2 c. flour
1 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. butter, melted and cooled
1 c. milk
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 400. Grease muffin tins well, or use paper liners.

Sift flour with sugar, baking powder and salt into large bowl. Add melted butter to milk and egg. Beat to mix well. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour milk mixture in all at once. Stir with fork only until all ingredients are moistened. Do not beat or overmix. Spoon batter into muffin tins filling each slightly more than half full.

Bake 18-20 minutes and remove from tins immediately. Makes 12 muffins.

(Can be "dressed up" by topping with brown sugar, dollop of jelly on top, etc. before baking.)