-----------------------------------BATTER-----------------------------------
1 1/2 c Flour
2 t Baking powder
1/2 t Salt
1/4 c Butter
1/2 c Sugar
1 Egg
2 T Plain yoghurt
3/4 c Milk
1/2 t Vanilla*
---------------------------------SPICE MIX---------------------------------
1/2 c Packed brown sugar
2 T Flour
1 t Cinnamon*
Spice mix: stir together.
Batter: Mix dry ingredients and make well.
Cream butter, sugar and egg. Add yoghurt milk and vanilla. Pour into well
and stir to moisten.
Fill greased muffin tins 1/3 full. Sprinkle on spice mix. Cover with
more batter, filling to 2/3 full. Bake 400 20-25 min.
*Variations:
: 1. Decorate or glaze while hot with simple, thick icing made from
powdered sugar and a little liquid.
: 2. Replace some or all of vanilla with another extract such as
almond.
: 3. For a crunchy top, place half of spice mix inside muffins,
and the rest on top before baking.
: 4. Replace some or all of cinnamon with other spice(s) such as
nutmeg.
: 5. Sprinkle a very small amount of finely grated citrus
peel over first layer of batter before the spice mix.
: 6. Use rum or other liquor instead of vanilla.
:adapted from: Muffins & More by J. Pare
:exported: June 1996
