Orange Blossom Muffins

SUBMITTED BY: Rhonda Lyons

"'My husband and I tasted a muffin similar to these at a bed-and-breakfast when we celebrated our first anniversary,' says Rhonda Lyons, Marshall, Texas. 'When I told a friend about them, she shared the recipe for these moist and tender muffins. They are fun to serve full-size or as mini muffins at ladies' luncheons or wedding or baby showers.'"

PREP TIME	10 Min
COOK TIME	20 Min
READY IN	30 Min

SERVINGS & SCALING

Original recipe yield: 12 servings

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INGREDIENTS

6 tablespoons sugar, divided
4 1/2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon cold butter or margarine
2 cups reduced-fat biscuit/baking mix
1 egg
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup orange marmalade
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/4 cup chopped pecans

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DIRECTIONS

In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg; cut in butter until crumbly. Set aside for topping. Place the biscuit mix in a bowl. Combine the egg, orange juice, marmalade, oil and remaining sugar; stir into biscuit mix just until moistened. Fold in pecans.
Coat muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray or use paper liners; fill two-thirds full with batter. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake at 400 degrees F for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

Nutritional Analysis: One muffin equals 194 calories, 7 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 20 mg cholesterol, 255 mg sodium, 32 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fruit, 1 fat.

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REVIEWS

Reviewed on Jan. 31, 2008 by Oh! Susannah

I used multigrain baking mix,and squeezed an orange for the 1/2 cup juice. I added 1/4 tsp nutmeg and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Unfortunately these are still very very bland, they come out tasting like biscuits. the topping is great though, will have to try it on other muffin recipes.

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Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2007 by calsmom

These actually turned out dry - could it be my gas oven? I baked for 15 minutes and mine were done. I added extra cinnamon and some ginger too, and they were still kind of bland. I like the idea, but the recipe needs work. Maybe a cream cheese, powdered sugar and orange juice icing with no streusel? It's a good starting point.

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Reviewed on Oct. 24, 2007 by HOOKEDONJESUS

Very moist and very tender. The flavor was a lot more mild than I thought, so next time I'll add cinnamon/nutmeg to the batter as well, and use orange juice concentrate instead of regular orange juice. The crumb topping was outstanding.

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