Currant& Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients

1/2 c butter softened
5/8 c sugar
5 eggs
1/2 orange
1 t vanilla
1 c flour
1/2 c quick-cooking oats
2 ts baking powder
1 t pumpkin pie spice
2 c currants
1 c walnuts
1 cinnamon sugar

Instructions

Beat together first 5 ingredients until blended. Mix together the next 6 ingredients and beat in until dry ingredients are just moistened. Do not overbeat. Divide batter between 12 paper-lined muffins cups and sprinkle tops with cinnamon sugar. Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 25 minutes, or until a cake test, inserted in center, comes out clean. Cool in pan for a few minutes, and then continue cooling on a rack. Yields: 12 muffins. SOURCE: Coffee Cakes and Quick Breads by Renny Darling.