I heart most all things orange — whether in food or the color itself. I work at an agency where orange is our dominant color. I used burnt orange as an accent color in my wedding. If I could have any car color, it would be burnt orange (wouldn't look right on a Honda Civic though). It's such a bright, sunshiny color. In food it's no different. The orange is sweet, aromatic and distinctive. When I came across this recipe I knew I'd be baking these in my kitchen. I found this recipe on Annie's Eats several months ago. The recipe made 12 standard size muffins and 24 mini muffins. I like to have a variety in size.
Orange Muffins
from The Pastry Queen as seen on Annie's Eats
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE MUFFINSfrom The Pastry Queen as seen on Annie's Eats
INGREDIENTS
1 cup milk
½ cup orange juice, freshly squeezed
½ cup sour cream
2 large eggs
2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Zest of one orange
FOR THE GLAZE
½ cup orange juice, freshly squeezed
½ cup sour cream
2 large eggs
2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Zest of one orange
FOR THE GLAZE
1/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
2 tsp. orange zest
DIRECTIONS
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
2 tsp. orange zest
DIRECTIONS
FOR THE MUFFINS
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line 16 wells of a muffin pan with paper liners. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the milk, orange juice, sour cream, eggs and melted butter. Whisk together to blend. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Stir to blend. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated. Fold in the orange zest with a spatula.
Divide the batter evenly between the prepared muffin cups. Bake about 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
FOR THE GLAZE
Combine the orange juice, confectioners sugar, and orange zest in a small bowl. Whisk together until smooth, adding more juice if necessary to achieve your preferred consistency. Drizzle the glaze over the muffins while they are slightly warm or dip tops of muffins into glaze. Allow the glaze to set before serving. Store in an airtight container.
orange zest
Yummy bits of orange in the batter
Hot out of the oven
Orange glaze
Mini muffins dipped in orange glaze
I linked up at:
sweet shot tuesdays - life with my 3 boybarians
Divide the batter evenly between the prepared muffin cups. Bake about 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
FOR THE GLAZE
Combine the orange juice, confectioners sugar, and orange zest in a small bowl. Whisk together until smooth, adding more juice if necessary to achieve your preferred consistency. Drizzle the glaze over the muffins while they are slightly warm or dip tops of muffins into glaze. Allow the glaze to set before serving. Store in an airtight container.
orange zest
Yummy bits of orange in the batter
Hot out of the oven
Orange glaze
Mini muffins dipped in orange glaze
I linked up at:
sweet shot tuesdays - life with my 3 boybarians
These look so yummy!! I love orange flavor - I think one of my favorites is orange cranberry bread!
I drive a Honda Civic, too :-)
These look delicious!! I heart orange too. It's such a happy color, and it's kind of flashy, and I love flashy! Before we bought my black Vue, I asked T for an orange one. By the time he made up his mind about buying the Vue, the orange one was gone. (insert sad face here)
Can't wait to try these! I'll save the recipe for "O" day. E helped me make the apple pie muffins on "A" day.
Hey Amy - I just looked through a few pages of your blog and I just love everything I see. I'm now following so I can see more photographs and drool over your mad baking skills. Have a great day!
When I saw your lovely muffin photo I was hoping you'd display the recipe. Thank You! I can't wait to make a batch of my own. Your photos are beautiful.
I too love burnt orange, but unfortunately don't have enough in my life. I just designed my friend's blog and she loves orange too so I got to satisfy my orange craving.