Name: Date Flecked Orange Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Thin skinned orange, cut into eighths and seeded - 1; Egg - 1; Buttermilk - ½ cup; Chopped pitted dates - ½ cup; Butter - ½ cup; All-purpose flour - 1 ¾ cups; White sugar - ¾ cup; Baking soda - 1 teaspoon; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; Salt - 1 pinch; Ground cloves - 1 teaspoon; Ground ginger - 1 teaspoon

Ingredients for - Date Flecked Orange Muffins

1. Thin skinned orange, cut into eighths and seeded 1

2. Egg 1

3. Buttermilk ½ cup

4. Chopped pitted dates ½ cup

5. Butter ½ cup

6. All-purpose flour 1 ¾ cups

7. White sugar ¾ cup

8. Baking soda 1 teaspoon

9. Baking powder 1 teaspoon

10. Salt 1 pinch

11. Ground cloves 1 teaspoon

12. Ground ginger 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Date Flecked Orange Muffins

1 . Stage

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

2 . Stage

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 . Stage

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 . Stage

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.