Mrs. Cameron's Home-Ec Muffins

*Yep, my picture and my muffins. Yum!

In middle school, we all had to take Home Economics (Home Ec). I don't remember learning much that was useful... We mostly made really terrible food and learned things like how to balance a chequebook.

Our teacher, Mrs. Cameron, was a very fancy lady. She was big and had huge blonde 80s hair and long nails and she always wore makeup. I remember she really seemed to like teaching, though she didn't seem to care much for children. 

Anyway, this is the one and only recipe we made in Home Ec that seemed worth repeating. Don't limit yourself to chocolate chips*, either... I've added blueberries and I've made these with gingerbread spices. The recipe is just for the basic plain-cake muffin... The rest is up to you. 

What you need:

1 1/4 C Flour (AP)

3 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

1/3 C White Sugar

1 Egg

1 C Milk

1/3 C Canola Oil

1 C Chocolate Chips*

What you do:

-In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Make a well in the centre of the dry mixture. 

-In another bowl, blend the egg, oil, and milk. 

-Pour the wet ingredients into the "well" in the dry ingredients. Stir batter until just blended and no lumps. Do not over-mix.

-Stir in chocolate chips.

-Fill paper muffin liners 2/3 full. Bake for 16-20 mins at 400F (or until tester comes out clean.

-Cool on wire rack.