Raisin Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Raisins - 1 cup
Orange Juice - 1/3 cup
Flour - 2 cups
Baking powder - 2 teaspoons
Cinnamon powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Butter - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Eggs - 3 Large
Vanilla - 1 teaspoon
Milk - 3/4 cup

Method:

• PreHeat oven to 325 degrees.
• grease 16 muffin cups.
• In a pan, mix raisins and orange juice over medium heat until it simmers. remove from heat.
• In a bowl sift together flour, baking powder and cinnamon.
• Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
• Alternately, stir flour mixture and milk into butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Drain raisins and discard the soaking liquid and stir raisins into batter.
• spoon batter into prepared muffin pan, filling three-quarters full.
• bake cupcakes 20 mins, or until lightly browned, and cupcakes test done.
• Transfer to a rack to cool.