Muffins Basic and Variations

Submitted by _Pixie_

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 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

directions

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.

Reviews

[alligirl]

I wanted to love these muffins; I made them twice - banana nut, both times. They aren't very moist, and could really use a boost of flavoring; perhaps a tsp. of vanilla would be a good choice for the muffin I made. I did reduce the recipe by half, as there are only 3 of us, and used a whole egg, as it is hard to measure 1/2 an egg. I may try the cheese version another time. Thanks for posting, *Pixie*!