According to Barbara Opperwall from Wyoming, MI, this recipe is her own version of the classic homemade muffins, she usually prepare the mix as a holiday treat for her loved ones.

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 2 tablespoons quick cooking oats

ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS:

• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon sugar

DIRECTIONS

Using a mixing bowl, mix together, the first five ingredients on the list. In a one pint glass layer ¾ cups of flour, then place in the oats, then the sugar mixture then top it with the leftover flour. Put the cover and set aside, you may stock it for no longer than six months.

To prepare the muffins:

Mix the eggs together with the butter, vanilla and applesauce, add in the muffin mix just until dampen. Pour batter into your lightly oiled muffin tins up to ¾ full. Dash it with sugar. Set your oven to 400 degrees F. Place the muffin cups inside the oven then let them cook for fifteen to twenty minutes or just until the toothpick inserted at the middle of the muffin do not have anything sticking to it when pulled out. Allow to cool down for five more minutes. Then place it on the wire racks for further cooling