2 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
2 tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 egg, well beaten
1 cup milk
4 tablespoons melted butter or other shortening
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, sugar, and salt, and sift
again. Combine egg, milk, and shortening. Add to flour, beating only
enough to dampen all flour. Bake in greased muffin pans in hot oven
(425°F.) 25 minutes, or until done. Makes 12 muffins.
_Nut Muffins._ Use recipe for Calumet Muffins, adding ½ cup broken nut
meats to the sifted flour mixture.
_Raisin Spice Muffins._ Use recipe for Calumet Muffins, sifting ¾
teaspoon cinnamon with flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Add ¾ cup
chopped raisins to the sifted flour mixture.
_Currant Muffins._ Use recipe for Calumet Muffins, adding ½ cup currants
to the sifted flour mixture.
_Apricot Muffins._ Use recipe for Calumet Muffins, adding ½ cup cut,
dried apricots to the sifted flour mixture.
_Prune Muffins._ Use recipe for Calumet Muffins, adding ⅔ cup finely cut
prunes to sifted flour mixture.
_Date Muffins._ Use recipe for Calumet Muffins, adding ⅔ cup finely cut
dates to the sifted flour mixture.
_Surprise Muffins._ Use recipe for Calumet Muffins. Drop a scant
teaspoon of currant jelly on each muffin before baking.
_Bacon Muffins._ Use recipe for Calumet Muffins, adding ½ cup crushed,
crisp bacon to flour mixture. Bacon drippings may be used for part of
butter.