and exhausted at night. Jen gave me a friendly reminder that my blog was quiet. When I made these muffins, I immediately got the camera. I needed something to take to a church social on Sunday. I have been wanting to try out my new Pampered Chef Muffin Stone (not pictured here), so I signed up for muffins. I have also been wanting to get rid of these orange-flavored craisins that I don't like to eat plain. Well, a quick look on the back of the bag and there I found this recipe for Citrus Burst Muffins:
2 cups flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon salt, optional
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup oil
1 egg
1 cup Orange-Flavored Craisins (pictured)
1/2 teaspoon orange zest (which I didn't have)
1/3 cup chopped pecans
Sugar
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease or a line a 12-cup muffin tin. Combine flour, both sugars, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, combine milk, orange juice, oil and egg. Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients stirring just until dry ingredients are moist. Stir in orange flavored craisins and orange zest. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full of batter. Sprinkle tops with pecans and sugar. (If you look closely, I mixed up this step and mixed the pecans right into the matter. No harm, no foul.) Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool five minutes in muffin tin. Remove muffins to a wire rack and cool. Recipe says it makes 12 muffins, but I got closer to 20. Enjoy!
2 comments:
So, I tried my orange Craisins and decided I don't like to eat them plain as much as the regular ones (weird). Did you like them better in the muffins? Maybe I'll have to try this (in my sister's kitchen, of course)...
I didn't eat the muffins. I have to fit into the dress for Amy's wedding..lol..which means no baked goods until then.
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