Mini Orange Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 orange, juice of (about 1/2 cup)
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sour cream
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup nuts, chopped

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0. Grease miniature muffin cups.
Mix sugar and orange juice. Set aside for dipping after muffins are baked.
Cream butter and sugar. Add sour cream alternately with the dry ingredients, just until moistened. Fold in orange peel, raisins and nuts (batter will be stiff).
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 10-12 minutes. While still warm, dip muffins in the sugar-orange juice mixture.