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    Melt-in-Your-Mouth Muffins ( Plus )


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    Makes 12 muffins

    2 3/4 cups Muffin Mix
    1 egg -- beaten
    1 cup milk
    1/2 cup butter or margarine -- melted
    or 1/2 cup vegetable oil

    Preheat oven to 400F. Spray muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.

    Put Muffin Mix in a medium bowl. In a small bowl or measuring cup, combine egg, milk and butter. Add all at once to Muffin Mix. Stir until mix is just moistened; batter should be lumpy.

    Fill prepared muffin pan 3/4 full. Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown. Place pan on wire rack for 5 minutes; remove muffins from pan and serve immediately, or place on wire rack to cool. These muffins freeze well.

    VARIATIONS:

    Cappuccino Chip Muffins: Add 1 tsp. ground cinnamon and 1 tbsp. Espresso powder to dry ingredients. Add 1 tsp. vanilla extract to wet ingredients. Add 3/4 cup semisweet mini morsels to batter.

    Banana Muffins: Add 2 tbsp. banana powder (optional) and 1/2 cup chopped pecans to dry ingredients. Mash 1 banana (approx. 1/2 cup) and add to wet ingredients along with 1 tsp. vanilla extract.

    Butterscotch-Pecan Muffins: Combine 6 tbsp. melted butter with 6 tbsp. Brown sugar. Place 1 tbsp. of brown sugar mixture and 2 to 3 pecan halves in the bottom of each muffin cup. Fill cups 3/4 full with batter.

    Cranberry-Nut Muffins: Gently fold 1 cup chopped fresh or frozen cranberries, 1/2 cup chopped nuts and 3 tbsp. sugar into basic muffin batter just before filling muffin pan.

    Blueberry Muffins: Gently fold 1 cup fresh, frozen or drained canned blueberries into basic muffin batter before filling muffin pan.

    Fresh Peach Muffins: Gently fold 1 cup diced fresh peaches into batter before filling muffin pan.

    Dried Fruit Muffins: Add 1 cup chopped dried fruit (apricots, cherries, peaches, blueberries, pineapple, strawberries) to liquid ingredients.

    Cornmeal Muffins: Decrease Muffin Mix to 2-1/4 cups. Add 1/2 cup cornmeal.

    (The original recipe made 10 large muffins, and was baked 18 to 20 minutes. I created the Cappuccino Chip Muffin variation based upon another muffin recipe. I added banana powder and chopped pecans to the Banana Muffin variation. -jlw)

    Zucchini Muffins
    Makes 10 medium muffins

    2 cups Muffin Mix
    1/2 cup sugar
    1/2 cup chopped nuts
    1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
    1 cup grated zucchini
    1 egg -- beaten
    1/2 cup butter -- melted
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract

    Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray muffin pan with nonstick muffin spray.

    In a medium bowl, combine Muffin Mix, sugar, nuts and cinnamon. In a separate bowl or measuring cup, combine zucchini, egg, butter and vanilla. Add all at once to dry ingredients. Stir until just moistened; batter should be lumpy.

    Fill prepared muffin pan 3/4 full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

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