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Hot Cross Muffins
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Course
Side Dish
Cuisine
English
Ingredients
2
cups
packaged biscuit mix
¼
cup
sugar
¼
teaspoon
salt
1
teaspoon
cinnamon
2
eggs, slightly beaten
¾
cup
milk
2
tablespoons
melted butter
2
teaspoons
finely grated orange peel
½
cup
currants or raisins, soaked in hot water to plump, drained
Vanilla icing:
2
cups
confectioners’ sugar, sift before measuring
1 ½
tablespoons
butter, soft
½
teaspoon
vanilla extract
¼
teaspoon
salt
3 to 4
tablespoons
milk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Mix biscuit mix, sugar, salt, cinnamon, eggs, milk, melted butter, and orange peel. Add plumped raisins or currants.
Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper baking cups. Fill cups 2/3 full.
Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.
Make vanilla icing and drizzle or pipe over muffins to make cross shapes. Makes 12 hot cross muffins.
Icing
Combine all icing ingredients in a small mixing bowl.
Stir until smooth and well blended.
Adjust for spreading consistency if necessary, adding more milk or more confectioners' sugar.
Keyword
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