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Orange Muffins

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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup milk
  • 4 tablespoons melted butter or margarine

Method
 

  1. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
  2. Beat egg well, add milk and butter or margarine, and mix thoroughly.
  3. Pour liquid mixture into flour mixture, stirring lightly until flour mixture is just moistened.
  4. Fill greased muffin pans one-half to two-thirds full.
  5. Bake in a hot oven (400° F.) for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the tops of muffins are golden brown and spring back to the touch.

Notes

Bacon: Substitute 4 tablespoons bacon drippings for butter or margarine. Add bacon drippings and 3 tablespoons chopped crisp bacon to egg-milk mixture.
Blueberry: Add 1 cup blueberries after liquid and dry ingredients have been mixed. Add 4 additional tablespoons of sugar, if desired.
Corn Meal: Substitute 1 cup corn meal for 1 cup flour. Substitute ½ teaspoon baking soda for 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1 cup sour milk for 1 cup sweet milk.
Date: Add 1/2 cup  chopped pitted dates to the sifted flour mixture.
Orange: Substitute 1/2 cup orange juice for 1/2 cup milk.   Add orange juice and 1 teaspoon grated orange rind to the egg mixture.