Muffin

Nadia Lim's muffin recipe is the perfect way to start your day. Packed with the goodness of bananas, bran, dried fruit and spices, these muffins make a delicious breakfast on-the-go or picnic bite

Muffins...for breakfast? This morning glory muffins recipe combines plenty of fruit, nuts and spices to create a healthy, hearty start to the day

Such a delicious sweet treat!

Prepare to make morning tea the most delicious meal of the day with this little muffin puff recipe. Packed with corn, cream cheese and a dollop of pesto, these savoury bites will be a family favourite

These buns are so handy as you can make the dough the evening before. Then it’s just a matter of putting them together just before you want to eat them, hot from the oven - perfect for a quick breakfast or morning tea snack!

Try this super savoury snack!

Sweet, chocolatey and oh-so-moist, these little Easter egg cupcakes are almost too cute to eat! Until you take one bite, because no one will be able to resist the secret treat that's hiding in the middle...

Find out just how well avocado pairs with sweet flavours by whipping up a batch of these gorgeous avocado and lemon muffins. Topped with a delightful lemon frosting, these little treats are just perfect for lunch boxes.

Jazz up your usual chocolate muffins by making these little tamarillo cakes. Topped with a slice of the deliciously tangy fruit, this ideal morning tea treat combines tart and sweet perfectly.

Feijoa and chocolate are great friends, and their respective flavours combine wonderfully in these soft, rich little cakes. Enjoy with a cup of tea for a gorgeous autumn treat.

These fruit and spice friands are a delightful treat for a Christmas Day brunch or breakfast. Topped with juicy fresh cherries and sweet spiced syrup, it's the perfect way to start a festive day.

The delicious savoury tones of feijoas work beautifully with the blue cheese and thyme in Nici Wickes's incredible feijoa muffins that are brilliant enjoyed with a hot cup of tea or coffee

Ditch boring sandwiches and add an exciting element to your little one's lunchbox with this muffin recipe. Packed with bacon, corn and wholemeal flour, these muffins can also easily be baked in advance and frozen

Little hands will love this mini muffin recipe! Filled with the goodness of apple, oats and berries, these muffins are delicious packed in lunchboxes or enjoyed as an after school snack

Nici Wickes' shares her mum's tried-and-true workmen's muffins recipe. These muffins aren’t your usual light and fruity ones – they’re solid and filling with veges, feta and a hint of curry powder

Dive into this season's feijoa frenzy with this irresistible feijoa, lime and poppy seed muffin recipe. Gently spiced with ginger and topped with sugared feijoas, this recipe is an autumn essential

Nici Wickes' maple walnut muffins-masquerading-as-cupcakes are irresistible. Take this delicious recipe even further with homemade maple cream cheese icing

These mini lemon and blueberry muffins are little bites of sweet perfection! This recipe creates the perfect lunchbox filler or afternoon tea treat

iCoco Café shares the recipe for their popular savoury muffins. Simple yet packed with flavour, these muffins make a perfect snack or lunch box filler

The Fat Pigeon Café shares the recipe for their famous blueberry and white chocolate muffins. Serve with decadent white chocolate drizzled over the top and a dusting of icing sugar

This savoury muffin recipe creates a tasty snack that's perfect for enjoying at any time of the day and can easily be filled with any veges you have on hand in the fridge

Caramello chocolate is the key to giving this coffee and caramel muffins recipe its melty bits! Top with a lush cream cheese coffee icing for deliciously decadent edge

These deliciously moist apple, carrot and raisin muffins are the perfect thing to enjoy for a satisfying afternoon snack or to pop in school lunchboxes

These delicious bran and blueberry muffins are based on a recipe from the Dunedin School of Home Science Manual way back in the mid-1970s

Kiwifruit and white chocolate are a match made in heaven in this delicious muffin recipe. Enjoy with a hot cuppa for a fluffy, golden afternoon treat

The Coffee House shares the recipe for their famous savoury muffins. Filled with spinach, bacon, cream cheese and relish, these muffins are the perfect morning tea treat or snack

