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Orange Ginger Muffins
Recipe By :Houston Chronicle-1/20/99
Serving Size : 12

1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 medium orange
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt; reserve. Finely grate zest from orange to make 2 tsp.; reserve. Peel orange, discarding rind and white pith. Finely chop orange, removing seeds; set aside. With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Stir
in reserved orange and zest. Beat in reserved flour mixture alternately with orange juice, ending with flour. Fold in ginger. Divide batter among muffin cups
lined with paper-liners filling almost to the top. Bake 18-20 min. or until pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan; cool on wire rack.