2 cups all-purpose flour
4 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 orange peel, grated
squirt of orange juice
12 sugar cubes
3 Tbsp melted butter
3 Tbsp chopped rose geranium leaves
1 egg, lightly beaten
¾ cup milk


Preheat oven to 375F.

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.

Mix together egg, milk and butter, stir into flour mixture just until moistened.

Chop geranium leaves very fine, mix with grated orange peel and a squirt of orange
juice.

Spoon muffin batter into greased muffin tins, filling 2/3 full, no more.

Roll each sugar cube in the herb and orange peel mixture to coat.

Press a coated sugar cube into center of each muffin as if planting a seed.

Brush top of muffins with melted butter.

Bake about 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
(The Culinary Gardener)