Butterfly Orange Muffins

Ingredients

2 c flour
2 tb sugar
1 egg
1 c milk
3 tb shortening
1 tb orange rind
24 mandarin orange sections

Instructions

-drained Combine flour and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Blend together egg, milk, shortening, and orange rind. Add liquid all at once to flour mixture, stirring only until flour is moistened. Fill greased muffin pans 2/3 full. Place 2 orange sections on each muffin in opposite directions to form a butterfly. Bake at 425 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in 1972.