Hot Cross Muffins   
Posted by: Bev Mon, 21 Jun 2004, at 8:09 a.m.         
 

Ingredients:
2 cups flour,
3/4 cup sugar,
2 tsp baking powder,
1/2 tsp salt,
1/4 tsp cinnamon,
1/8 tsp allspice,
1 cup milk,
1 lightly beaten egg
1/2 cup melted & cooled butter or margarine,
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp grated orange peel,
1/2 tsp grated lemon peel,
1 cup currants
 
Glaze:
1/3 cup confectioners sugar,
1.1/2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon or orange juice, or water

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375oF, prepare pans. In a bowl combine first 6 ingredients. In another bowl stir together rest of ingredients except currants. Add dry mix to wet mix until just combined, stir in currants. Spoon into pans & bake
for 15-20 minutes or until done. Cool 5 minutes before removing muffins from pans.

For glaze, combine ingredients & drizzle over each muffin to form a cross. Serve warm.
Makes 12.

These muffins freeze well. An easy to make substitute for hot cross buns.