Orange Oatmeal Muffins

Ingridients

1 cup rolled oats

1/2 cup orange juice

1/2 cup boiling water

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/3 cup white sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup raisins (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or paper-line muffin pans.

In a small bowl soak oats in orange juice and water for 15 minutes.

In a large bowl cream together butter or margarine and sugars. Beat in eggs and oat mixture.

In a separate bowl, blend flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and nutmeg. Stir into batter. Stir in vanilla and raisins. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pans, filling 2/3 full.

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until golden brown, about 20 minutes.