Apricot Muffins

Ingredients

1 Cup chopped dried apricots
1 cup boiling water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine softened
1 cup fat free sour cream
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon orange zest
1/2 cups pecans chopped

Directions

Put apricots in the boiled water for 2 minutes. In mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add sour cream and mix well. Combine dry ingredients then stir into creamed mixture until moistened. Pour water off apricots and fold apricots, orange zest and pecans into batter. Fill greased muffin tin 3/4 full. Bake at 400° approximately 18-20 minutes. Cool and serve. Makes 12.