Muffins Basic & Variations

(from kiwrigh’s recipe box)

Categories: Breakfast

Ingredients

  • Baking Powder 1 tb
  • Granulated Sugar 2 tb
  • Large Egg 1
  • Milk 1 c
  • Salt 1 ts
  • Unbleached All-purpose Flour 2 c
  • Vegetable Oil 1/2 c

Directions

  1. 4 servings
  2. Grease 12 2 1/2-inch muffin cups. Heat oven to 400 degrees F.

  3. Sift Flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a medium-sized bowl.

  4. Stir to mix well.

  5. In a small bowl, beat egg with a fork. Add milk and oil. Add all at

  6. once to dry ingredients.

  7. Stir mixture only until dry ingredients are moistened. Batter will be lumpy.

  8. Drop batter from a tablespoon into prepared muffins pans, filling

  9. each cup half to two-thirds full.

  10. Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from pan and

  11. serve hot with butter, jam or marmalade.

  12. VARIATIONS:

  13. GINGER MUFFINS: Add 1/2 Cup finely diced candied ginger to flour

  14. mixture before adding liquid.

  15. BANANA PECAN MUFFINS: Prepare muffin batter but use only 1/2 cup

  16. milk. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans and 1/4 t ground nutmeg to sifted

  17. flour. Add 1 cup mashed, peeled banana with the egg, milk and oil.

  18. BLUEBERRY MUFFINS: Toss 1 cup washed and well-drained fresh or frozen

  19. blueberries with sifted flour mixture before adding liquid.

  20. ORANGE MUFFINS: Cut 2 peeled navel oranges into sections. When

  21. batter is in the cups, place an orange section on top of each and

  22. sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar.

  23. CHEESE MUFFINS: Fold 1/2 cup grated sharp yellow cheese into muffin

  24. mix with the last few strokes on batter. Serve hot with scrambled

  25. eggs and bacon for a special breakfast.

  26. SURPRISE MUFFINS: Fill muffin cups 1/3rd full of batter. Drop 1/2 t

  27. of your favorite jelly in center of batter. Add batter to fill cup

  28. 2/3rds full. Kids just love these as you will.

  29. COCONUT MUFFINS: Add 1 c Shredded coconut with the last few strokes

  30. of mixing. For a snack have coconut muffins, butter and milk.

  31. CHIVE MUFFINS: Fold 1/4 cup chives into the batter during the last

  32. few strokes and serve at dinner. Great with a steak and salad.

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