Preparation / Directions:
GRAIN: 2 - 2 1/2 cups white flour May sub. 1 cup with oatmeal, cornmeal, wheat or rye flour, or flake cereal. OR May sub. 1 cup leftover cooked oatmeal, rice or cornmeal for 1/2 cup flour and decrease liquid to 1/2 cup. Use blender to mix wet ingredients MILK: 1 cup milk, buttermilk or sour milk May sub fruit juice for all or part. FAT: 1/4 cup vegetable oil OR 4 t. melted butter May sub peanut butter for all or part of fat Fat may be reduced or omitted if using a "wet addition" EGG: 1 egg OR 1 heaping tablespoon soy flour and 1 T water SWEETENER: 2 T. - 1/2 cup sugar OR up to 3/4 cup brown sugar OR up to 1/2 cup honey or molasses and decrease milk to 3/4 cup. BAKING POWDER: 2 teaspoons If using whole or cooked grains, 3 teaspoons. If using buttermilk or sour milk, 1 t. baking pwdr. AND 1/2 t. baking soda. SALT: up to 1/2 teaspoon
The following ingredients are optional. Additions can be used in any combination, up to 1 1/2 cups total. If using more than 1 cup wet additions, decrease milk to 1/2 cup.
DRY ADDITIONS: Nuts, sunflower seeds, raisons, coconut, etc. MOIST ADDITIONS: Blueberries, chopped apple, freshly shredded zucchini, shredded carrot, etc. WET ADDITIONS: Pumpkin puree, applesauce, mashed/cooked sweet potato, mashed banana, mashed/cooked carrot, etc. If using 1/2 cup drained, canned fruit or thawed shredded zucchini, substitute the syrup or zucchini liquid for all or part of milk. SPICES: Any that will compliment additions. 1 t. cinnamon with 1/4 t. cloves or nutmeg. 2 t. grated orange or lemon peel. JELLIES OR JAMS: Fill muffin cups halfway with plain batter. Add 1 t. jam and top with 2 T. more batter. TOPPING: Cinnamon sugar, chopped nuts, oatmeal, crushed corn flakes. NONSWEET COMBOS: Use only 2 T. sugar and omit fruit. Add combinations of the following: 1/2 cup shredded cheese 3 strips cooked crumbled bacon 2 T. grated onion 1/2 cup shredded zucchini 2 T. parmesan cheese 1 t. parsley pinch of marjoram.
Fill greased or lined muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake for approx. 20 min. at 400.
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