1 1/2 c  Flour
1 3/4 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Allspice
1/4 ts Nutmeg
1/2 c  Sugar
1/3 c  Margarine
1    Egg, slightly beaten
1/4 c  Milk
10 oz Mandarin orange tin, drained
TOPPING (optional)
1/4 c  Melted butter
1/4 c  Sugar
1/2 ts Cinnamon

Note: tin of broken segments is less expensive than whole segments. About
a cup of fresh orange pieces could be used.

Sift flour with other dry ingredients. Cut in Margarine. Combine egg and
milk, and add all at once to dry ingredients — mix only until moistened.

Fold in orange pieces and break them up more if batter seems to dry at
first. Fill greased muffin tins 3/4 full.

Bake at 350F for 20 to 25 minutes.

Remove from muffin tins while still warm. Dip tops in melted butter and
sugar-cinnamon mixture. Makes 12 large muffins.