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Ingredients
- Variations:
- 1 egg
- 3/4 C. milk
- ½ C. vegetable oil
- 2 C. all-purpose or whole wheat flour
- ½ C. sugar
- 3 tea. baking powder
- 1 tea. salt
- ●Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- ●Grease bottoms only of about 12 medium muffin cups 2 ½ x 1 1/4 inches.
- ●Beat egg; stir in milk and oil.
- ●Stir in remaining ingredients all at once just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy).
- ●Fill muffin cups about 3/4 full.
- ●Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
- ●Immediately remove from pan.
- -Apple-Nut Muffins
- ●Stir in 1 medium apple, peeled and chopped with the milk, and ½ tea. ground cinnamon with the flour.
- ●Substitute packed brown sugar for granulated sugar.
- ●Sprinkle tops with mixture of 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup chopped nuts, and ½ teaspoon cinnamon before baking.
- -Banana Muffins
- ●Decrease milk to 1/3 cup.
- ●Stir in 1 cup mashed bananas (2 to 3 medium) with the milk.
- ●Substitute packed brown sugar for the sugar.
- -Blueberry Muffins
- ●Substitute buttermilk for the milk.
- ●Decrease baking powder to 2 teaspoons and stir in ½ teaspoon baking soda with the flour.
- ●Stir in drained/fresh blueberries.
- -Cranberry-Orange Muffins
- ●Stir in 1 cup cranberry halves and 1 tablespoon grated orange peel with the milk.
- ●Sprinkle tops with sugar before baking.
- -Date-Nut Muffins
- ●Stir in ½ cup cut up pitted dates and 1/3 cup chopped nuts with the milk.
- -French Puffs
- ●Immediately roll hot muffins in about ½ cup margarine or butter, melted, then in mixture of ½ cup sugar and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
- -Granola Muffins
- ●Decrease milk to ½ cup, flour to 1 cup, and sugar to 3 tablespoons.
- ●Stir in 2 cups granola with the flour.
- ●Note: Do not reheat in microwave.
- -Honey Muffins
- ●Substitute honey for the sugar.
- ●Stir in honey and 2 tablespoons grated orange peel with the milk.
- ●Spoon 1 teaspoon orange marmalade onto batter in each cup before baking.
- -Molasses-Bran Muffins
- ●Pour the milk on 1 ½ cups whole bran cereal; let stand for 1 minute. Stir in with the oil.
- ●Decrease flour to 1 1/4 cups and substitute molasses for the sugar.
- -Oatmeal Raisin Muffins
- ●Stir in 1 cup raisins with the milk.
- ●Decrease flour to 1 cup; stir in 1 cup quick cooking oats, ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg, and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon with the flour.
- -Prune-Apricot Muffins
- ●Stir in ½ cup cut up dried prunes and ½ cup cut up dried apricots with the milk.
- -Pumpkin Muffins
- ●Do not use whole wheat flour.
- ●Stir in ½ cup pumpkin and ½ cup raisins with the milk and 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice with the flour.
- ●Sprinkle tops with sugar before baking if desired.
- -Rye Muffins
- ●Substitute rye flour for the all-purpose flour.
- ●Stir in 1 tablespoon caraway seed with the flour.
- -Surprise Muffins
- ●Fill muffin cups about half full.
- ●Spoon 1 teaspoon strawberry jam onto batter in each cup.
- ●Top with enough batter to fill cups about 3/4 full.
Preparation
Step 1
-Variations as above.