ORANGE MARMALADE MUFFINS

 This morning I needed to take something

to a meeting and I looked over at a stack

of recipes in file folders on the kitchen

table.  One of the folders was marked 

Lemon, Lime or Orange Muffins.

This recipe is for Orange Marmalade

Muffins and came from Linda Colantino

whose blog "Lady Linda"

is all about her passions for dolls,

 antiques, tea, baking 

and a love

for Tasha Tudor.

So here is the recipe for Orange

Marmalade Muffins and I do think

they would be lovely with a cup of tea

or at breakfast time:

1 3/4 cup flour, 3 tsp baking power, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 2 Tb sugar, 2 Tb brown sugar,

1/2 tsp salt, 1 large egg (I used 2 small), 1 cup milk, 4 Tb melted butter, 1 Tb grated orange zest and 7 Tb orange marmalade

Makes 1 dozen at 400 degrees for 18-20 minutes - I did 15 min in a convection oven

Mix sifted flour, baking powder, baking soda,

sugar, brown sugar and salt

Beat egg slightly, then beat in milk.  Mix

butter and zest into the egg/milk mixture.

Make a well in dry ingredients - add all the liquid mixture at once.

Stir mixture with wooden spoon - 10-15 strokes.  do not over mix!  Batter will be lumpy.  Spoon 2 Tb batter into bottom of 12 pre-greased muffin tin - add 1 1/2 tsp marmalade and top off with batter to

fill 3/4 full.

Bake in center oven rack