1 3/4 cups flour
6 Tbsp sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 egg beaten
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup cooking oil
3/4 cup blueberries
1 tsp lemon peel (optional)
(Makes 12 muffins)
(1) Preheat oven to 400 deg. F. 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 400 deg. F 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. These muffins won a blue ribbon during the years that I was eligible for the Dade County (Miami, Forida) Youth Fair.