Orange Date Muffins

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Rich in fibre these muffins use a whole orange and are moist and tasty. Using a blender they whip up quickly and easily. A nice treat any time of day. You can cut back sugar slightly without a significant change to taste.

Submitted by inkinannie
Published on April 27, 2016
Prep Time:
15 mins
Cook Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
35 mins
Servings:
12
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Ingredients

  • 1 large washed and cut up orange with peel

  • 1/2 cup orange juice

  • 1/2 cup chopped dates

  • 1 egg

  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine

  • 1 3/4 cups flour

  • 1/2 to 3/4 cups sugar

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • 3 tablespoons orange juice to rinse blender jug

Directions

  1. Wash and cut up orange, removing seeds. Put in blender jar with orange juice and blend till smooth. Add egg, butter or margarine and dates and blend till pasty.

  2. Mix flour, sugar baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl. Transfer contents of blender into bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of orange juice to blender jar and whirl to clean bottom of blender. Pour into bowl and mix by hand till dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon into greased muffin tins and bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees F. Let stand 5 minutes before removing from tins.