"But the good news is, a time-saving, boxed mix doesn't mean you have to sacrifice flavor. There are plenty of ways to make boxed muffin mix taste homemade, and one of our favorite tricks involves a pantry staple you likely already have on hand: extract. Adding something as simple as a couple of teaspoons of vanilla extract to the muffin mix can lift the flavor and impart a more balanced and complex taste."
"The concentrated aromatics and flavors, whether that be vanilla, coconut, almond, or other popular extracts, can transform the best and worst store-bought mixes to taste more homemade - even the ones with rather one-dimensional or sweet flavor profiles. A touch of lemon extract can add brightness to an average blueberry muffin, or cover up some of the off notes from high-intensity sweeteners or flavors sometimes present in boxed mixes."
Boxed muffin mixes can taste homemade by adding extracts such as vanilla, coconut, almond, lemon, or peppermint. Concentrated aromatics from extracts add balanced, complex flavor and can mask off-notes or excessive sweetness. Vanilla enhances chocolate mixes while lemon brightens blueberry muffins. Coconut or vanilla adds depth to whole wheat or protein mixes, and peppermint gives chocolate muffins a seasonal twist. Additional mix-ins like fresh fruit, lemon zest, walnuts, spices, chocolate chips, or ganache increase texture and richness. A couple teaspoons of extract are usually enough to elevate convenience mixes toward scratch-made flavor.
Read at Tasting Table
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]