POPULAR MUFFINS 1 egg 1 c. milk 1/4 c. oil (salad) 2 c. flour 1/4 c. sugar 3 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease bottoms of 12 medium muffin cups (2 3/4-inch diameter). Beat egg, stir in milk and oil. Mix in remaining ingredients just until flour is moistened. Batter should be lumpy. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from pan. Makes 12 muffins. Variations: Apple Muffins: Stir in 1 cup grated apples with the oil and add 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon with the flour. Sprinkle with Nut Crunch Topping made as follows: Mix 1/3 cup brown sugar (packed), 1/3 cup broken nuts (recommend black walnuts), and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Blueberry Muffins: Fold in 1 cup fresh blueberries or 3/4 cup thawed (well drained) frozen blueberries into batter. Cranberry Orange Muffins: Fold in 1 tablespoon grated orange rind and 1 cup cranberries (cut in half) into batter. Surprise Muffins: Fill muffin cups only 1/2 full, drop 1 teaspoon jelly in center of each and add batter to fill cup 2/3 full. Whole Wheat Muffins: Use Popular Muffins recipe except decrease flour to 1 cup and baking powder to 2 teaspoons and add 1 cup whole wheat flour. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |