Mandarin Muffins Food

MANDARIN ORANGE MUFFINS WITH CINNAMON-SUGAR GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Place muffin papers in muffin tins or spray tins with vegetable oil.
• Drain oranges and pat dry with paper towels. Set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, allspice, and sugar. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Whisk together egg and milk. Pour into flour mixture and stir with a fork just until combined. Do not overmix. Batter will be thick. (If your batter is crumbly, you may add a SMALL splash of milk). Carefully fold in mandarin oranges.
• Fill muffin tins 3/4 full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until center tests done and muffins are lightly golden.
• While muffins are baking, place melted butter in a small bowl. In another small bowl, whisk together sugar and cinnamon.
• When muffins are done, dip each hot muffin first into the butter and then into the cinnamon sugar. Let cool.

MANDARIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F,.
• Line the muffin pans with paper liners.
• Drain the mandarins reserving liquid.
• Add the orange extract and enough water to make 1 cup of liquid.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, brown and white sugars.
• In a separate bowl, combine the egg, sour cream, orange liquid and the butter.
• Add to dry ingredients with oranges and pecans.
• Stir just until moistened.
• Fill lined muffin cups 2/3 full.
• Bake for 20-25 mnutes.

MANDARIN ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• First, clean and rinse the Mandarin Orange (1 cup) well. Then using a vegetable shredder, grate the orange rind. You will need 1/2 cup of orange rind. Peel to remove the skin, remove pith, seeds and break into segments. Then, using a sharp knife, cut the segmented mandarin oranges into small pieces.
• Next, preheat oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F) and place oven rack in center of oven.
• Line a 12 cup muffin pan with muffin liners and set aside while we prepare the batter for the muffins.
• Combine all the wet ingredients. Beat Egg (1), Buttermilk (3/4 cup) and Butter (75 gram).
• Combine all DRY ingredients: In a large bowl mix together All-Purpose Flour (195 gram), Granulated Sugar (100 gram), Baking Powder (2 1/2 teaspoon), Ground Cinnamon (1/4 teaspoon), Ground Nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon) and Salt (1/4 teaspoon).
• Then, add the WET egg mixture into the DRY flour mixture. Using a spatula, stir only until the ingredients are JUST combined. Do not OVERMIX.
• Next, fold in the diced mandarin oranges.
• Using an ice-cream scoop, spoon the batter evenly into the muffin cups till 3/4 full.
• Sprinkle the top with Granulated Sugar (2 tablespoon) and garnish with orange rinds. And we're ready to bake the muffins.
• Place muffin tray into preheated oven.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of muffins comes out clean. And we're done!
• Remove from oven and cool the muffins in the pan for about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Then transfer the mandarin oranges onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
• These muffins can be stored for a few days at room temperature and they freezes well too. As always, serve and enjoy!

MANDARIN ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients.
• Mix wet and ingredients and add to dry, and fold in with spatula.
• Fold in fruit.
• Add to tins (greased).
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 375°, 20-25 min.
• NOTE: I use texas-sized muffin tins.
• This makes 6, and I have enough batter leftover for two muffins.
• It freezes beautifully.

UPSIDE-DOWN MANDARIN CAKE/MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cake pan with parchment paper and spread mandarin oranges evenly over paper. Next sprinkle brown sugar over the mandarin oranges.
• Mix cake mix according to box directions omitting 1/4 cup of water. Add 1/4 cup of mandarin juice from can. Spread cake mix over mandarin orange and sugar mixture making sure to get the corners.
• Bake cake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick insert is clean. Once cake is done place second piece of parchment paper over cake with large serving platter on top and flip cake over. Remove the first piece of paper and sprinkle 1/4 cup mandarin juice over cake. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream or orange sherbet.

BANANA ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F Line twelve medium muffin cups with paper baking cups or lightly spray bottoms only with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, combine oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and dates; mix well. In medium bowl, combine yogurt, banana, egg whites, oil and orange peel; blend well. Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. (Do not overmix.).
• Fill muffin cups almost full.
• Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool muffins in pan on wire rack 5 minutes; remove from pan.