Homemade Muffins

Ingredients:
¾ cup milk
½ cup oil
1 egg
2 cups all purpose flour
½ cup sugar
1 T. baking powder
1 tsp. salt

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400°
2. Grease bottoms of 12 muffin cups (or use papers)
3. Beat milk, oil and egg in small bowl until well mixed with fork. Set aside.
4. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt all together into large mixing bowl.
5. Pour liquid mixture all at once into dry ingredients, mixing with fork
6. Mix only until moist, stir in fruit or other ingredients quickly and gently.
7. Fill muffin cups ¾ full
8. Bake until golden brown (15-20 minutes)
9. Remove immediately from pan

Variations:

Apple muffins—Stir in ½ cup apple sauce with milk and add ½ tsp. cinnamon to dry ingredients. Sprinkle tops of uncooked muffins with brown sugar before baking.

Banana muffins—Stir in ½ cup mashed, very ripe banana with milk

Chocolate chip muffins—Stir in ½ cup chocolate chips and ¼ tsp. vanilla with liquid ingredients.