Muffins

Basic Recipe

These muffins are less sweet than are popular now, and were often serve with dinner instead of rolls.

4 cups All Purpose Flour

1/2 cups Sugar

2 Tab. Baking Powder

1 tea. Salt

1/2 cups margarine, shortening, oil or butter

2 eggs

2 cups milk

Preheat oven to 400F.

Mix together all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Add in margarine, eggs (unbeaten) and milk. (If margarine is not soft, use a pastry blender and cut the margarine into small pieces.)  Stir with a spoon just until flour is moistened and ingredients blended. The batter will be lumpy. Fill lined or well greased muffin

cups 2/3 full. Bake 400F oven 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.

Makes 2 dozen.

Variations:
Whole Wheat: Use 2 cup All Purpose and 2 cup whole wheat flour and 4 tea. Baking powder.

Buttermilk: Use only 2 cups flour and 4 tea. Baking powder. Add in 1/2 tea. Baking soda and substitute buttermilk for the milk.

Sweet Muffins
3 cups All purpose Flour
1 cup sugar
4 tea Baking powder
1 tea. Salt
1/2 cups margarine, shortening, oil or butter
2 eggs
1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 400F.

Mix together all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Add in margarine, eggs (unbeaten) and milk. (If margarine is not soft, use a pastry blender and cut the margarine into small pieces.)  Stir with a spoon just until flour is moistened and ingredients blended. The batter will be lumpy. Fill lined or well greased muffin

cups 2/3 full. Bake 400F oven 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.

Makes 2 dozen.

Variations:
Blueberry: At the last minute fild in 2 cups well drained fresh blueberries and 1/4 tea. Nutmeg

Orange Honey: Add 2 more eggs. Place in the bottom of each muffin cup 1 tea honey and a thin slice of unpeeled orange, cut in quarters. Spoon batter on top Serve upside-down.

Apple: Add 1 tea. Cinnamon, and 1 cup grated raw apple or applesauce. Bake 25-30 minutes. Mix together 2/3 cups brown sugar, 2/3 cups chopped nuts and 1 tea. Cinnamon. Sprinkle on top while still warm.

Maple Syrup: Substitute 1 cup maple syrup for the milk.