Serves: 12
Total Calories: 130

1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour, stirred and measured
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk

Cream together butter (or margarine) and sugar beat in well-beaten egg. Add mixed dry ingredients alternately with milk. Bake in greased muffin tins at 375 degrees F. for 25 minutes. Makes 1 dozen muffins.

Variations
Bacon Muffins: Add 3 strips bacon, fried crisp and crumbled, to batter.

Blueberry Muffins: After muffin batter is in tins, divide 1 cup blueberries (fresh, frozen, or drained canned) among the 12 muffin tins carefully push berries down into batter with back of teaspoon. This method prevents blueberries from sinking to bottom.

Cheese Muffins: Stir 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar or Swiss cheese into batter along with flour.

Cranberry Muffins: Stir 1 cup coarsely chopped raw cranberries into batter spoon into muffin pans sprinkle top of muffins generously with granulated sugar before baking.

Date or Raisin Muffins: Add 1/2 cup chopped pitted dates or 1/3 cup raisins to batter.

Pecan Muffins: Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans to batter. After filling cups, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, and more chopped nuts.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 12
Total Calories: 130
Calories from Fat: 39

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