Muffins

3 tablespoons oil
2 cups flour
¼ sugar
½ teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg
1 cup milk, plus more if needed

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Grease muffin tin.

Mix together the dry ingredients. Beat together the egg and oil. Mix all. Bake 20 to 30 min.

Makes 8 large or 12 medium muffins

Blueberry or Cranberry Muffins:

Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon to dry ing. and increase sugar to ½  cup. Add 1 cup of the fruits to the batter at last minute. Blueberry are good with ½ teaspoon lemon zest and cranberry with ½ cup chopped nuts and/or 1 tablespoon minced orange zest.

Spice Muffins:

Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ½ teaspoon each allspice and ginger, and 1 pinch cloves and mace or nutmeg. Use 1 cup of whole wheat flour in place of 1 cup of white flour. Add ½ cup raisins or currants if you like.

Banana-nut Muffins:

Good with half bran or whole wheat flour. Add ½ cup roughly chopped walnuts, pecans, or cashews. Substitute 1 cup mashed very ripe banana for ¾ cup of the milk. Use honey or maple syrup in place of sugar.

Bran Muffins:
 
Substitute 1 cup bran for 1 cup of flour. Use 2 eggs and honey, molasses, or maple syrup. Add ½ cup raisins if you like.