Simple Sweet Muffins
Simple Sweet Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- ½ C milk - whole or 2% is best
- ¼ C vegetable or corn oil
- 1 ½ C all purpose flour
- ½ C sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 400.
- Line 12 muffin tins with paper baking cups
- In medium mixing bowl, beat egg
- Stir in milk and oil.
- In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients.
- Stir this dry mixture into the egg mixture, just until moistened.
- Do not over mix.
- Batter should be lumpy.
- Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
- Bake 20 – 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from muffin tin immediately to cool.
Notes
For a little added sweetness, sprinkle ¼ teaspoon of sugar over each before baking.
Make ahead the night before
Mix the wet ingredients together and refrigerate.
Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and cover.
Proceed with recipe as above.
Blueberry: Fold in 1 cup fresh blueberries or ¾ cup frozen blueberries, which have been thawed and drained.
Cranberry-Orange: Fold in 1 T grated orange peel and 1 cup cranberries, which have been cut in half.
Jelly Filled: Fill muffin cup ½ full then drop 1 teaspoon of your favorite jelly in the center, then add enough batter to fill 2/3 full.
Apple: Stir in 1 cup grated apple into wet ingredients and ½ tsp cinnamon into flour mixture.
Nut Crunch Topping: Great on apple or plain. Mix 1/3 cup packed brown sugar, 1/3 cup chopped nuts and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. These will need to bake approximately 5 minutes longer than plain muffins.
A few more breakfast or brunch ideas.
Semi-homemade Crock Pot Cinnamon Rolls
Fast and Easy 2 Ingredient Biscuits
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Rosemary
These look amazing!
Been making them for years and years. Hope you try them.
I cut my teeth on baking with this recipe. My favorite variation was a cinnamon streusel inside and on top. In my edition of the cookbook, my memory is that the basic recipe was called “Popular Muffins” with many variations. It is perfect as just a hint of sweetness. Thank you for sharing this, as Betty Crocker isn’t helpful with scratch recipes on their site.
I still have an old cookbook, which I love having them.