Onion Muffins

I love onions anyway you fix them !

1 large egg  1/3 cup vegetable oil  3/4 cup milk  1 cup self-rising flour  1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats  1/4 cup sugar  1/2 cup chopped Vidalia onion  3/4 cup grated sharp Cheddar  1/3 cup chopped pecans      In a large bowl whisk together the egg, oil and milk; add the flour,  oats and the sugar; and stir the mixture until it is just combined.  Fold in the onion, Cheddar and pecans; spoon the mixture into 36  buttered 1/8 cup muffin tins (gem tins), and bake the muffins in the  middle of a preheated 400* oven for 15-20 minutes, or until they are  golden. Turn the muffins out onto racks and serve them warm or at  room temperature. 

Makes 36 muffins.