2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
1 egg, beaten
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Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease bottoms only of 12 muffin cups. In medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; mix well. In small bowl combine milk, oil and egg; blend well. Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be lumpy). Fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool one minutes before removing from pan. Serve warm.
Variations:
Blueberry muffins
Stir 1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries into dry ingredients.
Strusel topped muffins
Blend 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 cup chopped nuts. Sprinkle over muffins before baking.
Sugar coated muffins
Brush tops of hot muffins with 2 tablespoons melted butter and dip muffins in mixture of 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.