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      Title: Basic Muffins And Variations
 Categories: Breads
      Yield: 12 Muffins
 
  1 3/4 c  All-purpose flour
    1/4 c  Sugar
      2 tb Baking powder
    1/2 ts Salt
      1    Egg
    3/4 c  Milk
    1/3 c  Cooking oil
 
  In a large mixing bowl stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder
  and salt. Make a well in the center. Combine egg, milk, and oil. Add
  egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened;
  batter should be lumpy. Grease muffin cups or line with paper bake
  cups; fill 2/3 full. Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 20 to 25 minutes
  or until golden. Remove from pans; serve warm.
  
  Variations:
  
  Blueberry muffins:
  
  Combine 3/4 c fresh or frozen blueberries, thawed, and 2 tb additional
  sugar.
  
  Apple-raisin muffins:
  
  Stir in 1/2 ts ground cinnamon into flour mixture. Fold 1 c chopped,
  peeled apple, and 1/4 c raisins into batter.
  
  Jelly muffins:
  
  Spoon 1 ts jelly atop batter in each muffin cup before baking.
  
  Date-nut muffins:
  
  Fold 2/3 c coarsely chopped pitted dates and 1/3 C walnuts or pecans
  to batter.
  
  Cheese muffins:
  
  Stir 1/2 c shredded cheddar or swiss cheese into flour mixture.
  
  Banana-nut muffins:
  
  Decrease milk to 1/2 c. Stit 1 c mashed banana and 1/2 c chopped nuts
  into batter.
  
  Pumpkin muffins:
  
  Increase sugar to 1/3 c. Add 1/2 c canned pumpkin to egg mixture.
  Stir 1/2 ts ground cinnamon and 1/2 ts ground nutmeg into flour
  mixture. Stir 1/2 c raisins into batter.
  
  Cranberry muffins:
  
  Coarsely chop 1 c fresh or frozen cranberries and combine with 1/4 c
  additional sugar. Fold into batter.
 
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