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    Home » Breakfast

    Orange Berry Muffins

    Published: Jan 2, 2009 Last updated: Aug 18, 2022 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    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.

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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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    1. Hallie Fae

      January 11, 2009 at 11:06 pm

      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!

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    2. RecipeGirl

      January 04, 2009 at 2:54 pm

      Yummy looking muffins!

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    3. Debbie

      January 03, 2009 at 10:35 pm

      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.....

      Reply
    4. Debbie

      January 03, 2009 at 10:35 pm

      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.....

      Reply
    5. PaniniKathy

      January 03, 2009 at 10:30 pm

      Mmmm...light and fluffy and wonderful! I should resolve to bake more from my Dorie Greenspan book 🙂

      Reply
    6. natalia

      January 03, 2009 at 9:06 pm

      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

      Reply
    7. Priscilla

      January 03, 2009 at 6:40 pm

      Wow. these look so delicious! I love making muffins!

      Reply
    8. Bellini Valli

      January 03, 2009 at 5:40 pm

      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!

      Reply
    9. No Thyme To Cook

      January 03, 2009 at 5:09 pm

      Great pictures, those muffins look so good! I can just hear the crunch of the sugar 🙂

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    10. justeatfood

      January 03, 2009 at 5:05 pm

      They look so cheery on this cold winter day!

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    11. Mari at Once Upon a Plate

      January 03, 2009 at 3:22 pm

      Shelby, Welcome back!

      You always find the best recipes.

      Oh my gosh, and that shot of the interior is killing me! YUM.
      xo~m.

      Reply
    12. Matt

      January 03, 2009 at 10:45 am

      The combination of blueberry and orange sounds refreshing. I love that close up of the open muffin... the colors are beautiful!

      Reply
    13. Sara

      January 03, 2009 at 6:22 am

      mmmm...those look SO yummy. Btw, did you know you are on the front page of foodbuzz right now?? Fancy fancy!

      Reply
    14. Cakelaw

      January 03, 2009 at 5:44 am

      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!

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    15. JyLnC

      January 03, 2009 at 5:40 am

      I've never had an orange and blueberry combo in a muffin before. They sound really good and cozy.

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    16. Noble Pig

      January 03, 2009 at 5:11 am

      Blueberries sound great this time of year and the decorating sugar makes them so cute!

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    17. Olga

      January 03, 2009 at 2:29 am

      love the crunchy sugar on top!!!

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    18. Christy

      January 03, 2009 at 1:43 am

      I love blueberry muffins and these sound amazing! What a great recipe to begin the new year.

      Reply
    19. Patsyk

      January 03, 2009 at 1:24 am

      Those muffins are really bursting with berries! They look wonderful!

      Reply
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