Recipe - Orange Spice Muffins

1 cup Allpurpose flour
1 cup Wholewheat flour
1 tablespoon Baking powder
1 One fourth teaspoon Ground cinnamon
One fourth teaspoon Ground cloves
One fourth teaspoon Ground nutmeg
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 Large egg
1 cup Sour cream
4 tablespoon (One half stick) unsalted butter;
melted
1 tablespoon Frozen orange juice concentr
thawed
Grated zest of 1 large orang
1/3 cup Packed lightbrown sugar
1 tablespoon Sugar

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Butter 12 muffin cups. Sift together the
flours, baking powder, Three fourths teaspoon of the cinnamon, the cloves, nutmeg,
and salt. In a separate bowl, beat the egg with the sour cream, butter, and
orange juice. Stir in the orange zest and brown sugar and mix well. Add the
sour cream mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
Fill the prepared muffin cups about threefourths full. Combine the sugar
with the remaining One half teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over the muffins.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned
and springy to the touch. Allow the muffins to stand for 5 minutes before
turning them out onto a wire rack to cool. Serve warm. Makes 12 muffins.
Source: "An Edible Christmas" by Irena Chalmers.

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