Recipe for "muffins-1"

NAME

     MUFFINS-1 - Award-winning blueberry muffins
     These muffins won a blue ribbon during the years that I  was
     eligible  for the Dade County (Miami, Forida) Youth Fair.  I
     think this particular recipe came originally from the Better
     Homes and Gardens Cookbook, but I could be wrong.

INGREDIENTS (Makes 12 muffins)

     180 g     flour
     70 g      sugar
     12 ml     baking powder
     4 ml      salt
     1         egg beaten
     180 ml    milk
     80 ml     cooking oil
     120 g     blueberries
     5 ml      lemon peel (optional)

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Preheat oven to 200 deg.  C.   Stir  together  the
               flour,  sugar,  baking  powder,  and salt.  Make a
               well in the center.
          (2)  In a separate bowl, combine  the  egg,  milk,  and
               oil.
          (3)  Add egg mixture, all at once, to  the  flour  mix-
               ture.  Stir just until moistened.  Yes, the batter
               should be lumpy.  (If you  try  to  stir  all  the
               lumps out, your muffins will be very tough.)
          (4)  Carefully fold in blueberries and  optional  lemon
               peel.
          (5)  Grease muffin cups, or line with paper bake  cups;
               fill each 2/3 full.
          (6)  Bake at 200 deg. C for 20- 25  minutes,  or  until
               golden  brown.   Remove from pans; serve warm with
               butter.

NOTES

     The less you stir once you've combined the two mixtures, the
     better  your muffins will be.  (To a point-but overmixing is
     much more common than undermixing.)  Frozen blueberries work
     fine,  if  you  can't  get  hold of fresh berries.  I'm sure
     other kinds of fruit will work  fine,  too,  but  I  haven't
     tried them.

RATING

     Difficulty: moderate  (proper  mixing  technique  required).
     Time: 10 minutes preparation, 25 minutes baking.  Precision:
     measure the ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Jean Marie Diaz
     Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA
     ambar@athena.mit.edu