Muffins

Tara thinks muffins are great.  They can be made ahead and frozen.  Then you can just grab one as you are heading out the door.


Popular Muffins
1 egg
1 C. milk
1/4 C. oil
2 C. flour
1 T. Baking powder
1/4 C. sugar
1 t. salt

Slightly beat egg.  Stir in milk and oil.  Blend dry ingredients and add all at once to liquid mixture.  Stir just enough to moisten.  Fill each muffin cup 3/4 full.  Bake 20-25 minutes at 400 degrees.


Variations
Blueberry - 1 C. fresh or 3/4 C. canned berries, well drained
Date - 1 C. finely cut up
Raisin - 1 C. finely cut up
Coconut - 1 C. shredded
Cheese - 1/2 C. shredded
Chive - 1/2 C. chopped
Bacon - 1/4 C. crisp cooked, diced
Surprise - fill each cup 1/3 full with batter, drop 1/2 t. jelly on center and cover with more batter
Cinnamon sugar - sprinkle tops with 1 t. sugar and a pinch of cinnamon
Nut crunch - mix 1/4 C. brown sugar, 1/4 C. chopped nuts and 1/4 t. cinnamon.  Sprinkle over the top of batter.


Muffins
15 oz. can pumpkin
1 egg
1 cake mix

Mix.  Fill each cup 3/4 full.  Bake 350 degrees.


The Popular Muffin recipe is one I got in a Home Ec class back in Jr. High School.  It is so good.  Play around with the variations.  I would put jam inside and the nut crunch, without the nuts, on top.  Cheese and chive goes well together as do bacon and cheese.  The cinnamon sugar is good with the blueberries.  Remember, the secret to a good muffin is not to over mix.  You want the batter to be lumpy.  The second muffin recipe is more cupcake-like.  Wouldn't chocolate chips be good in a muffin?