Amanda’s Orange-Cranberry Walnut Muffins with Cream Cheese Icing & Toasted Coconut

▪Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

▪Pour hot water into a bowl. Add cranberries and cover.

▪Combine flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

▪Cream together sugar, egg, and butter.

▪Fold all ingredients together, adding the walnuts.

▪Spoon into muffin pan cups with liners and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

▪While baking, prepare the icing by mixing cream cheese frosting and orange extract with an electric mixer for 2 minutes on medium speed. Toast coconut on the bottom rack of the oven on a cookie sheet.

▪Cool, frost with cream cheese icing, sprinkle toasted coconut on top, and partake as if your life depended on it.