ENGLISH MUFFINS

1/2 cup Shortening

 4 tsps Salt

 2 tsps Sugar

 2 cups hot water

2 tbsps yeast

5 cups Flour

Put shortening, salt and sugar in large bowl. Pour hot water over all and stir until shortening melts. Let cool to lukewarm. Sprinkle yeast over this;

stir to dissolve; let stand until mixture begins to bubble. Add flour and mix well.  Roll out on floured board to about 3/8-inch thickness. (You don’t need to knead this.) Cut with round cutter – larger than a biscuit. A clean tuna can with top and bottom removed works well. Sprinkle cookie sheets with cornmeal. Set muffins on these, fairly far apart. Let rise to double in bulk. Heat your griddle on the stove.  Sprinkle with cornmeal. Put muffins on griddle and bake for approximately 7 minutes. Turn and bake 7 minutes on the other side.

Split with fork, and toast.  You don’t have to toast these you can just split them and eat them warm. These muffins freeze well. They should be split with fork before freezing.

Super Healthy Oat Bran Muffins

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cups oat bran

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp nutmeg

2 eggs

1 cup cold applesauce

4 tablespoons olive oil

Optional: Dried Orange Cranberries (I use these)

                Dried or fresh blueberries

                Raisins – plump in warm water for a few minutes

                ½ Chopped Nuts -

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line or grease 12 muffin cups.

Mix together dry ingredients. Add eggs, chilled applesauce, and oil. Mix until well-blended. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Let stand 10 minutes.

Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 1 dozen

Special Note*** My doctor told me that if I could eat ½ cup of oat bran a day that it would drop my bad cholesterol (LDL) by 10%.  That means I would need to eat 4 of these muffins a day.  2 for breakfast, one with lunch and one with supper – A delicious medicine I must say!!

Applesauce Muffins

2 cups All-purpose flour
1/2 cup Brown sugar -- packed
1 tablespoon Baking Powder

1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt

1/2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon Ground nutmeg

¼ cup butter

 1cup Applesauce

1/4 cup milk
1 large egg
 
Heat oven to 425*.  Oil muffin tin (makes 12 muffins).

In a large bowl mix: flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt,

cinnamon and nutmeg.

Melt the butter in a small saucepan- allow to cool slightly. Stir in applesauce, egg and milk.  Stir liquid mix into dry mix just until moistened.  Batter will be lumpy.  Divide the batter into the greased muffin cups.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Allow to sit 5 minutes before removing from muffin tin.