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PLAIN MUFFINS

• MATERIALS
• 1 egg
• ½ cup milk
• 1 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons baking-powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter

• UTENSILS
• Mixing-bowl
• Dover beater
• Sifter
• Tablespoon
• Small saucepan
• Muffin-pans

 

DIRECTIONS

1. Break the egg into a mixing-bowl, beat it, and stir the milk into it.
2. Mix the flour, baking-powder, salt, and sugar in the sifter, and sift these into the milk and egg, stirring well together.
3. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, add it to the batter, and beat thoroughly.
4. Butter the muffin-pans, and fill them about two-thirds full of the batter.
5. Bake in a moderate oven about twenty minutes, or until the muffins are browned.

 

RICE OR OATMEAL MUFFINS

Follow the directions for Plain Muffins as given above, adding ½ to ¾ of a cup of cold cooked rice or oatmeal to the batter before pouring it into the muffin-pans.

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