flour and
    1/2 cup all-purpose flour.

    B)Substitute 1/2 cup no-sugar-added applesauce for the sugar. I used homemade applesauce, but you could use store-bought. This does not make the muffins apple-flavored.

    C)Increase milk to one scant cup.

    D) Reduce oil to 1/8 cup. I used olive oil.

    My oven took 15 minutes to bake them. Great with butter or applesauce smeared on. Yum!

  8. Myra Says:
    May 22nd, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    These are so yummy! I used to make these all the time when I was younger and I have started making them again as a quick and easy morning bread with eggs and bacon. They are delicious with raisins in them, and/or chopped nuts. I also sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar when I make them with raisins. :) I’ve made them with cheddar cheese and bacon in them as well – also delish! :) You can do a lot with them – you can put jam filling in them, and I’ve also added fresh berries to the batter. Once I made a pecan-maple syrup filling that came out super yummy. I love the crunchy texture they have, while being fluffy at the same time. I almost always double the recipe and make big muffins. Good stuff!

  9. Natalie Says:
    August 15th, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    I got the Magic Muffin recipe off the Maple & Brown Sugar box, but I used the Chocolate cereal & chocolate chips. I originally made them as my “pregnancy breakfast” but my husband loved them!

  10. Ana Says:
    September 12th, 2010 at 7:03 pm

    Love these! We make ours whole grain and “savory” by reducing the sugar and using a mixture of whole wheat, all purpose and oat flour. they are perfect with a bowl of turkey chili with beans.

  11. Beverly Says:
    October 8th, 2010 at 2:36 pm

    These are great! I made the following changes: I substituted flax meal for the egg (much healthier & very simple, just use 1TBS flax meal plus 3TBS water & mix, the add to recipe). I also added a cup of blackberries and smooshed them a bit as I stirred the mix. Wonderful, very healthy and filling muffins! 5 stars :)

  12. Beverly Says:
    October 8th, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    One more thing: I also used only whole wheat flour, and you can’t really tell the difference. I’ve never baked with white all-purpose, I’ve found whole wheat to be perfect in any recipe that calls for white all-purpose.

  13. Rose D Says:
    December 12th, 2010 at 7:46 pm

    I added a jar of strained banana baby food and they were amazing!

  14. Wendy Says:
    January 3rd, 2011 at 11:04 am

    I’m so glad to have found this recipe. My mom would let me make these muffins when I was a child in the 80′s. We used the chocolate malt-o-meal to make these yummy muffins and we always included the vanilla!!! A true childhood favorite!!!!

  15. Judy Says:
    January 19th, 2011 at 6:37 pm

    Can you use the quick cooking Malt-O-Meal to make the Malt-O-Meal Magic Muffins?

  16. Dean Says:
    February 19th, 2011 at 7:05 am

    Ladies, step aside….I make these muffins for my daughters – they love them (as do I). All of the variations above are outstanding.

  17. Don Juan Says:
    March 25th, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    I added Dried Cranberrys and Put it in a bread pan instead it makes a awesome subsitute if you have no muffin pan and the berrys add more flavor.

  18. alli's mama Says:
    May 11th, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    Super yum. I always increase the vanilla, it makes a difference! We make them in mini muffin pans, some with berries, some with chips, some with cinnamon sugar – then you can have a few different ones for breakfast. Great for snack in the kids lunch boxes too!

  19. Samantha Says:
    October 28th, 2011 at 7:13 am

    These are delicious! I added frozen mixed berries and also veganized them to make them healthier. I made them with Spelt flour, soy milk, and egg replacer. I also omitted the oil, added a splash extra of soy milk to loosen up the batter.

  20. Team Malt-O-Meal Says:
    November 3rd, 2011 at 12:55 pm

    Thanks for sharing your recipe tweaks, Samantha. Sounds delicious and wholesome!
    Cheers,
    Team Malt-O-Meal

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