Recipe - Marmalade Muffins

1 cup Oatmeal
1 cup Buttermilk
1 cup All purpose flour
One fourth cup Granulated sugar
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Each baking soda, salt
1 Egg
One fourth cup Melted butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/3 cup Marmalade or raspberry jam,
if preferred
One fourth cup Finely chopped almonds
(optional)

Yield: 12 medium muffins

Stir together oatmeal and buttermilk in small bowl. Add almonds if using.
Let stand 10 minutes. Meanwhile, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder,
baking soda and salt in large bowl. Stir in egg, butter and vanilla. Mix
oat mixture just to combine. Spoon small amount of batter into each greased
muffin cup. Place about 1 tsp marmalade or jam, in centre of each and spoon
in remaining batter. Cups should be about threequarters full. Bake in
preheated 400 G oven about 20 minutes or until tops are golden brown and
slightly firm to the touch.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini