Basic muffins

BASIC MUFFIN RECIPE

½ stick (¼ cup) margarine, softened	1 t baking soda
1 cup sugar	1 t salt
3 t Egg-replacer + 3 T water beaten lightly with a fork	2 t vanilla
2 ½ cup TC Multi-baking mix	1 ½ cup applesauce
2 t baking powder	½ cup non-dairy creamer

Mixing instructions:

In large bowl, beat margarine, sugar and egg replacer mixture on medium speed until well mixed. In a separate bowl, mix together baking powder, soda, salt and sifted baking mix. Add mixtures together and beat lightly. Stir in vanilla, applesauce and non-dairy creamer until smooth. Divide the batter among 12 greased muffin cups.

Baking instructions:

Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Variations:

1. Add ½ cup of cranberries or raisins with ½ t cinnamon to the batter and mix. Pour the batter into a floured / buttered cake pan and bake it at 350°F for 45- 50 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

2. Mix 1cup brown sugar and 1 t cinnamon. Divide this mixture among 12 greased muffin cups. Spoon batter on top of the sugar mixture in each muffin cup. Or bake it as one single cake in a bundt cake pan.

3. Add 1cup strawberries, blueberries or canned pineapple chunks to the basic batter. Place in cake pan or spoon batter into greased muffin cups.

Optional struesel topping:

½ cup brown sugar, ½ stick(1/4 cup) margarine, ½ cup TC multi-baking mix, ½ t cinnamon. Mix together and sprinkle on top of any (variation) batter before baking. Bake as above.

Basic recipe yields 12 muffins.

Nutritional Analysis of the BASIC batter

	PROTEIN (gms)	METHIONINE (mg)	PHENYLALANINE (mg)	LEUCINE (mg)	CALORIES
per recipe	2.28	38	79	159	2468
per serving	0.19	3	6	13	205