
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredients |
---|---|
2 cups | all-purpose flour |
2/3 cup | granulated sugar |
1tbsp | baking powder |
1/2 tsp | salt |
1/3 cup | minced crystallized ginger |
1 tsp | grated lemon rind |
1-1/4 cups | pomegranate seeds |
1 cup | 1% milk |
1 | large egg |
1/4 cup | butter or margarine, melted and cooled |
Directions
- In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in crystallized ginger, lemon peel and pomegranate seeds. Make a well in the center.
- In a measuring cup, blend milk, egg and butter. Pour liquid all at once into well. Stir just until batter is moistened; it will be lumpy.
- Spoon batter into 12 (2-1/2 inch wide) or 24 (1-3/4 inch wide) muffin cups filling each almost to the rim. Sprinkle with 1-2 teaspoons sugar.
- Bake in a 425 degree F oven until lightly browned, about 16 minutes for large muffins, 13 minutes for small.
- Remove muffins from pan at once. Serve hot or set on a rack and serve warm or cool.
Source: California Pomegranate website at http://www.pomegranates.org