Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan over low heat or in the oven. Do not allow
to combust. Set aside to chill.

Cream the butter and sugar unitedly, add egg and mix wellspring. Mix the brandy,
milk, maple syrup and vanilla together and set by. Mix the orange and
lemon unclothe, currants and pine nuts together and set digression. Mix well
together the flour, baking tonic, spices and saltiness. Issue 1 tablespoon of
mixture and dredge the fruit and nut mixture in it. Add the liquid and dry
ingredients alternately to the creamed sugar and butter.

Fold the fruit and nut mixture into the clobber. Prepare muffin pans bu
greasing and flouring them. Fill pans 3/4 good. Bake at 375 degrees for
15-18 mins. Allow the muffins to cool entirely, ice them with white icing
and decorate them as you opt.