Anonymous wrote:It's fine as is. Don't monkey with it.

Did you read OP's post at 21:33? Too late.

It's fine as is. Don't monkey with it.

OP here. I subbed low fat milk for the water (1%), added some walnuts, and sprinkled coconut palm sugar on top of each one before I put them in the oven. I tried one (they are for tomorrow morning) and they turned out pretty good!

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Add a slice of bacon to each one.

Anonymous wrote:Use orange juice instead of water. Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Throw in some craisins or chocolate chips. Sprinkle a bit of sugar on top of each muffin before putting it in the oven to get a crunchy shell.

If you did all of this, wouldn't it make the muffins way too sweet?

Add a little orange or lemon zest. Sprinkle sugar on top.

Use milk instead of water. This is a good tip for any boxed mix. If you have 2% or whole milk, the texture gets a lot moister.

Anonymous wrote:Use orange juice instead of water. Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Throw in some craisins or chocolate chips. Sprinkle a bit of sugar on top of each muffin before putting it in the oven to get a crunchy shell.

Thank you. Don't have any OJ in the house... do you think apple cider would work?

Use orange juice instead of water. Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Throw in some craisins or chocolate chips. Sprinkle a bit of sugar on top of each muffin before putting it in the oven to get a crunchy shell.

Sprinkle sugar on top before baking. Tada!

Or make some sort of streusel, but that's more work.

Anonymous wrote:Walnuts would ruin it

Not for me!

Walnuts would ruin it

Oops... meant to post this in the food forum. Sorry.

I have a boxed muffin mix (cranberry orange muffins) and the add in ingredients only include one egg and water. I want to make them better. And no, I'm not going to bake them from scratch to make them "better." That's not an option right now. I was going to throw in a handful of walnuts, and I wanted to add a little butter or oil... but how much?

TIA