Apple Muffins
Make some yummy apple muffins. Take a packaged mix
of oatmeal muffin mix and add a cup of peeled and
chopped apples. Bake as usual. Truly delicious!
MONSTER MUFFINS
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
pinch salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup milk
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin pan
and lightly dust with flour. Sift flour, baking
soda, and salt together into a medium bowl and
set aside. In a medium bowl cream butter and
sugar together until light, fluffy, and pale,
ivory color. Add eggs, one at a time, beating
well after each addition (if mixture begins to
curdle as you mix in eggs, add 1 tablespoon
flour and beat on low speed until blended). Stir
in vanilla and milk. Fold in dry ingredients.
Grease standard muffin pan in molds and on top of
tin. Spoon batter to fill each to the top. Bake
30-40 minutes. Test the doneness after about 20
minutes then every 10 minutes or so until golden
brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean. Serve Warm.
VARIATIONS:
*Blueberry Muffins*
Gently mix into batter 1 cup fresh or frozen
blueberries
*Cinnamon-Raisin Muffins*
Sift 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon with dry ingredients;
gently mix batter 3/4 to 1 cup dark or golden
raisins.
*Citrus-Poppy-Seed Muffins*
Mix into dry ingredients 1 tablespoon grated
lemon or orange rind and 1/4 cup poppy seed.
*Nut-Currant Muffins*
Gently mix into batter 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
or pecans and 1/2 cup dried currants.
Yield: 6-8 muffins
