Orange Breakfast Muffins
I am still reading cookbooks as part of my reading goal for the year. I recently finished reading Nigella Bites by Nigella Lawson (I love her). The very first recipe in her cookbook spoke to me as I started reading, so much so that I ran to the kitchen and made these muffins immediately.
Ingredients & Directions:
- 6 T Butter
- 1 2/3 C Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 C Sugar
- Zest of 1 Orange
- 1/3 C plus 1 T Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice
- 1/3 C plus 1 T Milk (orig. recipe called for whole, I used 2%)
- 1 Egg
- Paper Baking Cups
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. I made the orange zest using a food grater since my zester is packed away right now. Melt butter and set aside.
Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, & orange zest in a large bowl.
Mix the orange juice and milk in a large measuring cup and whisk in the egg and then the cooled, melted butter. This mixture will become very thick.
Now pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients mixing with a whisk. The batter will be lumpy, but that is how it should be.
Spoon the mixture equally into the muffin cups and bake for about 15-20 minutes. Remove from the muffin pan once don and cool on a wire rack.
I served these warm with one of my favorite jams. The Wild Maine Blueberry Jam from Stonewall Kitchen is one of the best jams I have ever had. Everything they make is delicious and whenever I go up to York, Maine I always stop there and stock up. You should also check out their blog & follow their twitter. While you are following twitter pages, you can also follow Two Coast Table on twitter too!
(Steven)
