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Basic Muffin Mix and variations




Source of Recipe


Deanna Ogle - Everyday Cooking board/iVillage






Recipe Introduction


You can mix up a large batch of the basic dry mix (flour, sugar, baking powder and salt) and store in a sealed container in your pantry. Then to have fresh muffins in the morning, stir the mix and measure out 3 cups of mix for one dozen muffins, 6 cups for two dozen muffins, etc.; add the wet ingredients and the optional ingredients and bake. Or, for a large group, make a large batch of the basic mix and make one dozen each of a variety of flavors with a lot less work.





List of Ingredients



• 4 cups flour
  
• 2 cups sugar
  
• 4 tsp. baking powder
  
• 1 tsp. salt
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1-1/2 cups milk
  
• 3/4 cup butter-flavored oil
  






Instructions



1. Stir together dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and any optional ingredients and stir just until moistened.
   
2. Spoon into greased muffins tins (a lever-style ice cream scoop works well) and bake at 400F for 20 - 25 minutes or until done.
   






Final Comments


Variations:
Banana NutBanana mashed banana and chopped walnuts.

Blueberry - add fresh or frozen blueberries

Pina Colada - add drained crushed pineapple and coconut

Apple Spice - add peeled chopped apple, cinnamon and nutmeg

Coffee Walnut - add coffee extract and chopped walnuts

Pumpkin Spice - add canned pumpkin, pumpkin pie spices, nuts if desired

Mincemeat - add canned mincemeat and chopped nuts

Date Nut - add chopped dates and nuts

Cranberry - add chopped fresh cranberries, nuts and orange rind

Chocolate chip - add chocolate chips and a little vanilla, nuts if desired

Cherry Almond - add chopped dried cherries and toasted, flaked

Anything else you can think up. Adjust amount of milk in batter depending on the moistness of the added ingredients