Categories: Breads, Quick 
      Yield: 12 muffins 
  
      1 c  Quaker Oats, uncooked 
           -- (quick or old-fashioned) 
      1 c  Buttermilk or sour milk* 
      1    Egg 
    1/3 c  Margarine or butter; melted 
    1/4 c  Brown sugar, firmly packed 
      1 c  All-purpose flour 
      1 ts Baking powder 
    1/2 ts Baking soda 
    1/2 ts Salt (optional) 
    1/2 c  Raisins 
  
  Combine oats and buttermilk; refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.  Heat oven 
  to 400 F.  Grease 12 medium muffin cups or line with paper baking cups. 
  In large bowl, combine egg, margarine and brown sugar; mix well.  Add oat 
  mixture alternately with combined dry ingredients to egg mixture, mixing 
  just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be slightly lumpy). 
  Stir in raisins.  Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full.  Bake 20 to 25 
  minutes or until golden brown. 
   
  *NOTE: To make sour milk, place 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar in 
  glass measuring cup.  Add enough milk to equal 1 cup; mix well.  Let stand 
  10 minutes. 
   
  NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS per muffin: 
  * calories 162 
  * carbohydrates 23 g 
  * protein 4 g 
  * fat 6 g 
  * calcium 56 mg 
  * sodium 160 mg 
  * cholesterol 25 mg 
  * dietary fiber 1 g 
   
  Source: "Hurry, Let's Eat!" 
  Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company 
  Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias