Orange and Almond Muffins
Muffins are so simple, and tasty to make. I mean, who doesn’t love a good muffin, right? I pulled out my little muffin recipe book called “100 Muffins from 1 Easy Recipe” and found another nice recipe. The last muffins I made from this book were the Easter Muffins and they were great. These were just as light and just as simple. They could easily be a quick breakfast on the go, or a snack. What I love is that there’s not too much sugar but it has a lovely citrus flavour. Really nice! The kids loved them, but they started to slow down once they hit the middle. I guess there’s no sugar in the middle! They also asked where the frosting was….
Orange and Almond Muffins
- 2 Oranges
- ½ Cup Milk
- 1½ Cups All Purpose Flour, Unbleached
- 1 Tbsp Baking Powder
- ⅛ Tsp Salt
- ½ Cup Superfine Sugar
- ½ Cup Ground Almonds
- 2 Eggs
- 6 Tbsp Sunflower Oil (or melted cooled butter)
- ½ Tsp Almond Extract
- 3 Tbsp Turbinado Sugar (Raw Sugar)
- Preheat oven to 400F
- Grease a 12-cup muffin pan, or use 12 paper liners
- Finely grate the rind from both oranges and extract the juice into a measuring cup
- To the measuring cup with juice, add milk to make a full up and add rind
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt
- Stir in sugar and ground almonds
- In a large bowl, lightly whisk eggs, then beat in the orange/milk mixture, oil and almond extract
- Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the liquid mixture
- Stir until just combined. Take care not to over mix
- Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan
- Sprinkle Turbinado Sugar over the top of the muffins
- Bake for 20 minutes until well risen, golden brown and firm to the touch
- Allow muffins to cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before serving
Even before it is baked, it smells really good!
Zesty Batter
I like the coarse grittiness of the Turbinado Sugar. It gives a nice crunch at the end.
Muffin liners filled with batter and topped with Turbinado Sugar
The house smells great right about now!
Orange & Almond Muffins fresh out the oven!
I used Navel Oranges for this recipe. I find them to be sweet and very juicy.
Orange & Almond Muffin
Such a great little muffin. Bake, grab, go!
Orange & Almond Muffins
Happy Monday my dear friends! Have an awesome week!
~Lyn
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Wonderfully cute flavoured muffins – love the recipe 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
Thank you Poppet (I’m using my British accent to go with your scones)
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Monday Muffins! Monday Muffins! Yes I love muffins too! 🙂
Awesome flavours here. Very nice.
Thanks, Trish! Muffins are the best 🙂
Mmmmm…these would be perfect with my morning tea. What a delicious way to start the day!
Thanks, Liz! And thats exactly what I did! Well..not tea, coffee 🙂
what a great combination of flavors! i totally want one with my morning coffee!
Jenn, they are so totally worth it. Especially because they are not “sweet”…they are just right. Thanks for stopping by, my friend!
Love the recipe…
These muffins look absolutely delicious!!!
Thanks, Reem!
Great recipe Lyn. I can imagine how delicious this one must be. 🙂
Thanks a lot, it was just right. That little cupcake recipe book hasn’t failed me yet 🙂
You take beautiful pictures of food, Lyn! Even without having them in front of me, I could pretty much tell how delicious these muffins are. 🙂 Love the sugar on top – simple yet really cute!
I appreciate you and your lovely comments, Nami. You are very encouraging. Your photographs inspire me! 🙂
Orange and almond is such a wonderful combo! My girls aren’t much of muffin fans simply because there’s no frosting in muffins, but hubby & I are! This is something we would definitely enjoy for breakfast.
Well you and your hubby can enjoy these little darlings together 🙂 More for the both of you!
I’ve made A LOT of muffins before but I have never seen such a gorgeous mile high rise like yours! Well done!
*big grin* Thanks Chung-Ah!
Gotta love kids. Mine are always busting my chops about things. These look so good. I adore citrus muffins. These are gorgeous.
Thanks Kim Bee!!! Yeah, kids. Gotta love em. Chop Busters.
It’s funny, my niece and nephew eat all kinds of veggies and lean protein, but always eat the frosting off cupcakes and leave the rest. These muffins, however, are *exactly* right for me. I love, love, love orange and almond together. Great recipe!
Kids are so random, eh? lol Thanks, Jess! Glad you like 🙂