Mom's Blueberry Muffins

1 cup blueberries
¼ cup butter
1-3/4 cups flour
2-1/2 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
½ cup sugar
1 egg
½ cup milk

Melt butter in a mixing bowl. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar into the butter. Add unbeaten egg and milk. Beat until smooth. Fold in blueberries. Put cupcake liners in muffin pans and fill 2/3 fill. Top generously with additional granulated sugar. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

Pumpkin Nut Muffins

2 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powdr
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
2 eggs
1/3 c milk
1/3 c butter, melted
1T light Karo syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c sugar
1 c canned pumpkin
1/2 c chopped walnuts
1/2 c raisins

Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger onto wax paper.

Beat eggs, milk, butter, Karo, vanilla, sugar, and pumpkin in a bowl.

Stir in dry mixture all at once and mix just until moistened.

Fold in nuts and raisins. Fill muffin cups to the top.

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Makes about 15 large muffins.