It has been quite some time since I posted about a muffin. Bascially because I was "muffined out" earlier this year. However, today I happen to be home alone and felt like making muffins!! Yes. I have been on "break" since December 24th and this is my first day home alone. I'm doing housework, sorting thru my gifts I bought for next year (yup, already), thinking about what I'm going to make for dinner and mentally prepping myself for Monday when I have to go back to work.
It is a chilly 12 degrees outside today and warming the house up some by making some muffins was perfect. I decided to go to the TWD site and see what muffin's they had already made in the past. I found that almost a year ago the then small group had made Dorie's Orange Berry Muffin. Since I had blueberries in my freezer from my blueberry picking expedition and I just happened to have an orange in my fridge, I knew I had found my choice.
These muffins were very easy to make, smell wonderful before and while baking, have a very soft tender crumb and are not too sweet. This is a great muffin recipe!
Orange Berry Muffins
Dorie Greenspan “Baking: From My Home to Yours”
Ingredients:
Grated zest and juice of 1 orange
About ¾ cup buttermilk *see below
2 large eggs
3 Tablespoons honey
1 stick (8 Tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
⅓ cup sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2-½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup blueberries - fresh, preferably, or frozen (not thawed)
Decorating sugar, for topping (optional)
Getting Ready:
Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter or spray the 12 molds in a regular-size muffin pan or fit the molds with paper muffin cups. Alternatively, use a silicone muffin pan, which needs neither greasing nor paper cups. Place the muffin pan on a baking sheet.
Pour the orange juice into a large glass measuring cup or a bowl and pour in enough buttermilk to make 1 cup. Whisk in the eggs, honey and melted butter.
In a large bowl, rub the sugar and orange zest together with your fingertips until the sugar is moist and the fragrance of orange strong. Whisk in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Pour the liquid ingredients over the dry ingredients and, with the whisk or a rubber spatula, gently but quickly stir to blend. Don’t worry about being thorough - the batter will be lumpy and bubbly, and that’s just the way it should be. Stir in the blueberries. Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups.
Bake for 22 to 25 minutes **. If you want to top the muffins with decorating sugar, sprinkle on the sugar after the muffins have baked for 10 minutes. When fully baked, the tops of the muffins will be golden and springy to the touch and a thin knife inserted into the center of the muffins will come out clean. Transfer the pan to a rack and cool for 5 minutes before carefully removing each muffin from its mold.
*I had to improvise a little because I did not have buttermilk so I made my own by putting about a tablespoon of lemon juice in my measuring cup and then filled it to ¾ cup with my 1% milk.
**I baked mine for only 20 minutes and they were already getting dark on the top. I did pull them out at 10 minutes as suggested and sprinkled the muffin with sugar.
Maria
I love these muffins! Great start to the new year!
Melissa
They looks so pretty inside. Delicious!
Meg
The muffins look just perfect!! YUM!
Barbara Bakes
I love that you have blueberries in your freezer that you picked! The muffins look great!
Marthe
They look perfect!! I madee these for work earlier this year, but forgot to take pictures and blog about them.... I loved these!
Amanda
Wow that looks amazing!
pinkstripes
I love these muffins. They are so good. I've made them twice and I may have to make them again.
Jessie
OK. I just woke up, and now I hope that a plate of these magically appear when I walk into my kitchen. Looks great! Yum 😀
+Jessie
a.k.a. The Hungry Mouse
Pam
Oh they look so perfect. I could eat a few for breakfast right now. Enjoy your quiet time at home.
Sabrina
Oh wow... those look great! I could go for some! Its cold here too and now i am tempted to make those muffins!!! Enjoy your time alone! 🙂
Cami @ Creating Myself
Oh buy, do those muffins look good!
Happy New Year Shelby! I hope it brings you much happiness!
Ingrid
Love that photo of the muffin split in half where you can see those gorgeous blueberries! Such great colors!
You must be lovin life at home quiet! It's a rare day that its quiet at home for me.....
~ingrid
creative one
The muffins look yummy. Now I am in the mood for muffins, I will have to make some tomorrow.
♥Reeni
Blueberries and orange, how refreshing. Makes me long for summer! They look so yummy!
Ginger
These look almost too good to eat, but I am still going to make and eat them!!! Your photos are stunning. Thanks for your postings.
J.Danger
What an awesome post! Thank you.
Happy New year to to also!
J.Danger
What an awesome post! Thank you.
Happy New year to to also!
Dawn
I never tire of blueberry muffins. I can eat them every single morning. Love that middle shot.
5 Star Foodie
Those do look really good!
Flourchild
The muffins look great. Im adding it to my list of Dories recipes to try! Happy New Year!
Patsyk
Those muffins are really bursting with berries! They look wonderful!
Christy
I love blueberry muffins and these sound amazing! What a great recipe to begin the new year.
Olga
love the crunchy sugar on top!!!
Noble Pig
Blueberries sound great this time of year and the decorating sugar makes them so cute!
JyLnC
I've never had an orange and blueberry combo in a muffin before. They sound really good and cozy.
Cakelaw
These look and sound great. I have to go back to work too next week, so I'll have to remember to put them on my morning tea muffin baking agenda. Happy New Year!
Sara
mmmm...those look SO yummy. Btw, did you know you are on the front page of foodbuzz right now?? Fancy fancy!
Matt
The combination of blueberry and orange sounds refreshing. I love that close up of the open muffin... the colors are beautiful!
Mari at Once Upon a Plate
Shelby, Welcome back!
You always find the best recipes.
Oh my gosh, and that shot of the interior is killing me! YUM.
xo~m.
justeatfood
They look so cheery on this cold winter day!
No Thyme To Cook
Great pictures, those muffins look so good! I can just hear the crunch of the sugar 🙂
Bellini Valli
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons bring
the best to you and yours!
Priscilla
Wow. these look so delicious! I love making muffins!
natalia
Ciao ! We visit each other blog together and we bake muffins together too ! I'm cuddling my black cat rocco now who knows what is ratton doing ?? Baci
PaniniKathy
Mmmm...light and fluffy and wonderful! I should resolve to bake more from my Dorie Greenspan book 🙂
Debbie
The sugar looks great on the muffins! They look delicious. I have the book and need to try these. I also improvise for buttermilk the same way.....
Debbie
The sugar looks great on the muffins! They look delicious. I have the book and need to try these. I also improvise for buttermilk the same way.....
RecipeGirl
Yummy looking muffins!
Hallie Fae
You can also make buttermilk with 1 cup of milk and 1 Tbsp of white vinegar. The best to use is whole milk, but you can use 2% or skim too. Those muffins look great!