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Warm, aromatic [resh-from-the
oven mulfins are welcome treats
any time but the occasions for
Serving them seem to escalate
during the holidays...just when
there are you have so many other
extra time demands. Try a trick
professional bakers use.

These bakers reduce kitchen
preparation time by using “old
reliables” — basic recipes, pre-
pared time and time again so
they re known almost by. heart.
They add variety by making sim-
ple ingredient substitutions and
additions. For example, they usc
brown sugar instead of granu-
lated oradd extra ingredients such
as [ruil to the batter.

Here’s a simple, six-in-one
muffin recipe which gives home
bakers the same {lexibility and
great-tasting results. Serve the
basicmul {in toaccompany meals.

Magic Muffins
(Six-in-one recipe)

Serve these muffins warm with

butter and jam in place of toast or

bake up a batch to serve fresh

{rom the oven with a meal.

1 1/2 cups (375 mL) all pur-
pose flour

1 1/4 cups (300 mL) whole
wheat flour

1/3 cup (75 mL) granulated
sugar

1 tbsp (15 mL) Magic Baking
Powder

1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt —

1 1/3 cups (325 mL) sour milk*
or buttermilk

1/3 cup (75 mL) vegetable oil

2 eggs, beaten

In large bowl, combine flours,
sugar, baking powder and salt. In
small bowl, combine sour milk,
oil and cggs. Add liquid mixture
to dry ingredients, mixing just
until combined. Fill 12 lightly
greased large multin cups. Bake
in 400°F (200°C) oven about 20
minutes. Immediately remove
from pan. Makes 12 large mul-
[ins.

* To make sour mill - place 4
tsp (20 mL) Jemon juice in 2-cup
(S00 mL) liquid measure; fill with
milk to 1 1/3 cups (325 mL).

Six-in-one Magic Mulfin

Variations
Savory Cheese Muffins—Scerve
these muffins with soup and a
salad or tuck them ina ]unch box
with finger foods like cold cut
roll-ups and vegetable sticks.

1. Reduce pranulated supar to
1/4 cup (SO mL). Add 1 cup (250
mL) shredded old Cheddar cheese
and 1/2 to { tsp (2 to S mL) dried
Italian scasoning to dry ingredi-
ents. Prepare batter and bake as
directed. Makes 12 mulfins.
Cornmeal Muffins —Cornmeal
mulfins go well with ham or pork
and beans. They are also great
calen as snacks with jam.

1. Reduce all purpose flour to 1
cup (250 mL) and whole wheat
flour to 1 cup (250 mL); increase

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Magic Baking Powder to 5 tsp
(25 mL).

2. Increase sour milk to 1 2/3
cups (400 mL); combine with oil,
eges and 1 cup (250 mL)
commeal. Prepare and bake as
directed. Makes 12 mulfins.
Golden Date Bran Mullins —
Dates and Nabisco 100% Bran
Cereal add fibre and nutrition to
these not-loo-sweet muffins.

1. Reduce all purpose four to 1
cup (250 mL). Add 3/4 cup (175
mL) chopped pitted dates to dry
ingredients.

2. Increase sour milk to 1 1/2
cups (375 mL); combine with oil,
1/4 cup (SO mL) molasses, eggs
and 1 cup(250mL) Nabisco 100%
Bran Cereal. Prepare and bake as
directed. Makes 12 muffins.

Peaches and Cream Mullins —
Savor a new taste sensation in
every bite with this unique com-
bination of ingredients.

1. Drain juice from 1 can (14
07/398 mL) Del Monte Peaches;
culpeaches into chunks and place
On paper towels to drain thor-
oughly. Cul 4 oz (125 g) eream
cheese into chunks; set aside.

2. Replace granulated sugar
with 1/2 cup (125 mL) packed
brown sugar and add 1 1/4 tsp (6
mL) ground cinnamon and the
grated rind of 1 lemon to dry
ingredients.

3. Prepare muffin batter as di-

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rected; gently fold peaches and
cream cheese chunks into batter
before spooning into muffincups.
Bake as directed. Makes 12 mul-
fins.

Chelsea Muffins — Serve these
luscious muffins upside-down to
take advantage of the sweet,
{flavorful sauce that forms while
the muffins bake.

1. Batter: Replace granulated
Sugar with 1/2 cup (125 mL)
lightly packed brown sugar; add
1 1/2 tsp (7 mL) ground cinna-
mon, 1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground nut-

meg and 3/4 cup (175 mL) raisins
to Wry ingredients. Prepare batter
as directed.

,  2\ Combine an additional 2/3
cup (150 mL) lightly packed
brown sugar with the grated rind
of 1 } mon. With two knives, cut
in3 tbsp (45mL)butteror marga-
rine ualil crumbly. Sel aside 2/3
crumbimixture. To remaining +/

3, stir \n 2 tbsp (25 mL) corm

syrup; divide among 12 well-
greased lrge muffin cups. Spoon
1/2 of mullin batter into cups; top
with reseived crumb mixture and
then remiining batter. Swirl
crumbs thiough batter. Bake 20
to 25 minu€s; invert pan imme-
diately aftci baking. Makes 12
mullins.

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