GLAZED ORANGE MUFFINS

      Title: GLAZED ORANGE MUFFINS
  Categories: Muffins, Breads, Fruits, Kooknet
       Yield: 12 Muffins
  
            Vegetable Cooking Spray
       2 c  Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
     3/4 c  Sugar
   2 1/2 ts Baking Powder
     1/4 ts Salt
       1 lg Orange
     1/4 c  Milk; or more as needed
     1/3 c  Butter; melted and cooled
       1 lg Egg; lightly beaten
       1 ts Vanilla Extract
     1/4 ts Baking Soda
     1/2 c  Pecans; coarsely chopped and
            -toasted
 
 MMMMM------------------------ORANGE GLAZE-----------------------------
       1    Orange; finely grated zest
            -of
     1/3 c  Fresh Orange Juice
     1/3 c  Sugar
  
   Preheat the oven to 400øF. Spray 12 muffin cups with vegetable cooking
   spray or line with paper liners. In a large mixing bowl, combine the
   flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Grate the zest of the orange
   and juice it. Add enough milk to the orange juice to measure 1 cup
   plus 2 tb and pour it into a second bowl. Add the butter, egg,
   vanilla, and baking soda and whisk until blended. Add the wet
   ingredients to the dry and combine with as few strokes as possible.
   Fold in the orange zest and pecans.
   
   Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each one 1/2
   to 2/3 full. Bake until golden and fragrant, 15-20 minutes.
   Meanwhile, prepare the orange glaze: In a small pan, bring the orange
   zest and juice and sugar to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
   Turn down the heat and let simmer until thickened, 4-5 minutes. Let
   cool slightly. The glaze should be liquidy so that it soaks into the
   muffins. Let muffins cool 2-3 minutes, then brush the tops with the
   warm glaze, or drip it over them with a spoon. Serve warm. Sticky and
   good -- real good!
   
   Source: "Dairy Hollow House: Soup & Bread," by Crescent Dragonwagon
   Typed by Katherine Smith Kook-Net: The Shadow Zone IV - Stinson
   Beach, CA
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