best ever and most versatile muffins

🥘 Ingredients

• • all-purpose flour
• • baking powder
• • salt
• • white sugar
• • egg
• • milk
• • vegetable oil

📝 Instructions

1. 1 preheat oven to 400f
2. 2 stir together the flour , baking powder , salt and sugar in a large bowl
3. 3 make a well in the center
4. 4 in a small bowl or 2-cup measuring cup , beat egg with a fork
5. 5 stir in milk and oil
6. 6 pour all at once into the well in the flour mixture
7. 7 mix quickly and lightly with a fork until moistened , but do not beat
8. 8 the batter will be lumpy
9. 9 do not overmix
10. 10 this will create tough / heavy muffins
11. 11 pour the batter into paper lined muffin pan cups
12. 12 variations: blueberry muffins: add 1 cup fresh blueberries
13. 13 raisin muffins: add 1 cup finely chopped raisins
14. 14 date muffins: add 1 cup finely chopped dates
15. 15 cheese muffins: fold in 1 cup grated sharp yellow cheese
16. 16 bacon muffins: fold 1 / 4 cup crisp cooked bacon , broken into bits
17. 17 bake for 25 minutes , or until golden