Orange Ginger Muffins Food

GINGER ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt.
• Finely grate zest from orange to make 2 tsp.
• Peel orange, discarding rind and white pith.
• Finely chop orange, removing seeds; set aside.
• With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg.
• Stir in reserved orange and zest.
• Beat in reserved flour mixture alternately with orange juice, ending with flour.
• Fold in ginger.
• Divide batter among muffin tin, filling almost to the top.
• Bake 18-20 min.
• or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from pan; cool on wire rack.
• You can add 1/2 cup of raisins to the mix too for a variation.

ORANGE GINGER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line muffin tins with paper liners. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix well. Combine the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat on medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. With the mixer running, add the egg and orange zest. Beat in the flour in small amounts, alternating with the orange juice. Fold in the orange pieces and ginger by hand. Fill the lined muffin tins 3/4ths full with the muffin batter. Place in the oven and bake at 375 degrees F for 18-20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the pan from the oven and let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store the muffins in an airtight container.

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.

FRESH GINGER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Grease 16 muffin pans.
• If you have a food processor, process the ginger until it is in tiny pieces. Or, hand chop it into fine pieces. You should have about 1/4 cup. It is better too much ginger than too little.
• Put the ginger and 1/4 cup of the sugar in a small skillet and cook over medium heat until the sugar has melted and the mixture is hot. Do not walk away from the pan - the sugar will melt quite quickly. Remove from the heat and let the mixture cool completely.
• Put the lemon zest and 3 tablespoons sugar in the food processor and process until the peel is in small bits. Or, sprinkle the sugar over the zest and chop by hand. Add the zest and sugar mix to the ginger mixture and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the butter slightly, then add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and beat until smooth. Add the eggs and beat well. Add the buttermilk and mix until blended. Add the flour, salt and baking soda and beat until smooth. Add the lemon-ginger mixture and mix well.
• Spoon the batter into the muffin cups so that each cup is about 3/4 full. Bake 15-20 minutes. Serve warm.

GOLDEN ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a blender, combine the orange, orange juice, egg and oil; cover and process until blended. Gradually add dry ingredients just until moistened. Stir in raisins and walnuts if desired., Fill greased muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 375° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

WHOLE WHEAT GINGER-ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Generously grease 2 1/2-inch muffin cups or line with paper baking cups.
• Mix first 7 ingredients in large bowl; stir in crystalized ginger and orange peel.
• Whisk butter,sour cream.orange juice and eggs in medium bowl.
• Make well in center of dry ingredients;add butter mixture to well, stir until.
• just blended (batter will be lumpy).
• Spoon batter into prepared cups,filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake until muffins are golden brown and tester inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool 5 minutes, turn out of pan.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

ORANGE GINGERBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
• In large bowl, stir together Bisquick mix, 3 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 teaspoons of the cinnamon-sugar and the ginger; make well in center of mixture. In small bowl, mix milk, molasses, egg and orange peel with whisk. Add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling half full; sprinkle remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon-sugar over batter.
• Bake 12 minutes. Immediately remove from pan to cooling rack. Serve warm.

TRIPLE-GINGER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees and line a standard muffin tin with paper liners.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, butter, eggs, milk, molasses and grated ginger, and whisk until smooth.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, ground ginger and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. (Be careful not to overmix! The batter will be slightly lumpy.) Stir in 3/4 cup crystallized ginger, reserving the remaining 3 tablespoons for the topping.
• Using an ice cream scoop or a large spoon, divide the batter between the 12 muffin cups. Sprinkle the reserved crystallized ginger onto the tops of the muffins, and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean and the muffins spring back when lightly pressed. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then carefully transfer muffins to a cooling rack and cool completely.