Southwestern Recipes
Orange Blossoms
These muffins look like flowers.
Yield: 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons vegetable shortening
- 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
- About 2/3 cup milk
- Orange juice
- Sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt.
- Cut in vegetable shortening and orange rind until mixture is as fine as meal.
- Add milk, mixing until a soft dough is formed. Knead lightly on a floured surface for about 20 seconds. Roll to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut dough into 1 inch strips, then make 3/4 inch cuts about an inch apart in the strips. Roll up strips as for a jellyroll (a 10 inch strip makes a medium-size roll).
- Place in greased muffin pans.
- Brush rolls with orange juice and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.