| Basic Muffin Recipe | | | | | | | | |
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| 2 cups flour | | | 1 egg, beaten, at room temperature | | | |
| 3 tsp baking powder | | 1 cup milk, at room temperature | | | |
| 2 tbsp sugar | | | 3 tbsp oil or melted butter | | | | |
| 1/2 tsp salt | | | | | | | | | |
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| Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease muffin cups or line with papers. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. |
| Beat egg in another small bowl: add milk and oil. Stir liquid ingredients into dry ones, just enough to |
| blend. The batter will look lumpy. Fill muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake 20 minutes. Makes 12 muffins. |
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| Blueberry | | | | | | | | | |
| Increase sugar to 1/4 cup. Fold into batter 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries. Sprinkle tops of muffins |
| with cinnamon-sugar |
| Buttermilk | | | | | | | | | |
| Use buttermilk instead of milk. Decrease baking powder to 2 and 1/2 tsp. Add 1/4 tsp baking soda. |
| Cheese | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fold 1/2 cup grated cheese into batter. |
| Cherry | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fold 1 cup drained fresh, canned, or frozen cherries into batter. Chop sweet cherries before adding. |
| Add 2 extra tbsp sugar; for sour cherries, increase sugar to 1/2 cup. |
| Cornmeal |
| Replace 1 cup flour with 1 cup cornmeal. If desired, use bacon drippings instead of oil and fold 3 or 4 |
| crumbled crisp bacon strips into the batter. |
| Jam or jelly |
| Spoon some batter into muffin cups; add a tsp of jam, jelly or preserves; then add more batter. |
| Oatmeal |
| Replace 1 cup flour with 1 cup quick-cooking oats. Add 1/2 cup raisins or chooped da |
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