Oatmeal muffins

This is the last bread ,roll recipe of the 1968 Silver Spoon Cookbook....I will find more bread /roll recipes for the month.

Oatmeal Muffins
Mrs. George Gebhardt

1 cup quick cooking oatmeal
1 cup buttermilk
1 large egg, beaten
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup shortening, melted

Soak oatmeal in butter milk for 1 hour. Add egg and brown sugar. Sift dry ingredients together and add to oatmeal mixture. Blend in shortening . Do not over beat. Bake 20 minutes at 400 degrees. Makes 12 to 15 muffins.