Basic Muffins
Jody Prival
Preheat oven to 400oF. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together.
Mix
the eggs, milk, and butter; add to dry ingredients, stirring only until the
flour is moistened. Spoon into well-greased muffin tins. Bake ~20 minutes and
serve immediately.
Variations: (Bacon, Cheese, Cranberry, Nut, Date, Upside-Down)
Bacon:
add 1/2 cup crisp dried bacon to dry ingredients
Cheese:
eliminate sugar and add 2/3 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese to sifted dry
ingredients. Sprinkle with paprika before baking.
Cranberry:
mix 3/4 cup chopped cranberries and 1/4 cup sugar. Add to the dry
ingredients.
Nut:
add 3/4 cup chopped nuts to the sifted dry ingredients.
Date:
add 1/2 cup sliced pitted dates to the sifted dry ingredients.
Upside-down:
in the bottom of each muffin cup place 1/2 teaspoon butter and 1 teaspoon
brown sugar. Add a few nuts or raisins or 1 stewed dried fig or apricot.
Cover
with batter and bake as directed.
From the Dinner Co-op