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Fig Muffins

• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups fig preserves, mashed
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Orange Spread: Ingredients:

• 1 3 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, thawed

Instructions:





Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well after each. Add fig preserves with syrup. Stir in oatmeal and sifted flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Mix only enough to moisten dry ingredients.
Bake in buttered muffin cups in preheated 375F oven for 15 - 20 minutes. Serve warm with Orange Spread.
For Orange Spread, cream the cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in powdered sugar and orange juice concentrate. Frost muffins. Serve at room temperature but keep refrigerated otherwise.

Adapted from "Voila!" (Jr League of Lafayette, LA)