½ teaspoon salt

Mix and sift flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder; add one-half milk, egg well beaten, the remainder of the milk mixed with rice, and beat thoroughly; then add butter. Bake in buttered muffin rings placed in buttered pan or buttered gem pans.

Oatmeal Muffins

1 cup cooked oatmeal

1½ cups flour

2 tablespoons sugar

4 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

½ cup milk

1 egg