Christmas Morning Cranberry Muffins

Description

 * Makes 9 large muffins

Ingredients

 * 1 cup cranberries
 * ¼ cup sugar
 * 1½ cup flour
 * ¼ cup sugar
 * 2 tsp baking powder
 * 1 tsp salt
 * ½ tsp cinnamon
 * ¼ tsp allspice
 * 1 egg beaten
 * ¼ tsp orange rind
 * ¾ cup orange juice
 * ⅓ cup butter or margarine melted
 * ¼ cup nuts chopped

Directions

 * 1) Coarsely chop cranberries, sprinkle with ¼ cup sugar and set aside.
 * 2) Preheat oven to 375 °f, prepare pans.
 * 3) Combine flour, 2nd measure sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and allspice.
 * 4) In another bowl combine egg, orange rind and juice and melted butter.
 * 5) Add dry mix to wet mix and stir to moisten.
 * 6) Fold in cranberry mixture and nuts.
 * 7) Spoon into pans and bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until golden.