Miniature Orange Muffins Food

ORANGE MINI MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray mini muffin tins with nonstick spray.
• Cream together the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl by hand or using an electric mixer. Add the eggs and beat well. Mix in the flour. In a separate bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk. Add the buttermilk mixture to the batter along with the orange zest and mix well.
• Fill the muffin tins two-thirds full with the batter and bake until lightly browned, 12 to 17 minutes.
• In a separate bowl, combine the brown sugar and orange juice (you should have about 1/2 cup juice) and mix well. Drizzle this glaze over the warm muffins in the tins. Remove the muffins while still warm.

ORANGE-SPICED MINI-MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut whole, unpeeled orange into 8 sections and chop in a food processor. Add the chopped oranges to the dates, nuts, melted butter, orange juice, sugar, and egg.
• Sift the dry ingredients together and then stir into the wet ingredients until just blended. Pour into paper-cup lined mini-muffin tins, filling them 3/4 full. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until puffed and firm in the center. Cool before serving.

MINI ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees and butter small muffin tins. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream 1 cup sugar and butter until smooth. Add the eggs and beat until fluffy.
• In a glass measuring cup, combine buttermilk and baking soda and set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together flour and salt; add to the butter mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beating until well mixed.
• In a food processor, grind the raisins and orange zest. Add to the batter and combine. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tins and bake until golden brown and firm to the touch, about 12 minutes.
• Remove the tins to a cooling rack. Brush the tops of the muffins with orange juice and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup sugar while still warm; let stand 5 minutes. Remove muffins from pans.

MINI ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375º. Grease miniature muffin cups.
• Mix sugar and orange juice. Set aside for dipping after muffins are baked.
• Cream butter and sugar. Add sour cream alternately with the dry ingredients, just until moistened. Fold in orange peel, raisins and nuts (batter will be stiff).
• Bake at 375º for 10-12 minutes. While still warm, dip muffins in the sugar-orange juice mixture.

DATE-ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cut orange in pieces and remove pits. In food processor, put in first 4 ingredients. Blend for 3 to 4 minutes. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Mix in chopped dates. Blend again until mixed. Spoon into greased muffin pans. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes. (If using honey, add with first 4 ingredients, if using sugar, add to dry mix.)

ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine oil, sugar and eggs. Mix well. Add remaining ingredients. Blend, do not over mix. Pour into greased muffin pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.
• TIP:
• RED ORANGES
• Use blood oranges in your favorite recipes as you would regular oranges. Taste for sweetness, you may have to add a bit more sugar in some recipes.

OATMEAL ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Cream margarine and sugar.
• Beat in eggs and stir in oat mixture.
• Stir in raisins and vanilla.
• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Stir until moistened.
• Pour into well greased muffin cups.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.

MINIATURE CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease 45 mini muffin tins or line with mini paper liners.
• For the topping; mix all ingredients together until blended; set aside.
• Place all muffin ingredienrs except the cranberried in a food processor; PULSE 5 times.
• Add in the cranberries and process until just mixed.
• Fill greased or paper-lined tins about two-thirds full, then sprinkle with prepared topping.
• Bake for about 12-15 minutes for mini muffins.
• Bake 20 minutes for regular-size muffins.

MINIATURE ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk, 8 tablespoons butter, orange juice concentrate and 2 teaspoons orange peel; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
• Fill greased miniature muffin cups half full. Combine the brown sugar, pecans and remaining flour, butter and orange peel; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 400° for 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
• In a small mixing bowl, beat the orange butter ingredients until blended. Serve with muffins.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients.
• Stir in cranberries.
• Beat egg, orange juice, oil and orange rind.
• Add to dry ingredients all at once.
• Stir just to moisten.
• Spoon into greased muffin cups.
• (fill 3/4 full).
• Sprinkle tops lightly with a bit of sugar.
• Bake 400F 15-20 mins until lightly browned and firm to the touch.

FRESH ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F; spray a muffin tin (12) with non-stick cooking spray like Pam and set aside.
• Put orange quarters in food processor (or blender) along with orange juice and process or blend until pureed.
• Add egg and butter to food processor and combine; pour into large bowl.
• Combine dry ingredients together in a separate bowl, then add all at once to orange mixture.
• Stir to combine.
• Fill muffin cups about 3/4 full.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes; remove from oven and let stand in tin for 5 minutes before removing muffins.