Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 1 egg slightly beaten
- 1/2 cups Monties dried tart cherries
- 3 tablespoons grated orange peel
Directions (makes 12 muffins)
Combine flour, sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowel. Add milk, melter butter and egg, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Gently stir in cherries and orange peel. Fill paper-lined muffin cups 3/4 full.
Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven 18-24 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 5 minutes. Remove from pan and serve warm or let cool completely.