• 1 cup Sun-Maid raisins
• 1 cup apple, cored, peeled and chopped
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup oil
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup quick cooking oats
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 Tablespoons brown sugar, packed

Combine raisins with apple, egg, oil, milk and sugar in a medium mixing bowl.  Stir together flour, oats, baking powder and spices in a separate bowl.  Stir into raisin mix just until combined.  Divide batter equally into 12 greased or lined muffin cups.  sprinkle tops of batter with 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar.  Bake in 400 degree peheated oven for 20 minutes or until golden.

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine (softened)
• 1 & 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 2 & 1/2 cups flour
• 2 & 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 & 1/2 cups crushed pineapple (undrained)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

With mixer cream together butter and sugar.  Add eggs, vanilla and crushed pineapple.  Mix well. Mix the flour, salt and baking powder together.  Add to first mixture mixing well.  Fill muffin tins lined with paper or sprayed with cooking spray 2/3 full.  Bake in 350 degree preheated oven for 18 - 20 minutes or test with toothpick.   Makes about 2 dozen small or about 1 dozen large.

May also be baked in mini loaf pans or large muffin tins with paper liners or sprayed with cooking spray.  Test for doneness with toothpick after 20 - 25 minutes.  May be glazed or frosted.

• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup finely chopped wslnuts.

Muffins:

• 2 & 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• 1 & 1/3 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2/3 cup canola oil
• 1 egg
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 & 3/4 cups lightly packed fruit

To make topping, mix sugar and cinnamon in small bowl; add butter.  Blend butter into dry ingredients until mixture looks like coarse, irregular crumbs with no lumps.  Stir in nuts and set aside.

To make muffins, preheat oven to 400 degrees and place rack in middle position.  Use 12 cup muffin pan sprayed with cooking spray or use paper liners.  In a medium mixing bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; set aside.  Mix sugar, oil and egg together in a large bowl.  Add dry mixture alternately with buttermilk and vanilla.  Mix with spatula.  Fold in fruit.  If batter seems too wet add a few more tablespoons of flour, up to 1/4 cup.

Fill each muffin cup to the brim and sprinkle topping over batter.  Bake 15 minutes at 400 degrees; reduce heat to 350 degrees and bakeuntil muffins are golden brown and spring back when lightly pressed, 10 - 12 minutes longer. Makes 1 dozen.

***Bananas, apples, strawberries, etc.  Just make sure the fruit isn't too wet.