Mollie Katzen

Ingredients

• Combine the flour, oat bran, corn meal, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and orange zest in a medium-sized bowl.
• Add the brown sugar, and rub it in with your fingers until the mixture is uniform.
• Stir in the dried fruit.
• Measure 3/4 cup buttermilk into a 2-cup liquid measure.
• Add the egg, and beat gently with a fork or a small whisk until well blended.
• Slowly pour this mixture into the dry ingredients, adding the melted butter at the same time.
• Using a spoon or a rubber spatula, stir from the bottom of the bowl until the dry ingredients are all moistened.