Moosewood Muffins

Preheat oven to 350. Prepare a 12-cup muffin tin.

wet ingredients
6 T butter, at room temp
1/2 c sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup plus 2T milk
1/2 tea vanilla
2 cups chopped fruit, adn/or nuts and/or chocolate chips*

dry ingredients
2 c unbleached white all-purpose or pastry flour
1 tea baking powder
1/4 tea baking soda
1/4 tea salt
1/4 tea ground cinnamon

In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and then the milk and vanilla; the mixture will look lumpy. By hand with a rubber spatula, fold in fruit and/or nuts and/or chocolate chips. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and mix well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold together with a rubber spatula without over-mixing. Spoon about 1/3 c of the batter into each muffin cup.

Bake for 20 minutes, turn and bake another 10-15 minutes until puffed and golden. Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes.

Variations:
peach blueberry: 1 cup peeled and chopped fresh peaches and 1 cup fresh blueberries.
apple cranberry: 1 1/2 c peeled, cored and chopped granny smith apples, 1/2 cup fresh or frozen chopped cranberries and 1 additional T of sugar.
mango banana chocolate chip: 1/2 c peeled, pitted, and chopped ripe mangos, 1 peeled adn chopped ripe banana, and 1/2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips.
papaya red raspberry: 1 ripe papaya, peeled, seeded, and chopped adn 1 c fresh red raspberries.
peaches and pecans: 1 1/2 c peeled and chopped fresh peaches and 1/2 c chopped toasted pecans.
pear chocolate almond: 1 c peeled, cored and chopped ripe pears, 1/2 c chopped toasted almonds, and 1/2 c semi sweet chocolate chips.
pumpkin apple cinnamon: 3/4 c cooked mashed pumpkin (or canned), 1 c peeled, cored, and chopped apples, and an additional 1/4 tea cinnamon.
pumpkin pecan chocolate chip: 3/4 c cooked mashed pumpkin (or canned), 1/2 c chopped toasted pecans, and 1/2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips.
strawberry chocolate almond: 1 cup chopped fresh strawberries, 1/2 c chopped toasted almonds, and 1/2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips.