Jefferson County Recipe of the Day: Orange Cream Cheese Muffins

Orange Cream Cheese Muffins – Easy to Make & Tasty!

Orange Cream Cheese Muffins

Ingredients

1 – 3 oz. package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup orange juice
1-3/4 cups biscuit baking mix
1/4 cup chopped pecans
6 teaspoons orange marmalade

Directions

~Preheat oven at 400°.

~In a bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar. Add the egg and juice. Beat well. Stir in the biscuit mix just until moistened. Fold in pecans.

~Grease six jumbo muffin pans generously. Spoon 1/4 cup batter into each cup. Spoon 1 teaspoon marmalade into the center of each muffin. Top with remaining batter.

~Bake for 20 minutes (or until golden brown). Let stand for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

~Makes six muffins.