Recipe - Muffins Basic And Variations

2 cup Unbleached Allpurpose Flour
2 tablespoon Granulated Sugar
1 Large Egg
One half cup Vegetable Oil
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Milk

Grease 12 2 1/2inch muffin cups. Heat oven to 400 degrees F.

Sift Flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a mediumsized 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 twothirds full.

Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from pan and serve
hot with butter, jam or marmalade.
VARIATIONS:

GINGER MUFFINS: Add One half Cup finely minced candied ginger to flour mixture
before adding liquid.

BANANA PECAN MUFFINS: Prepare muffin batter but use only One half cup milk.
Add One half cup chopped pecans and One fourth 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 welldrained 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 One half 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 One half 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 cup Shredded coconut with the last few strokes of
mixing. For a snack have coconut muffins, butter and milk.

CHIVE MUFFINS: Fold One fourth cup chives into the batter during the last few
strokes and serve at dinner. Great with a steak and salad.

From The Redbook Bread Book and Farm Journal's Complete Home Baking Book.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/muffins.zip