USDA Muffins

by user MA

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Cook Time:

Serves: 12

Ingredients

 * Muffins
 * 12 medium-size muffins
 * 2 cups flour
 * 1 tablespoon baking powder
 * 1/4 cup sugar
 * 1 teaspoon salt
 * 1 egg, slightly beaten
 * 1 cup milk
 * 1/4 cup shortening, melted

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 400° F (hot).

2.Grease muffin tins.

3.Mix flour, baking powder, sugar,

4.and salt thoroughly.

5.Mix egg and milk; add fat. Add to

6.flour mixture.

7.Stir until dry ingredients are barely

8.moistened. Do not overmix. Batter

9.will be lumpy.

10.Fill muffin tins half full of batter.

11.Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until

12.lightly browned.

13.Calories per muffin: About 150.

14.VARIATIONS

15.Apple-spice muffins.—Use 1/2 cup

16.sugar and 3/4 cup milk. Add 1 tea-

17.spoon cinnamon to flour mixture.

18.Add 1 cup finely chopped apples and

19.1/4 cup raisins with the milk mixture.

20.About 175 calories per muffin.

21.Whole-wheat muffins.—Use 2 cups

22.unsifted whole-wheat flour, in place

23.of all-purpose flour. About 140

24.calories per muffin.Grease muffin tins.

25.Mix flour, cornmeai, baking

26.powder, sugar, and salt thoroughly.

27.Mix egg and milk; add fat. Add to

28.flour mixture.

29.Stir until dry ingredients are barely

30.moistened. Do not overmix. Batter

31.will be lumpy.

32.Fill muffin tins half full of batter.

33.Bake about 20 minutes or until

34.lightly browned.

35.Calories per muffin: About 155.

38.VARIATIONS

41.Cheese-cornmeal muffins.—Use

42.only 2 tablespoons shortening. Stir

43.3/4 cup shredded sharp cheese into

44.flour mixture. About 160 calories per

45.muffin.

47.From: Breads, Cakes and Pies in Family Meals

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