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Orange: Date Flecked Orange Muffins

Source of Recipe

Kuldunia @ allrecipes.com


Recipe Introduction

"These little darlings use the whole orange! Caution: Do not taste the batter once it is ready to cook. It tastes so darn good you might not get the muffins made at all!"

List of Ingredients


1 thin skinned orange, cut into eighths and seeded
1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
1/2 cup butter
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger





Recipe

1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

2 Place orange pieces into the blender with the egg, buttermilk, dates and butter. Blend thoroughly until mixture is thick, fairly smooth with flecks. Pour out into a large mixing bowl.

3 In a separate bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda,baking powder, salt, cloves and ginger. Stir flour mixture into the orange mixture and stir or fold gently with a wooden spoon or spatula only until dry ingredients have combined. Don't mind any lumps that may be present. Fill muffin tins to just under rims with batter.

4 Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of muffin comes out clean. Let stand in pan for five minutes, then remove to wire racks for cooling.


Makes 12 servings