Southern Comfort Orange Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup southern comfort
• 3 ounces dried cherries, chopped (about 3/4 cup)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 eggs
• 1 orange, zest of
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 orange, juice of
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 pour southern comfort over chopped cherries in small bowl.
• 2 cover and allow to sit for at least 8 hours or overnight.
• 3 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 4 cream sugar and butter together until fluffy. add eggs and zest and beat well.
• 5 combine flour, soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with southern comfort cherry mixture.
• 6 blend until well mixed.
• 7 portion batter into greased 2-3/4 inch muffin cups.
• 8 bake in 400 degrees oven for 20 minutes.
• 9 remove muffin pan to wire rack.
• 10 brush muffins with orange juice and sprinkle with sugar while still warm.
• 11 allow to stand 5 minutes before removing from pan.