Basic Muffin Mix Recipe

Heat oven to 400°. Grease bottoms only of 12 muffin cups. Beat egg in medium bowl; stir in milk & oil. Stir in remaining ingredients all at once just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Fill muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake 20 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes then remove from pan to cooling rack.

Variations:

BLUEBERRY: Fold in 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries to batter. Sprinkle tops with cinnamon-sugar.

APPLE NUT: Stir in 1 medium pared & chopped apple with milk & 1/2 tsp. cinnamon with the flour. Substitute packed brown sugar for sugar. Mix 1/4 C. packed brown sugar, 1/4 C. chopped nuts & 1/2 tsp. cinnamon; sprinkle over batter in each cup.

BANANA NUT: Add 1 large mashed banana to wet ingredients & chopped nuts (optional).