Categories: Cupcakes-Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 cup buttermilk, or sour milk*
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/3 cup sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 cup quick or old-fashioned oats, uncooked
• 1/2 cup dried apricots, finely chopped**

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 12 medium muffin cup ( or line with paper).

2. In medium bowl, beat egg, buttermilk, brown sugar and shortening together.

3. Sift flour, baking powder, salt and soda together. Add dry ingredients, oatmeal and apricots to egg mixture. Stir only until dry ingredients are moistened.

4. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until lightly browned.

5. makes 12 muffins

6. *To sour milk- add 1 Tbsp. vinegar to 1 scant cup milk.

7. • Raisins or currants may be used also.

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