Basic Buttermilk Muffins

• 2 ½ cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 t baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½- ¾ cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 375.
1.    Combine all dry ingredients
2.    Add all wet, stirring just to combine.  Put into individual muffin tins, add streusel topping (see below)
3.    Bake in preheated oven 2 minutes.

Streusel topping:
Basic:

• ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
• ½ cup oats or ¼ cup flour and ¼ cup oats
• ½ tsp nutmeg or cinnamon
• 4 T. cold butter

Orange:

• 1 ½ T. finely grated orange zest
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 4 T. butter
• ½ cup flour

Pecan:

• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 t. flour
• ½ tspt cinnamon1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 3 T. butter
• 2/3 cup chopped pecans