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by Michelle
July 9, 2023
Muffins make a fantastic breakfast! They are quick and easy to make, easily portable, freeze like a dream, and the flavors are endless. From classics like banana and blueberry to savory options and hearty morning glory, there is a muffin here for everyone!
Muffins are one of my favorite breakfast (and snack, and lunch) options. They are filling, fast to get on a plate, and there are flavors to please everyone (kids especially love them)!
The list below features the ten recipes that have been visited over and over again, garnering thousands of five-star reviews from readers, and are time-tested favorites. They include classic recipes like banana and blueberry, but also other creative and unique flavors that you are going to LOVE!
Before we get to the list, I’ve also rounded up all of my favorite equipment for making muffins so you can arm yourself with the best tools.
Favorite Muffin Tools
Part of making fabulous muffins is having the right tools for the job! Luckily most muffin recipes are quite simple in terms of preparation, but below are my recommendations for the best equipment for making delicious, beautiful muffins:
- Regular Muffin Pan:USA 12-Well Muffin Pan
- Mini Muffin Pan:USA 24-Well Mini Cupcake and Muffin Pan
- Liners:I usually stick toclassic white paper liners.
- All-Purpose Whisk: An 11-inch balloon whisk is perfect for any job.
- The Best Spatula: 11-inch silicone spatula
- Mixing Bowls: I love a classic mixing bowl set for various sizes.
- Carrier:Store or transport muffins in a sturdy carrier. Thiscollapsible carriercan hold 24 muffins or up to a 10-inch round cake.
Now, let’s get on to this list! I’ve been sharingmuffin recipessince 2007, and these are the ten that have risen as the best of the best and most beloved among readers. Enjoy!
Our 10 Best Muffin Recipes
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A hearty breakfast muffin studded with chopped dates for sweetness, dried cranberries for a little bit of tartness, and chopped pecans for a wonderful crunch.
9. Cornbread Muffins
These savory corn muffins are loaded with corn flavor and are the perfect accompaniment to chili or your favorite stew.
8. Chocolate Chip Muffins
One of my freezer staples – a super simple, sweet breakfast treat!
7. Banana Muffins
These have been a favorite of mine for nearly 20 years. It’s one of the first recipes I started baking over and over again. They’re sweet and delicious – breakfast or dessert!
6. Honey Muffins
These remind me of the fabulous honey muffins thrown into the bread basket at one of my favorite restaurants. I love them slathered with sweetened butter.
5. Morning Glory Muffins
Healthy and indulgent all at once, these fabulously hearty muffins are full of carrots, pineapple, apple, raisins, walnuts, and flavored with ground toasted coconut. Breakfast dressed up like carrot cake is something I can get behind!
4. Triple Chocolate Muffins
These chocolate muffins have cocoa powder and dark chocolate in the batter, with chocolate chips added to the batter.
3. Apple Muffins with Cinnamon-Sugar Topping
These apple-cinnamon muffins have a huge flavor thanks to apple cider and chopped apples, with a fabulous cinnamon-sugar crunch on top.
2. The Best Blueberry Muffins
These easy blueberry muffins mix together quickly for a perfect morning treat. Soft and tender from sour cream and bursting with blueberries (use fresh or frozen!), these muffins have been a long-time family favorite.
1. Raisin Bran Muffins
One of my oldest and most-loved nostalgic recipes! Raisin bran cereal (use any brand you want!) is mixed right into muffin batter and baked up into absolutely delicious muffins. I hope you’ll make a batch soon!
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85 Comments on “Our 10 Best Muffin Recipes”
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Laura — Reply
Bran muffins and lemon poppyseed
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Phyllis Renfrow — Reply
Can you share a great recipe for bran muffins?
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Mary — Reply
I’ve made several of these muffin recipes in the past and they’ve all been delicious! I wonder if you’ve ever tried any lower calorie, protein muffins before? I’m trying to incorporate protein powder into lower calorie recipes lately. ☀️☀️☀️
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Lynn — Reply
This may be an older post, but I don’t mind! I love it and my printer is very busy copying almost every recipe since several look better than what I already have. 😉
I am now set for each season. Thank you!-
Michelle — Reply
You are welcome!! I updated an older post, so it now includes different muffin recipes! Enjoy!
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acaica — Reply
soooo cool
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Receitas — Reply
Simple and delicious!
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abaniwo olabimpe — Reply
pls state the difference between loaf, rolls and muffins.
