fruit and nut bites

Recipe by
Kathryn Brown
Woodbridge, NJ

Perfect with a cup of tea.

yield 24 Mini Muffins
method Bake

Ingredients For fruit and nut bites

  • 1
    tea bag
  • 1/3 c
    water
  • 1/2 c
    dried apples, chopped
  • 1/2 c
    dried apricots, chopped
  • 1/3 c
    dried cherries, chopped
  • 1/3 c
    golden raisins
  • 1/2 c
    flour
  • 1/4 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp
    ground ginger
  • 5 Tbsp
    butter, softened
  • 1/2 c
    dark brown sugar
  • 2 lg
    eggs
  • 2 Tbsp
    orange marmalade
  • 1/4 tsp
    almond extract
  • 2/3 c
    mixed nuts, almonds, walnuts and pecans, coarsley chopped

How To Make fruit and nut bites

  • 1
    Make tea with boiling water.
  • 2
    Pour steeped tea over chopped dried fruit. Let sit for 15 minutes.
  • 3
    Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line mini-muffin tin with papers.
  • 4
    Combine flour, cinnamon and ginger in a bowl.
  • 5
    Beat butter and brown sugar until fluffy.
  • 6
    Add eggs one at a time. Mix well.
  • 7
    Add marmalade and almond extract. Mix well.
  • 8
    Add flour, beat slowly until well combined.
  • 9
    Drain fruit and fold into batter.
  • 10
    Fold in nuts.
  • 11
    Fill muffins with 2 tablespoons of batter.
  • 12
    Bake 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 275 degrees and rotate pan.
  • 13
    Bake 15-20 minutes until brown and toothpick comes out clean.
  • 14
    Cool in pan.
  • 15
    Enjoy!

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