Preparation:
Heat oven to 400 F. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt together into
a
bowl. Make a well in center of dry ingredients. Combine egg, milk, and
oil.
Add all at once to dry ingredients. Sir only until flour is just moistened.
Batter will be lumpy. Drop batter from tablespoon into greased cups of 2
1/2
in muffin pans. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 15 to 20 minutes, until
golden brown. Let muffins stand a few minutes before removing from pan.
Serve warm with butter, jam or marmalade. Makes 12 muffins,
Ginger Muffins - add 1/2 c. finely cut candied ginger to dry ingredients
before mixing with the liquid.
Cheese Muffins - Add 1/2 c. 1/4 inch cubes sharp Cheddar cheese to dry
ingredients before mixing with the liquids.
Banana Pecan Muffins - Prepare Basic Muffins but use only 1/3 c. milk. Add
1/2 c. chopped pecans and 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg to sifted dry
ingredients.
Add 1 c. mashed banana with egg, milk, and oil.
Blueberry Muffins - stir 1 c. washed and well drained fresh blueberries
into
sifted dry ingredients before adding liquid.
Orange Muffins - Peel 2 navel oranges and cut into sections. Drop batter
into
greased 2 1/2 inch muffin cups. Place an orange section on top of each and
sprinkle with 1 tbls. sugar. |
