Deliciously Plain Ol Fashioned Muffins Recipes

BEST EVER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the center. In a small bowl or 2 cup measuring cup, beat egg with a fork. Stir in milk and oil. Pour all at once into the well in the flour mixture. Mix quickly and lightly with a fork until moistened, but do not beat. The batter will be lumpy. Pour the batter into paper lined muffin pan cups.
• Variations: Blueberry Muffins: Add 1 cup fresh blueberries. Raisin Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped raisins. Date Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped dates. Cheese Muffins: Fold in 1 cup grated sharp yellow cheese. Bacon Muffins: Fold 1/4 cup crisp cooked bacon, broken into bits.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden.

OLD FASHIONED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In medium bowl, combine dry ingredients and mix well.
• Cut in butter and shortening until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• Combine milk, vanilla and eggs and blueberries.
• Add to dry mix until just moistened.
• Spoon into prepared pan filling each cup 3/4 full.
• Bake 30-35 minutes.
• Cool five minutes before serving.
• *Variation: leave out the blueberries and reduce cooking time to 20-25 minutes.

CLASSIC BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Mix together wheat bran and buttermilk; let stand for 10 minutes.
• Beat together oil, egg, sugar and vanilla and add to buttermilk/bran mixture. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into buttermilk mixture, until just blended. Fold in raisins and spoon batter into prepared muffin tins.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool and enjoy!

OLD-FASHIONED BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk, butter and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in blueberries., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 400° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

GRANDMOTHER'S MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups. Stir the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add 1 egg and allow it to blend into the butter mixture; beat the vanilla and milk into the mixture with the second egg. Mix the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until just incorporated. Divide the dough into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 30 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED MAYONNAISE MUFFINS- GRANDMA'S

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease a muffin tin and set aside.
• 2. In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, mayonnaise, and milk. Stir together until smooth. Spoon the batter into a greased muffin tin, filling two-thirds full. Bake at 425 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Watch carefully because these can quickly burn.

DELICIOUSLY PLAIN OL' FASHIONED MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray muffin cups (2 3/4" diameter) of muffin pan with butter flavored vegetable spray or grease with shortening, lightly, or of course you can use paper cups that go in the muffin tins.
• 2. Beat egg, stir in milk and oil. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients, and make a well in the center.
• 3. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir well just until moistened. Batter should be lumpy.
• 4. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from pan to wire rack. Serve hot or warm, with butter, preserves, jelly or honey.