Enjoy this modern recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder
- 1 'salt spoon' salt
- 1 tablespoon butter or shortening
- 1/8 cup sugar
- 1 large egg, separated
- 1/2 cup milk
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, baking powder and salt and sift. Cream butter and sugar by hand or with an electric beater. Beat the egg yolk; add milk. Add to butter and sugar mixture and beat well. Stir in dry ingredients very briefly. Fold in egg white, beaten stiff. Fill greased muffin tins two-thirds full and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
Yields 12 muffins