Recipe - Orange-Rosemary Muffins With Sliced Ham

One half cup Unsalted butter; at room
temperature
1 cup Sugar
2 lg Eggs
2 cup Unbleached flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
1 cup Light sour cream
1 lg Orange
1 cup Golden raisins
1 tablespoon Dried rosemary
Honey mustard
5 ounce Sliced ham; cut into small
squares to fit muffins

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease miniature muffin cups.

Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until
smooth and creamy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then continue beating
until light and fluffy.

Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Add flour mixture to butter
mixture alternately with the sour cream, blending thoroughly after each
addition.

Grate the orange peel. Juice the orange, reserving the juice.

Place raisins, orange peel and rosemary in a food processor fitted with the
steel blade and process until finely minced. Stir raisin mixture into the
batter.

Spoon the batter into muffin cups, filling each up almost to the top. Bake
until light golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes for 1/2inch muffin cups,
11 minutes for 2inch muffin cups. Remove muffins from oven and brush tops
lightly with reserved orange juice. Turn out onto a wire rack and let cool
completely. Store overnight in an airtight container or ziptop plastic
bags.

To serve, split each muffin in half and spread generously with honey
mustard. Place a ham slice on a each muffln and replace top. Arrange in a
flat basket in or on a serving platter. The muffin sandwiches can be kept
at room temperature for 2 to 3 hours if covered lightly with a damp cloth.
Makes 5 dozen (11/2inch) mufflns or 4 dozen (2inch) muffins.

(Nutrition Informatlon per smaller muffin serving: 91 calories, 3 grams
fat, 18 milligrams cholesterol, 278 milligrams sodium.)

"Delicious Mix of Easter Traditions," by Tina Danze, Universal
PressSyndicate 1998/04/08 Riverside PE Hanneman/Buster/McRecipe

Recipe by: Adapted from "The Open House Cookbook

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Apr 08,
1998