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When it comes to orange-flavored breakfast foods, I’m a decided fan.
Orange rolls with cream cheese icing? Sure.
Orange scones with cranberries? Yes, please.
Orange banana smoothie? Oh, I believe I will.
So when I saw a recipe for orange muffins on allrecipes.com, I knew that I had to try them. And I may or may not have baked them around 9:00 at night so that I could, um, sample them before I served them to my family for breakfast the next morning.
I am just that selfless, people.
Here’s the recipe:
Orange Muffins
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
2/3 cup orange juice (I used Tropicana, of course)
1/2 cup melted butter
2 eggs
1/2 cup ground walnuts (optional)
1 tablespoon melted butter
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, white sugar and grated orange peel. Stir in orange juice, 1/2 cup melted butter, eggs and chopped nuts.
Pour into 12 muffin cups.
Blend 1 tablespoon melted margarine, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle on top of each muffin. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 20-25 minutes. Serve hot.
You’ll be happy to know that I took a picture of all the assembled ingredients. It was a momentous occasion, the making of the new muffin recipe, and I felt that it should be preserved for posterity.
I left out the orange zest because, well, I didn’t have an orange on hand. I also added about a teaspoon of pure vanilla extract – just because I love it.
Anyway, I mixed everything together, poured the batter in the muffin cups, and 25 minutes later, here’s what was waiting for me.
And when I cut open the muffins, here’s what that delicious brown sugar / butter / cinnamon mixture had done.
YES MA’AM.
Then, to enhance the orange flavor just a smidge, I mixed together 1/4 cup of powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons of Tropicana orange juice and 1 tablespoon half and half. I heated the mixture over low heat until the powdered sugar was dissolved, then poured about a teaspoon on top of each muffin (I poked holes in the muffins with a fork beforehand).
Let me just tell you: that whole making-a-glaze thing was a very good decision indeed.
The muffins were very tasty – almost cupcake-like in their consistency – and they were so easy to make. I’ll definitely use this recipe again.
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