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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. 