This delicious muffin recipe sees the winning combination of lemon and poppy seed come together to create a wonderfully fluffy afternoon tea treat

Enjoy your favourite cake flavour on a smaller scale with this gluten-free carrot cake muffin recipe. Serve complete with cream cheese frosting for a little bite of heaven

Enjoy Nici Wickes' wonderfully light and scrumptious rhubarb muffins recipe for morning or afternoon tea, served with a hot cup of tea or coffee

What’s a soup party without some form of bread? Whip up a batch of these savoury muffins to serve with soup, plus they’re great for taking out and about. Created by Emma Galloway for Taste magazine

When the kids get home from school starving, it's a good time to slip something healthy on their plate. We've got five great ideas including muffins, a smoothie, snack balls, fruit dip and quesadillas...

This delicious recipe uses yoghurt and almond meal to create moist, fluffy cakes that are perfected with the orange, honey and cardamom syrup that's spooned over the top

These delicate little French almond cakes are irresistible, plus they're also gluten-free

Add more excitement to your average bran muffins with more flavour and creativity!

These tasty zucchini, parmesan and basil muffins from Anneka Manning's cookbook, 'BakeClass', are a great alternative to the sweet ones, especially when served as a snack or instead of bread alongside soup or salad.

Delicious feijoa, lemon and coconut muffins that are great for a picnic basket, or as an anytime snack!

This muffin recipe is a one-bowl wonder, easy to throw together and the cardamom is a beautiful whisper of flavour alongside the fruit. And who doesn’t like a freshly baked muffin first thing in the morning? My mum’s muffins are the best – though I might be a bit biased!

Soft and moist rhubarb muffins from New Zealand Woman's Weekly.

Pumpkin, zucchini and feta muffins fit snugly into a school lunchbox served with a sandwich quarter, fruit and crackers.

Coffee and walnuts are old friends. In these cute little cakes, the sour cream adds an extra richness and ensures a wonderfully moist crumb. The recipe makes 8 small cakes or 10-12 muffins.

These delicious muffins are a quick and easy snack, perfect for afternoon tea or to take on a picnic.

Delicious and decadent chocolate hazelnut flourless muffins. These beauties are the perfect addition to your morning or afternoon cuppa.

If you’ve found yourself with a glut of feijoas, you’ll want to bake a few batches of these gently spiced feijoa muffins. They’re delicious with a cup of tea, and if you bake them for friends and family, they’ll welcome the change from shopping bags of windfall.

These healthy and delicious savoury muffins are from Amy Chaplin's book, 'At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen'. The mashed sweet potato in the muffin mix adds a pleasantly moist and sweet background to the onions, herbs and delicate crunch of black quinoa.

These tasty and easy to prepare apple spice muffins are the perfect pick-me-up! Sweet and delicious, enjoy one with your morning or afternoon cuppa!

Full of delicious wholesome ingredients, these sweet and tasty maple gingerbread muffins are free of dairy and refined sugar. Served with a divine kumara butter, they make a healthy alternative for your morning or afternoon tea!

A simple gluten- and dairy-free muffin recipe that makes a perfect breakfast on the run, or morning and afternoon tea.

If you follow a gluten-free diet and have a sweet tooth, these zesty muffins are the perfect choice for when you get the munchies.

Whip up a batch of these easy savoury muffins and serve warm straight away ... or store in an airtight container ready to be popped into a school or work lunchbox.

Let the smell of freshly baked muffins surround your kitchen with these deliciously nutty apple and pecan mini cakes.

No one will be able to stop munching on these delicious savoury muffins, filled with feta, cottage cheese and spinach

Buttermilk gives these fruity, easy-to-make muffins a luscious, creamy flavour.

These easy muesli muffins are perfect for breakfast on the run or school or work lunchboxes.

Classic scones are easy to make and a delicious addition to any afternoon tea.

These light and fluffy savoury muffins are perfect for a work or school lunch box. Packed full of juicy corn, fluffy polenta and delicious sun-dried tomatoes, these are a great vegetarian on-the-go treat that will keep you fueled for hours.

