Muffins Basic and Variations
photo by alligirl
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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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
- Grease 12 2 1/2-inch muffin cups.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Sift Flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a medium-sized bowl.
- Stir to mix well.
- In a small bowl, beat egg with a fork.
- Add milk and oil.
- Add all at once to dry ingredients.
- Stir mixture only until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Batter will be lumpy.
- Drop batter from a tablespoon into prepared muffins pans, filling each cup half to two-thirds full.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Remove from pan and serve hot with butter, jam or marmalade.
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VARIATIONS:
- GINGER MUFFINS: Add 1/2 Cup finely diced candied ginger to flour mixture before adding liquid.
- BANANA PECAN MUFFINS: Prepare muffin batter but use only 1/2 cup milk.
- Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans and 1/4 t ground nutmeg to sifted flour.
- Add 1 cup mashed, peeled banana with the egg, milk and oil.
- BLUEBERRY MUFFINS: Toss 1 cup washed and well-drained fresh or frozen blueberries with sifted flour mixture before adding liquid.
- ORANGE MUFFINS: Cut 2 peeled navel oranges into sections.
- When batter is in the cups, place an orange section on top of each and sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar.
- CHEESE MUFFINS: Fold 1/2 cup grated sharp yellow cheese into muffin mix with the last few strokes on batter.
- Serve hot with scrambled eggs and bacon for a special breakfast.
- SURPRISE MUFFINS: Fill muffin cups 1/3rd full of batter.
- Drop 1/2 t of your favorite jelly in center of batter.
- Add batter to fill cup 2/3rds full.
- Kids just love these as you will.
- COCONUT MUFFINS: Add 1 c Shredded coconut with the last few strokes of mixing.
- For a snack have coconut muffins, butter and milk.
- CHIVE MUFFINS: Fold 1/4 cup chives into the batter during the last few strokes and serve at dinner.
- Great with a steak and salad.
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Reviews
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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*!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
_Pixie_
Canada
I'm a retired IT professional who enjoys cooking and trying new recipes...
