Simple muffins

The Resident Grandson had a sudden yearning for muffins, and asked for a recipe. He wanted them NOW, so I fell back on the basic recipe for Little Cakes. It goes like this -

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup  milk
1 + 1/2 cups SR flour

Method
Line 2 x 6 cup muffin tins with paper liners, heat oven to 200C
Warm the sugar slightly in the microwave, add butter and beat well. Beat in eggs and vanilla, then milk. Lastly stir in the sifted flour. Share out between paper cases. Bake for approx 15 mins, until just brown on top. Allow to cool a little, and ice with chocolate icing. Eat.

Modifications
TRG only made half this quantity, and mixed them by hand with a wooden spoon. He added 1/2 cup of choc chips, which sank a little, but nobody minded. It's not a true muffin recipe, so they were very light and spongy, and utterly delicious.

This is the recipe I used for quick and easy cupcakes years ago; I used to add some sultanas, and sprinkle brown sugar on top - no need for icing. Or you can make them plain, and ice them fancy...