Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- 1 cinnamon sugar
- 1/2 orange (grated)
- 2 c currants (dried)
- 5/8 c sugar
- 1 c flour
- 1 c walnuts (chopped)
- 1/2 c butter softened
- 1/2 c quick-cooking oats
- 2 ts baking powder
- 1 t pumpkin pie spice
- 1 t vanilla
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.