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Janice Stettler — Reply
Can’t wait to try
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Thabo Edwin Qwabe — Reply
morning everyone I am in RSA I hope god will help me to succeed my goals since I have a passion of baking and im also do a research muffins and scone recipes I want a quality result when it comes into that I real need more recipe to bake
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Ivanna — Reply
Thank you for the ideas! It’s an awesome list of muffins!
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Marilyn Dicarlo — Reply
Hi,
Amazing recipe! I love this post and I have shared your post on my Facebook account. I have noted your recipes.Thanks for sharing your valuable speech!
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Janice — Reply
I think I’ll go with Honey Muffins because I am a fan of honey lately. I read how honey is a better and sweeter alternative to processed sugar, so I’m basically on a honey overdose. I have made honey muffins before and I have succeeded, so maybe that’s why I choose that one. I tried making choco chip muffins once but somehow the chips got all liquidish and not semisolid. I baked them for a little longer, I guess. Anyways, I vote for honey muffins.
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martin mutuma — Reply
What make muffins to have holes at the Center
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Amit Kumar Tiwari — Reply
Canyoupleaseplease send allthe recipeto my Gmail
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Marcia — Reply
I made the banana muffins – you are right! They are the best I have ever had! Thank you for the recipes. I will be trying more of them, guaranteed! It’s hard to make a nice moist muffin . . .and this was perfect!
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Angie G — Reply
Who doesn’t love muffins? they’re perfectly portioned packages of goodness. I love a good cranberry orange muffin, but now I want the allspice crumb muffin commenters are speaking of and don’t see it on the list! I’m going searching for it right now on BEB!
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Elisabeth Lipsman — Reply
I made the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Streusel Muffins and they were unbelievably good! That cream cheese center perfectly complements the gently spiced muffin surrounding it. The crunch and sweetness of the streusel sends it off the charts! Good thing you called it a muffin, because I wouldn’t have made it for brunch if it had been a cupcake . . . Muffin beauty! It’s just this side of a dessert! FABULOUS!
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Stephanie J. Schiltz — Reply
I have an older recipe for a Chocolate Pumpkin Muffin s that I love. They have dark chocolate in them . Yum! Love corn muffins!
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Anna — Reply
Thank you for easy and tasty muffins recipe! Yesterday I baked your muffins for Birthday Party and got millions compliments :) My muffins have sophisticated look without any decorations only I used brown tulip baking liners
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Ganesh — Reply
Muffins are the best choice to stuff. Trying it with different ingredients will make difference in taste and it would be the healthy snacks.
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Alpha She-Wolf — Reply
Try lemon poppyseed with lime glaze. The best ever!!!
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peluang usaha — Reply
Ijinkan Saya Berbagi peluang usaha. Silahkan Mampir ya…
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Thomas — Reply
blue
berry muffins i like the taste of them please or recipe -
Trish — Reply
Hello.Great recipes. what is an alternative to buttermilk please?
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Justinas — Reply
I am making my first recipe from your website today.
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Kelsey @ Snacking Squirrel — Reply
so happy i found this. going to come in handy for a muffin lover like me
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Amy @ Thoroughly Nourished Life — Reply
I love muffins! Totally just an excuse to eat a tiny, tiny cake for breakfast! I love the look of Morning Glory Muffins – anything carrot cake-y certainly has my attention :)
I make Mocha Banana Muffins and I love them because it’s chocolate and fruit for breakfast – it’s all about balance ;) -
Caralyn @ glutenfreehappytummy — Reply
oh i could DEFINITELY go for a couple of these right now:)
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Cindy — Reply
My favorite Muffin is a Fresh Cranberry Orange Frosted Surprise………the surprise is a dark Dove chocolate in the middle of the cranberry muffin..,.complete with an Orange zest end cream cheese frosting……yum!!
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Lisa — Reply
Hmmm I don’t see any replies from Michelle! I wonder if its baby time!?!
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Michelle — Reply
Not yet, unfortunately!! Still here, waiting :)
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Patti Z —
Darn! I was thinking the same thing. Hope it’s soon!!
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Kathryn — Reply
I was thinking the same thing! Her due date was this week.
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Ellen — Reply
I’m a fan of this Mark Bittman bran muffin recipe that is a bit lighter than the typical one because you whip the egg white:
https://scrumptiousgruel.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/boyfriends-and-bran/ -
Emily @ Life on Food — Reply
Your banana muffins put me in the mood for muffins and now this. I really need one of those blueberry ones.
