1 cup peanut butter

(be careful to read the ingredients as many peanut butters contain sugar)

½  cup sugar or sugar substitute

1 egg

1 cup milk (or yogurt with water added to dilute, or soy milk)

Chocolate chips (optional)

Fruit preserves (optional)

2 tsp baking powder

1 ½ cups white whole wheat flour

 

Preheat oven to 350. Mix ingredients in the above order.  It’s not a fatal mistake if you do it out of order, but this makes mixing much easier.  If adding chocolate chips, stir these in with the flour.  If adding jam, add while placing batter in muffin cups. When mixing in flour, be careful to not over-mix.  Leaving some unblended flour in the mix helps make them lighter and airy. 

Preheat oven to 350. Place batter in muffin cups. If using jam, either fill muffin cup halfway, place one tsp. jam and fill with rest of batter, or fill muffin cup and place one tsp. jam on top.  Bake for 20-25 minutes until top springs back when lightly touched.