These chocolate hazelnut muffins are best eaten warm, but they will keep in an airtight container for one day (if there are any leftover!).

Muffins taste just as good savoury as they do when they're sweet. You won't be able to keep from popping these delicious salami, cheese and pesto creations into your mouth.

Kiwifruit stars in these wholemeal muffins that are packed with goodness and so easy to make. Everything is mixed by hand in a bowl and the muffins will be in the oven in just 15 minutes!

These almond muffins are deliciously moist, and are perfect drizzled with caramelised pear.

These sweet and crumbly cupcakes are packed full of goodness to keep you satisfied for longer - a win/win dessert!

These cupcakes are a coffee-lovers dream. Serve for morning or afternoon tea, at a party, or as a sweet treat when it's your turn to feed your book group.

These cheesecakes are a delicious mix of the salty taste of prosciutto and the sweetness of fresh figs. Serve anytime!

Buttermilk is used in these light, fluffy muffins to add a wonderful tang to these tasty treats, which works perfectly with the juicy sultanas swirled throughout. Pack these into your children's lunchbox for school or enjoy with a mug of coffee for a lovely afternoon treat.

These hearty savoury muffins are great for lunchboxes, morning tea and even breakfast on the run.

A timeless recipe, blueberry muffins can be enjoyed any time of the day. Serve your muffins warm or cold with a thick spread of butter.

The aroma of a chocolate pudding just out of the oven can make your tastebuds dance with anticipation, so get baking!

No need to bother the baker about whipping up these patty cakes, this recipe is so simple you can do it yourself. These soft, buttery treats are perfect for an afternoon snack with tea or coffee.

For a different spin on a favourite morning or afternoon snack, try these gratifying cheese, corn and bacon muffins either warm or cool.

These delicious savoury breakfast cups involve minimal effort but are worthy of any weekend brunch. Delicate proscuitto is wrapped around a perfectly cooked runny egg, sitting atop sweet, fluffy brioche and baked to perfection.

These delicate fruity cakes combine the citrus of orange rind with the sweetness of raspberries.

The unbeatable combination of chocolate and banana is celebrated in these delicious muffins, which are packed full of real chocolate chips. These are great to make with the kids as a weekend treat or lunchbox snack.

Full of fresh fruit and drizzled with a divine orange icing, these muffins will delight your senses when pulled out of the oven.

These tasty savoury muffins are perfect for an after-work snack, or a wonderful lunch box treat.

Light and fluffy, these cheesy muffins are packed with sweet, juicy corn and fresh capsicum pieces. Whip these up in the microwave in under 20 minutes, and enjoy warm as a light morning tea or cool packed in a school lunch box.

The sweetness of maple syrup is wonderfully swirled through these dense apricot muffins, packed full of all-bran goodness.

Full of dried fruit, sultana bran and nuts, these muffins make a healthy after-school snack.

Add a selection of raw vegetable sticks to these bite-sized frittatas and the school lunchbox never looked or tasted so good.

Sweet, sugary and fruity, these golden fluffy muffins have a divine baked custard top and tender rhubarb pieces swirled throughout.

To make lunchtime morsels, add a few rocket leaves to the mix with the salmon, then bake in regular-sized muffin tins.

Toppings could include pickled peppers, gherkins, Swiss cheese or herby butter.

You can also add fresh blueberries or diced apple to this recipe.

Muffins can take you from breakfast to dessert and every snack in between, so line up the tins and get a batch (or two) going.

If you’re after a quick fix, ditch the syrup and serve these heated with ice cream or natural yoghurt.

Apples make the most wonderful comfort food – hardly glamorous, but reliably delicious – every day.

A perfect way to use up any left-over pasta, these are great to pack in lunchboxes or take on picnics.

Enjoy the timeless flavours of Anzac biscuits through these warm, buttery muffins - fabulous served with butter and golden syrup.

Fruit crumble plus muffins equal a brilliant dessert. This recipe uses fresh plums and hazelnut meal - yum!

These are best served warm, dripping with butter and maple syrup – go on, try them!

If desired, sprinkle top of uncooked muffins with a few extra oats. Note

Makes 12 Note