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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Moderate

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Fast Healthy 9/92
Carolyn Shaw 6-95
1 md Orange
1/2 c Sugar
1 3/4 c Flour
2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Cloves
1/3 c Shortening
1/2 c Chopped dates
2 Eggs
1 c Cooked, mashed pumpkin
1/3 c Orange juice
2 ts Grated orange peel
TOPPING
2 tb To 3 orange juice
1/4 c Sugar

Heat oven to 375F. Grease 36 mini muffin cups. In large bowl, beat
shortening and 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add pumpkin,
orange juice, grated orange peel and eggs; blend well. Lightly spoon
flour into measuring cup; level off. Add flour, baking powder, baking
soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves; stir just until dry ingredients are
moistened. Fold in dates. Fill each cup 3/4 full. Bake 14-17 minutes
or until very light golden brown and toothpick tests clean. cool 1
minute, remove from pan. Brush tops with orange juice and dip in
sugar.

To use a standard muffin tin, fill 2/3 full and bake at 400F. 18-22
minutes.

Per muffin: 70 calories, 1 g protein, 12 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2
g fat (26%), 12 mg cholesterol, 65 mg sodium, 55 mg potassium, 1
starch exchange. Submitted By CAROLYN SHAW On 06-13-95