Grandma’s quark muffins with vanilla pudding

Here’s a classic Grandma-style quark muffin recipe with vanilla pudding mix – soft, moist, and slightly creamy inside 💛

🧁 Grandma’s Quark Muffins with Vanilla Pudding

🛒 Ingredients (makes about 12 muffins)

• 250 g quark (20% or full-fat for extra moist muffins)

• 125 g sugar

• 1 packet vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)

• 3 eggs

• 100 ml neutral oil (e.g., sunflower oil)

• 100 ml milk

• 1 packet vanilla pudding powder (about 37 g)

• 250 g all-purpose flour

• 1 packet baking powder (about 16 g)

• Pinch of salt

Optional add-ins:

• Fresh or frozen berries

• Chocolate chips

• Raisins

• Lemon zest

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F), top/bottom heat. Line a muffin tin with paper liners.

2. Mix wet ingredients
   In a large bowl, beat the eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar until light and fluffy.
   Add quark, oil, and milk. Mix until smooth.

3. Combine dry ingredients
   In a separate bowl, mix flour, vanilla pudding powder, baking powder, and salt.

4. Combine everything
   Gradually fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Do not overmix.

5. Fill muffin cups
   Divide batter evenly (about ¾ full).

6. Bake
   Bake for 20–25 minutes, until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.

7. Cool & enjoy
   Let cool slightly before serving.

💡 Grandma’s Tips

• For extra fluffy muffins, let the batter rest 5–10 minutes before baking.

• Sprinkle with powdered sugar after cooling.

• They taste even better the next day!

If you’d like, I can also give you:

• A version with oil replaced by butter

• A low-sugar version

• A Thermomix version

• Or a blueberry/lemon variation 🍋🫐