Muffins Basic And Variations

Total Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 grease 12 2 1/2-inch muffin cups.
• 2 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.
• 6 add milk and oil.
• 7 add all at once to dry ingredients.
• 8 stir mixture only until dry ingredients are moistened.
• 9 batter will be lumpy.
• 10 drop batter from a tablespoon into prepared muffins pans, filling each cup half to two-thirds full.
• 11 bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
• 12 remove from pan and serve hot with butter, jam or marmalade.
• 13 variations:
• 14 ginger muffins: add 1/2 cup finely diced candied ginger to flour mixture before adding liquid.
• 15 banana pecan muffins: prepare muffin batter but use only 1/2 cup milk.
• 16 add 1/2 cup chopped pecans and 1/4 t ground nutmeg to sifted flour.
• 17 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 blueberries with sifted flour mixture before adding liquid.
• 19 orange muffins: cut 2 peeled navel oranges into sections.
• 20 when batter is in the cups, place an orange section on top of each and sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar.
• 21 cheese muffins: fold 1/2 cup grated sharp yellow cheese into muffin mix with the last few strokes on batter.
• 22 serve hot with scrambled eggs and bacon for a special breakfast.
• 23 surprise muffins: fill muffin cups 1/3rd full of batter.
• 24 drop 1/2 t of your favorite jelly in center of batter.
• 25 add batter to fill cup 2/3rds full.
• 26 kids just love these as you will.
• 27 coconut muffins: add 1 c shredded coconut with the last few strokes of mixing.
• 28 for a snack have coconut muffins, butter and milk.
• 29 chive muffins: fold 1/4 cup chives into the batter during the last few strokes and serve at dinner.
• 30 great with a steak and salad.