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wendyworldly — Reply
To me, muffins are meant to be healthy…this goes back to their origins. I love a good oatmeal or bran muffin but don’t underatand chocolate muffins…they seem more like a cupcake to me. And I prefer the texture of those made with butter rather than oil.
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youtube.com — Reply
Yes! Finally something about boom Beach hack.
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lexi — Reply
looks good!
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Alisa@Tenml — Reply
That just looks great, gluten free or not! Thanks for sharing all of the recipes.
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dan thacker — Reply
my favourite muffin mix would be my marshmallow muffin mix (that doesn’t taste like marshmallows)
15-17 marshmallows (put in mix and melted for 1.30/2 mins until they can be mixed into a non lumpy mix)
175g – ( preferably caster) sugar
175g – margarine (melted in a microwave and mixed in)
325/350g – self raising flour
1tsp – cinnamon
1tsp – vanilla
3x – large eggs
pinch – salt
175ml – milk1) mix all gradually into a bowl (try to melt the marshmallows in to the mix in the early stages)
2) put in muffin pouches and put in oven set to standard 180 degrees Celsius
3) leave for 10-15 mins until the muffins when stabbed with a knife, the knife is clean.
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Jackson — Reply
mmmmmmmmmmmmm………………. Muffins…….. YUMMY!:)
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Jason — Reply
Hey my wife needs a recipe for muffins help me choose please thanks!:)
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Lainy — Reply
HOW DO YOU FIND SUCH GOOD RECEIPIES?! I would love it if you told me! thx for them anyway!:)
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Maddy Anali — Reply
Yum! Keep it up!
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Edson Silva — Reply
Delicious.
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Sara — Reply
These look great; I love bran muffins. I’ve just finished a post about my favorite muffins- blueberry! I have a few great tips to alter that classic favorite, including a divine sugar crumb topping. I’d love your feedback and I think you’d love the muffins as well! Check it out at:
http://thenetherlandsnanny.com/2013/09/21/the-best-blueberry-muffins-on-either-side-of-the-atlantic/ -
Amy — Reply
Yum! These all look very good. One of my favorite muffins is Chocolate Chip.
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Sandra — Reply
Great muffins I have already made two of your great muffin recipes… Loved them and so did my husband! :-) thanks for sharing … I’ll try all of them!!
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Heather — Reply
Made the blueberry muffins and they are amazing. I’ve deleted my other recipe, these are my go to’s.
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Kate Koger — Reply
Have you ever tried parsnip, pecan and maple muffins???? Mmmmm!!!!! Or Lady Grey Tea and choc chip muffins!! I have recipes if you fancy them my lovely Brown Eyed Baker!!
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Alvin — Reply
Got amazing recipes here as well for delicious muffins, Had already tried couple of recipes: http://bit.ly/pmJZVN
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Adelina — Reply
Nice!!! I think I like the savory one the most:)
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Kate@Diethood — Reply
I want that double chocolate one up there a.s.a.p.! Beautiful!
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Lisa @ Tarte du Jour — Reply
The pumpkin cream cheese muffins get my vote! They all look fabulous, however!
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Skylar — Reply
By looks, I’m going for the pepper muffins only because savory sounds delicious. They all look great!
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OnSugarMountain — Reply
These look amazing! I want to try them all! Especially those allspice muffins :D
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Lilly — Reply
I haven’t made any muffins for a long long time and your top 10 just inspired me. I wil have to make some muffins soon, very soon.
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Peggy — Reply
what a great Top 10! I just made some hominy muffins last night (I know, who does that?!), but they’re actually surprising delicious!
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The Undercover Cook — Reply
I agree with you that muffins are like dessert for breakfast. It is a lovely way to start the day. You have some great variations! I think I am going to have to start with the coffeecake muffins.
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Mikaela Cowles — Reply
Here’s my problem with your list – How do I pick which one’s to make? It’s like deciding what to get at a really good bakery. I don’t know about you, but I end up eating WAY more than I should. Probably not a bad thing. Thanks for all the wonderful ideas.
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The Chocolate Priestess — Reply
Too hot to bake here, I’d die or risk burning our air con out I fear but they were fun to look at.
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RavieNomNoms — Reply
Thanks for this post! I do love myself a good muffin from time to time I will say that much! Blueberry is probably by far my most favorite. Boring I know, but I just cannot seem to get enough of them!
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Crystal Bullseye — Reply
My favorite muffins are chocolate – triple if possible! Also, I’m a fan of all muffins that create little or no crumb mess when eaten.
Cheers, Crystal
(Green-eyed granddaughter of pro baker Herbert; daughter of green-eyed bakers Guenter and Renate; sister of green-eyed baker Heike) -
Kristen — Reply
My favorite muffins are Cranberry Orange, but then I saw your pumpkin one’s!! OMG! They look awesome, but so do all that appear on the top 10! I agree about loving a good crumb topping! I’m eating a salad right now, but now I want something sweet!!!
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Ally — Reply
Amazing top ten. Such vast variety. I want them all! xo
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Jen of My Tiny Oven — Reply
All of them look amazing! Especially the blueberry! LOVE blueberry!
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Ann — Reply
These look incredible! I’m always amazed at your creativity…that and the fact that you can narrow it down to 10!
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CouponClippingCook — Reply
Wow! Each and every one of these recipes and pictures looks amazingly delicious. I previously sent my Aunt a link to your site and she spoke a lot about how great your blueberrie muffins looked….I’m certain she will be looking at them again today!
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Libby — Reply
I love baking muffins! I just recently baked a batch of banana nut muffins. They’re a hit at my house. Thanks for all the new recipe suggestions. I’m sure I will be busy baking up some new and delicious muffins in the coming days!
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Jess Wakasugi — Reply
Okay, just bookmarked this entire page. I guess I know what I’ll be baking for the next few weeks!
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sherri lynn — Reply
I am basically obsessed with making muffins, partly because my husband INHALES them! He would rather have muffins that dessert so I am always trying new recipes. I will have to try some of these – esp. the pumpkin cream cheese with pecan streusel! Here’s a list of some of my favorite muffin recipes: http://sherrilynnpuz.blogspot.com/p/recipes_22.html
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Lisa @ Sunny Seed Stories — Reply
Um, is all of these an acceptable response?? I have a lot of bookmarking to do…but those Pumpkin & Cream Cheese muffins are calling to me. (My tastes are so in-season, ha!)
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Lynne @ 365 Days of Baking — Reply
Awesome list! I had a REALLY hard time getting past the Allspice Crumb, but finally managed to and saw so many more delicious things on the list. Thanks for the top 10, Michelle!
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Julie @ Sugarfoot Eats — Reply
I love your Top 10 lists so much!!!!
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Barbara — Reply
these look delicious but what about my peach cornmeal muffins???? they are fantastic!
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Heather (Heather's Dish) — Reply
these all sound so amazing but i have to say blueberry is still my fave! can’t get enough of it :)
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Brittany @ Itty Bits of Balance — Reply
Those allspice crumb muffins are calling my name!
(and it doesn’t help that I just HAPPEN to have all the ingredients on hand…)
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Ariana — Reply
Hi! I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy reading your blog. I only just discovered it very recently whilst browsing on Foodbuzz and I am totally hooked! I cannot wait to try some of your recipes! It is difficult to find a pumpkin recipe that looks both do-able and delicious, I am excited to give the muffins a try. Thank you so much for keeping up this lovely blog! I look forward to continuing to read in the future.
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linda — Reply
goodie!
i baked muffins all weekend…& i am s-o-o-o happy about your list….up today… your orange & blueberry muffins! thanks so much!!! -
Sasha (The Procrastobaker) — Reply
I love your round ups so much! All of these look delicious but i have to say the blueberry and the chocolate ones in particular are looking at me pleadingly, but that pecan topping on the pumpkin muffins too…yumm
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Meryl — Reply
Here are some of my favorites:
Chocolate Breakfast Muffins (from King Arthur Flour) (I omit the optional pearl sugar on top):
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/RecipeDisplay?RID=R769Cherry, Lime and Coconut Muffins:
http://saraskitchen.blogspot.com/2007/01/cherry-lime-and-coconut-muffins.htmlBlueberry Muffins (Jordan Marsh) (I add 1 tsp lemon zest, and I omit the 1/2 cup crushed berries) :
http://www.food.com/recipe/blueberry-muffins-26756Baked Donut Muffins
http://www.food.com/recipe/baked-donut-muffins-84829Jam-Filled Muffins
From Beth Hensperger – “Williams-Sonoma Muffins” -
Katrina — Reply
I love a good muffin! Thanks for the ideas!
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Steve — Reply
What do you think about a Patriot Muffin?
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jason stewart —
i like number 10 muffins so enthusiastic
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